16 diagrams of different birds including the bulbul (nightingale), baṭaka (duck), and the kuliṅga (forked-tailed shrike); lists of omens associated with birds are to the right of each diagram; possibly a handbook used for telling the future; folios oriented to turn from right to left and not bottom to top as in typical manuscripts.
Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 8 leaves foliated 1, [2], 3-8, lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; painted diagrams of birds; vertical and horizontal borders marked with double red or yellow line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Hindi (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390
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