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Title

Satpratipakṣarasya
सत्प्रतिपक्षरस्य

Authors

• Gadādharabhaṭṭācārya, active 17th century-18th century

Other related names

• Viṣṇu (Son of Viṇāyaka), scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2136
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970969173503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958830680
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7096917

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript used for contemplation and study and is a treatise on logic from the perspective of the Nyāya school of Hindu philosophy, discussing arguments liable to valid objections (satpratipakṣa). Possibly a commentary on the Tattvacintāmaṇidīdhiti of Raghunātha Śiromaṇi. Manuscript lacks an ending.

Notes

• Title from internal colophon (f. 27r).
   
• Scribe is Viṣṇu, son of Viṇāyaka (f. 27r).
   
• Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
   
• Dated śaka 1756 (1834) (f. 27r)
   
• 52 leaves foliated 1-52, 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.
   
• Watermarks of two coats of arms, one with the initials G. M., another with a partial word AGN below it. The partial name Mass is also visible.
   

Extent

1 item (52 leaves) : 11 x 30 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti satpratipakṣarasyaṃ samāptaṃ // (f. 27r).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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