Saṃjñātantra, circa 1700-1850; संज्ञातन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Nīlakaṇṭhī

Name:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a manual and astrological and cosmological treatise used for contemplation and consultation for the purpose of divination and inward contemplation through a reading and correlation of planetary tables, and an understanding of the different regions of the earth.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Cosmology; Hinduism; Divination; Hindu astrology; Hindu astronomy; Divination -- India; Cosmology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Tantrism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises; Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 11 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16r); alternate title Nīlakaṇṭhī supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīnīlakaṃṭhakṛtaṃ saṃjñātaṃtraṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 16r).; 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 double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1825

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts