Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Narapatijayacaryā ṭīkā, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (3 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm.

Manuscript is used for contemplation and consultation and is a commentary to an astrological divination text called Narapatijayacaryā, written by Narapati in the 12th century, on subjects including divisions of time, astrological bodies, and reading of animal signs.

Title from colophon (f. 3r).

Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.

3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti narayatijayacaryāṭIkāyāṃ jayalakṣmyāmāhabalacakravyākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // śrīrastu // śubhaṃ bhavatu // śrī (f. 3r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 678

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 678

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

नरपतिजयचर्या टीका, १७००-१८५०.