Details

Other Title:

Pīṭhalakṣaṇa.
Candralakṣana.

Subjects:

Gurus.
Hindu architecture.
Hindu astrology.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for consultation and study and is a section of a larger work containing a variety of topics such as the qualities of a good teacher and student, astrology, and architecture.

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate titles Pīṭhalakṣaṇa and Candralakṣana supplied by cataloger.
Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso; also foliated 11-13, upper left verso, indicating that it was part of a larger manuscript.
Colophon: śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ / athagurulakṣaṇaṃ / guravovahavaḥ (f. 1r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double 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 5354, 5355, and 5111 (UP 584).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 584

OCLC:

857174313