Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1850: Praśnatantra University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1850: Praśnatantra are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from incipit (f. 1v). Written in 17-19 lines per leaf. 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso. Dated śaka 1673 (1751) (f. 13r). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line on the opening folios. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1850 9969133733503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945972466 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6913373 Astrological treatise associated with Tantra and used for divining the future. In Sanskrit Praśnatantra प्रश्नतन्त्र Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

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 1 item (13 leaves) : 12 x 18 cm Hindu astrology--Early works to 1800 Hindu astronomy--Early works to 1800 Divination--India--Early works to 1800 Tantrism--Early works to 1800 Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts--India--18th century