Pallīpatanakārikā, circa 1700-1850; पल्लीपतनकारिका, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is an astrological treatise and manual on prognostication for making predictions about someone's life based on patterns observing falling house-lizards (pallī).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lizards; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Lizards -- Symbolic aspects; Animals -- Symbolic aspects

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); manuals (instructional materials); treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (3 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Explicit: śrī sāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu (f. 3v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1773

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts