Details

Other Title:

Tarkaprakāṣa

Subjects:

Logic.
India.
Nyaya.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu logic.
Logic -- India.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Author's name may also be written as Śrīkaṇṭhadīkṣita or Śrīkaṇṭhāśarma.

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise and commentary on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy; the text is a commentary (dīpikā) on the Siddhāntamañjarī by Nṛsiṃha Pañchānana.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 43v); alternate title Tarkaprakāṣa, from title abbreviations in upper left margins.
Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
43 leaves foliated 1-43, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīdīkṣitaśrīśitikaṃṭhaṣarmakaviracitāyāṃ siddhāṃtamaṃjarīdīpikāyāṃ anumānaparichedaḥ samāptaḥ // śrīrastu // (f. 43v).
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 double red line near the end of the manuscript.

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 3827 (UP 2065).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2065.

OCLC:

957235139