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Satpratipakṣa, circa 1800-1899. = सत्प्रतिपक्ष, १८००-१८९९.

Author/Creator:
Gadādharabhaṭṭācārya, active 17th century-18th century.
Publication:
circa 1800-1899.
१८००-१८९९.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (34 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 33 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 634
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Logic.
India.
Nyaya.
Logic -- India.
Hindu logic.
Hindu philosophy.
Indian philosophy.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic, particularly logical fallacies (satpratipakṣa), from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 34r).
Written in 9-12 lines per leaf.
34 leaves foliated 1-34, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti satpratipakṣaḥ // śrīlalitāṃbārpaṇam astu // idaṃ pustakaṃ dhāmaṇakaropākṛbālaśāstriṇaḥ // etena eva likhitaṃ (f. 34r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through half of the manuscript.
Scribe is Bālaśāstri (f. 34v).
European style paper with watermarks of a shield and sword crest as well as a man riding in a palanquin on top of an elephant throughout the manuscript.
Penn Provenance:
Manuscript was commissioned by Dhāmaṇakara (f. 34r).
Cited in:
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3767 (UP 634).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 634
Contributor:
Shastri, Bal, scribe.
Dhāmaṇakara, former owner.
OCLC:
860805461