Pakṣatāgrantha, circa 1700-1850; पक्षताग्रन्थ,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Cintāmaṇiṭīkā

Name:

Gadādharabhaṭṭācārya, active 17th century-18th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy. Manuscript is a collection of partisan arguments (following one particular school of thought). The text is possibly a commentary on Gaṅgeśa's Tattvacintāmaṇi.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Logic; Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century. Tattvacintāmaṇi; Nyaya; Hindu logic; Logic -- India; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 30 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Cintāmaṇiṭīkā from title abbreviations in margins.; Colophon: iti pakṣatāgraṃthaḥ // (f. 4v).; Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red through part of the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts