Anumānakhaṇḍa, circa 1700-1850; अनुमानखण्ड,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana Bhaṭṭācārya

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logical inference (anumāna), from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (12 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Notes:

Title from original purchase wrapping.; Written in 7-11 lines per leaf.; 12 leaves foliated 1-12, 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 in the first 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