Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Annambhaṭṭa, active 17th century.

Tarkasaṃgrahadīpikā, circa 1700-1850.

Tarkadīpikā

1 item (18 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm.

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the Vaiśeṣika-Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy; the text is also a commentary (dīpikā) on the Tarkasaṃgraha by the same author. Manuscript is unfinished.

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Written in 9-13 lines per leaf.

18 leaves foliated 1-18, 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 quadruple red line. Final two folios written with a second scribal hand and are likely later additions to the manuscript.

Watermarks of a coat of arms and the name Serra.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2091.

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2091

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

तर्कसंग्रहदीपिका, १७००-१८५०.