Mathurāsāmānyalakṣaṇā, circa 1700-1850; मथुरासामान्यलक्षणा,१७००-१८५०

Name:

Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Commentarial (ṭīkā) work possibly related to Nyāya school of philosophy and the work the Cintāmaṇi on the topic of inference, by the 13th-century author, Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya. The title abbreviations in the upper left margin "cin." "ṭī." and "mathu." also suggest this interpretation. The Cintāmaṇi is divided into four sections, and this manuscript would represent the last section (pūrvakhaṇḍa) of that work. Contains a number of different internal, secondary works including the Pūrvapakṣarahasya and the Siddhāntalakṣaṇa. Manuscript lacks a beginning.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Janārdanapanta Gāḍagila (f. 98r); likely the same owner as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1559 and Item 2460; possibly the same as Janārdana Koṇḍadeva Gāḍagila, former owner of more than 20 other manuscripts in Ms. Coll. 390, University of Pennsylvania.; Gāḍagila, Janārdanapanta Bhatu, former owner.

Subject:

Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century. Tattvacintāmaṇi; Hindu philosophy; Hindu logic; Nyaya; Inference

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (91 leaves) : paper; 11 x 31 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from explicit (f. 98r).; Written in 11-15 lines per leaf.; 91 leaves foliated 7-74, 77-97, [98], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti māthurāyāṃ pūrvakhaṃḍaṃ samāptimagamat / idaṃ pustakaṃ gāḍagilopanāmakajanārdanapaṃtasyedaṃ // (f. 98r).; Mathurāsāmānyalakṣaṇā; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout the first 40 folios (f. 7r-46v).; European stock of paper with a few varieties of watermarks including a crest bearing an upright lion with a crown, others have various letters or a stylized flower in the center.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2138

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts