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Title

Nīlakaṇṭhī
नीलकण्ठी

Authors

• Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1867
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969495543503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/946537592
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6949554

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a manual and astrological treatise used for contemplation and consultation and deals with the twelve bhavas which are aligned with the twelve signs of the zodiac. Includes some tables with numbers and characters.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 50r); alternate title Tājakaṇīlakaṇṭhi from lower cover page (f. 50v).
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 50 leaves foliated 1-50, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

Extent

1 item (50 leaves) : 13 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: idaṃ / nīlakaṃṭipustakaṃ saṃpūrṇam astū (f. 50r).

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Divination--India

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Tables (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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Table of contents

• fol. 4v-5r — Table, f. 4v
• fol. 5v-6r — Table, f. 5v
• fol. 7v-8r — Table, f. 7v

Decorations

• fol. 8v-9r — Diagram, f. 9r
• fol. 9v-10r — Diagrams, f. 9v