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

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 the larger work by Gaṅgeśa. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 11 x 30 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Cintāmaṇi from abbreviations in margins.; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-8, 10-11, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Watermarks of a coat of arms with the letters G. M. (possibly referring to the paper maker Gior Magnani) below it; another, though unclear, could be AL MASSO.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2141

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts