Pakṣatāgrantha, circa 1700-1850.
पक्षताग्रन्थ

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Gadādharabhaṭṭācārya, active 17th century-18th century

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Logic.

India.

Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century. Tattvacintāmaṇi.

Gaṅgeśa.

Nyaya.

Hindu logic.

Logic--India.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Genre:

treatises

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 30 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2143

Other Title:

Cintāmaṇiṭīkā

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. Manuscript is a collection of partisan arguments (following one particular school of thought). The text is possibly a commentary on Gaṅgeśa's Tattvacintāmaṇi.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v); alternate title Cintāmaṇiṭīkā from title abbreviations in margins.

Colophon: iti pakṣatāgraṃthaḥ // (f. 4v).

Written in 10-12 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 through part of the manuscript.

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 3805 (UP 2143).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2143.

OCLC:

958832347