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Cintāmaṇi , circa 1700-1850.
चिन्तामणि
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2140
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century
- Standardized Title:
- Tattvacintāmaṇi. Selections
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Logic.
- India.
- Nyaya.
- Hindu logic.
- Logic--India.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Inference.
- Genre:
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 30 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2140
- Other Title:
- Anumānakhaṇḍa
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- 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 Gaṅgeśa's Tattvacintāmaṇi, the section titled Anumānakhaṇḍa (on inference). Beginning of text only.
- Notes:
- Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Anumānakhaṇḍa from title page.
- Written in 12 lines per leaf.
- 4 leaves foliated 1-4, 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.
- 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 3717 (UP 2140).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2140.
- OCLC:
- 958831651
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