Details

Standardized Title:

Gādādharī. Selections

Subjects:

Logic.
India.
Raghunātha Śiromaṇi. Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti.
Nyaya.
Hindu logic.
Logic -- India.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Watermarks.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy, discussing arguments liable to valid objections (satpratipakṣa). Possibly a commentary on the Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti of Raghunātha Śiromaṇi. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 27r).
Scribe is Viṣṇu, son of Viṇāyaka (f. 27r).
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
Dated śaka 1756 (1834) (f. 27r)
52 leaves foliated 1-52, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti satpratipakṣarasyaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 27r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Watermarks of two coats of arms, one with the initials G. M., another with a partial word AGN below it. The partial name Mass is also visible.

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 3751 (UP 2136).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2136.

Contributor:

Viṣṇu (Son of Viṇāyaka), scribe.

OCLC:

958830680