Rasaratnākara, circa 1700-1850.

Abstract:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, reference, and consultation and is a medical treatise and manual on alchemy for the treatment of various medical conditions from a Tantric perspective. Manuscript also contains a full commentary running parallel above and below the main text; beginning of text missing (begins on verse 6) despite starting on folio 1.

Creator:

Nityanātha.

Timespan:

India.

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9962195643503681; (OCoLC)ocn880980707; (OCoLC)880980707; (PU)6219564-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sanskrit

Relation:

Rasaratnākarabhāṣā.

Subject:

Medicine.; Tantrism.; Medicine -- India.; Medicine, Ayurvedic.; Manuscripts, Sanskrit.; Commentaries.; Manuscripts.; Manuals (instructional materials); Treatises.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (83 leaves) : paper; 16 x 34 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

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 red and black lines.; Title from colophon (f. 85v); title of commentary, Rasaratnākarabhāṣā, from commentary colophon (85v).; Colophon: iti ra[saratnākara] samāptaṃ // 28 // (f. 85v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 83 leaves foliated 1-30, 32-83, 85, upper left and lower right verso.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts.