Śiromaṇi, circa 1700-1850.
शिरोमणि

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Raghunātha Śiromaṇi.

Standardized Title:

Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Inference.

Philosophy.

India.

Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century. Tattvacintāmaṇi.

Nyaya.

Inference--Philosophy.

Hindu logic.

Logic--India.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

commentaries

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (21 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 30 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2095

Other Title:

Anumānakhaṇḍaśiromaṇi

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical commentary (dīdhiti) on a work by Gangeśa Upādhyāya called the Tattvacintāmaṇi, a treatise on logic from the Nyāya school of philosophy, particularly on the subject of inference (anumāna).

Notes:

Title from title in margins throughout; alternate title Anumānakhaṇḍaśiromaṇi from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.

21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant words an phrases highlighted in red; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.

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 3743 (UP 2095).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2095.

OCLC:

957526979