Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 763: Rasaratnākara University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 763: Rasaratnākara 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 ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts 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 colophon (f. 85v); title of commentary, Rasaratnākarabhāṣā, from commentary colophon (85v). Written in 10-12 lines per leaf. 83 leaves foliated 1-30, 32-83, 85, upper left and lower right verso. 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 red and black lines. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 763 9962195643503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/880980705 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6219564 Manuscript is used for contemplation, reference, and consultation and is a medical treatise and manual on alchemy for the treatment of various medical conditions from a Tantric perspective. Manuscript also contains a full commentary running parallel above and below the main text; beginning of text missing (begins on verse 6) despite starting on folio 1. In Sanskrit Rasaratnākara रसरत्नाकर Nityanātha Colophon: iti ra[saratnākara] samāptaṃ // 28 // (f. 85v).

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 1 item (83 leaves) : 16 x 34 cm Tantrism Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine--India Commentaries Treatises Manuals (instructional materials) Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century