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Nīlakaṇṭhīṭīkā, circa 1700-1850. = नीलकण्ठीटीका, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 27 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1853
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Subjects:
Astronomy.
Divination.
Iran.
India.
Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century. Nīlakaṇṭhī.
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Divination -- India.
Astronomy -- Iran.
Form/Genre:
Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is a commentary (ṭīkā) on an astrological treatise, possibly the Nīlakaṇṭhī by Nīlakaṇṭha. The text identifies with Persian-derived astrological knowledge, that is, as a Tajikaśāstra (fl 4v). There is one astrological table (f. 2r).
Notes:
Title from title abbreviations in margins.
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
18 leaves foliated 1-18, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 5012b (UP 1853).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1853.
OCLC:
945973783