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Title

Anumāna
अनुमान

Authors

• Bhaṭṭācāryya, Bhavānanda Siddhāntavāgīśa

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2075
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970826353503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/957236185
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7082635 Information about this record

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logical inference (anumāna), from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy. Possibly a subcommentary on Raghunātha Śiromaṇi's Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti.

Notes

• Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate titles Tattvacitāmaṇidīdhitiprakāśa and Bhavānandī supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 10-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 85 leaves foliated 1-85, middle right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Watermarks unclear, possibly part of an emblem or a coat of arms.
   

Extent

1 item (85 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Nyaya
• Inference
• Hindu logic
• Logic--India

Genres

• Commentaries
• Treatises
• Watermarks
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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