Narapatijayacaryā, circa 1700-1850
नरपतिजयचर्या, १७००-१८५०

Description
Manuscript is used for contemplation and consultation and is an astrological divination text on subjects including divisions of time, astrological bodies, and reading of animal signs. Manuscript is incomplete and only contains the first two folios.
Creator
Narapati, active 12th century
Form
manuscripts (documents)
manuals (instructional materials)
treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Date
1700
Language
Sanskrit
Subject
Divination
Hindu astrology
Hindu astronomy
Animals -- Symbolic aspects
Divination -- India
Geographic Subject
India
Collection
Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Extent
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm
Notes
Title from marginal abbreviation (f. 2v).
Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37m0408w
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1862
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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