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
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3b516 - Status/Location:
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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