University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 670

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DS ID:

DS7845

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 670

Title:

Saṃjñātantra

Author:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Nīlakaṇṭha WIKIDATA

Date:

1798.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 25 cm

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 15v); alternate title Nīlakaṇṭhī supplied by cataloger.
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 single red line; red rectangles bordering the title on title page (f. 1r).
Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.
Dated saṃvat 1855 (1798) (f. 15v).
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī daivajñānaṃtaṃsutadaivattaśrīnīlakaṃṭhaviracitaṃ saṃjñātaṃtraṃ samāptaṃ // śrīsaṃvat 1855 śāke 1720 caitra śukladvitīyā caṃdre upādhyālakṣmaṇe naleśvakaḥ samāptaḥ // (f. 15v).

Keyword:

treatises

manuals (instructional materials)

tables (documents)

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu astrology

Cosmology

Tantrism

Divination

India

Hinduism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9960449843503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3qf8jj4r/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania