Vaiśeṣikasūtra, circa 1650-1799.
वैशेषिकसूत्र

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Kaṇāda.

Contributor:

Śaṅkaramiśra, active 15th century.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Dharma.

Hindu logic.

Indian philosophy.

Vaiśeṣika--Early works to 1800.

Vaiśeṣika.

Indian philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Hindu logic--Early works to 1800.

Dharma--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 27 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2061

Place of Publication:

circa 1650-1799.

१६५०-१८००.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Jaina Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript contains the root text of Kaṇāda's sūtra on the philosophy of the Vaiśeṣika school and starts at the second statement. All of the root text is highlighted in red. The manuscript also contains the extensive commentary (upaskāra) of Śaṇkaramiśra, which immediately follows after each instance of the root text. Both root text and commentary deal with an explanation of dharma, the authority of the Vedas, and the nature of reality through an analysis of the senses according to the logical analysis of Vaiśeṣika, among other things. Manuscript lacks a beginning and an end.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Written in 8 lines per leaf.

30 leaves foliated 2, [4], 7-9, 12-27, 33-38, 40, 42, 47, lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line.

Non-Latin script record.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3630 (UP 2061).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2061

OCLC:

821069741