Cintāmaṇi , circa 1700-1850; चिन्तामणि,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Anumānakhaṇḍa

Name:

Gaṅgeśa, active 13th 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. The text represents a small section of Gaṅgeśa's Tattvacintāmaṇi, the section titled Anumānakhaṇḍa (on inference). Beginning of text only.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Logic; Nyaya; Hindu logic; Logic -- India; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Inference

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

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

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Anumānakhaṇḍa from title page.; Written in 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 throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2140

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts