Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy, likely part of the Tattvacintāmaṇi. Manuscript lacks a beginning and an ending.
Title from title abbreviations in margins.; Written in 13-17 lines per leaf.; 62 leaves foliated 2, 4-64, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: ity avayavavādaḥ samāptaḥ // śrīsatyavratagurubhyo namaḥ // (f. 45v).; 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 single black line. Some folios treated with yellow pigment (turmeric powder) to protect manuscript from insects; some gold pigment added to several folios.; A single wooden board, with beveled edges and a border of simple lines drawn around the top of it, supports the manuscript.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2070
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