Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969725693503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/949266159
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6972569

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript is a manual and astrological treatise used for contemplation and consultation and deals with the twelve bhavas (houses) associated with the zodiac. Includes spaces for astrological tables that are not drawn.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated 1-4, [5-6], upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

Extent

Support

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Divination--India

Genres

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

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