Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Gadādharabhaṭṭācārya, 17th century-18th century.

Siddhāntalakṣaṇa, circa 1800-1899.

Gādādharī. Selections

1 item (50 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 34 cm.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy and is also an extensive commentary on some verses from the Tattvacintāmaṇi by Gaṅgeśa.

Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century. Tattvacintāmaṇi.

Nyaya.

Logic - India.

Hindu logic.

Hindu philosophy.

Indian philosophy.

Commentaries.

Treatises.

Manuscripts, Sanskrit - 19th century.

Manuscripts - India - 19th century.

Title from colophon (f. 50r).

Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.

50 leaves foliated [1], 2-49, [50], upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti sidhāṃttalakṣaṇaṃ // śivārpaṇaṃ // (f. 50).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

European paper with watermarks bearing the words, Super fine, as well as a crown crest consisting of three scaly fish.

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3773 (UP 630).

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 630

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 630

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

सिद्धान्तलक्षण, १८००-१८९९.