Siddhāntamañjarīdīpikā, circa 1700-1850.
सिद्धान्तमञ्जरीदीपिका

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Śitikaṇṭhaśarma Dīkṣita.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Logic.

India.

Nyaya.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu logic.

Logic--India.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (50 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 30 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2066

Other Title:

Tarkaprakāṣa

Siddhāntamañjarīṭīkā

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Author's name may also be written as Śrīkaṇṭhadīkṣita or Śrīkaṇṭhāśarma.

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise and commentary on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy; the text is a commentary (dīpikā) on the Siddhāntamañjarī by Nṛsiṃha Pañchānana.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Tarkaprakāṣa, from title abbreviations in upper left margins through part of manuscript; alternate title Siddhāntamañjarīṭīkā from abbreviations in margins.

Written in 8-13 lines per leaf.

50 leaves foliated 1-50, 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 near the end of the manuscript.

A single wooden board with beveled edges supports the manuscript.

Watermarks with the name Bernardo and a floral design, possibly part of a coat of arms.

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 3830 (UP 2066).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2066.

OCLC:

957235738