Saṃjñātantra, 1798; संज्ञातन्त्र,१७९८

Name:

Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Date:

1798

Description:

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

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15v); alternate title Nīlakaṇṭhī supplied by cataloger.; Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.; 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).; Dated saṃvat 1855 (1798) (f. 15v).; 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).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 670

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts