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Nīlakaṇṭhī, circa 1700-1850. = नीलकण्ठी, १७००-१८५०.

Author/Creator:
Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century.
Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (42 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 26 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1808
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Divination.
India.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India.
Chakras.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a manual and astrological/cosmological treatise used for contemplation and consultation and deals with the twelve bhavas which are aligned with the twelve signs of the zodiac and correlated with physical health and well-being and with specific body parts; a table connected to 10 cakras (points of power located throughout the human body) is included (f. 42v).
Notes:
Title from title abbreviations in margins.
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
42 leaves foliated 1-42, 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 quadruple black line.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 5000a (UP 1808).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1808.
OCLC:
944199763