Siddhāntamuktāvalī, circa 1700-1850; सिद्धान्तमुक्तावली, १७००-१८५०

Name:

Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana Bhaṭṭācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the Vaiśeṣika branch of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy and includes the commentary Muktāvalīprakāśa by Mahādeva Bhaṭṭa and the sub-commentary Muktāvalīṭīkā by Dinakarabhaṭṭa. Manuscript is incomplete and in disarray.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Logic; Hindu philosophy; Indian philosophy; Nyaya; Logic -- India; Hindu logic

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); commentaries; treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (125 leaves) : paper; 19 x 36 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 47v); title of primary commentary Muktāvalīprakāśa from internal colophon (f. 47v); title of secondary commentary Muktāvalīṭīkā from marginal abbreviations.; Written in 14-17 lines per leaf.; 125 leaves foliated irregularly with contemporary ink and missing on some folios, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 644

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts