Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2095: Śiromaṇi
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Title from title in margins throughout; alternate title Anumānakhaṇḍaśiromaṇi from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
21 leaves foliated 1-21, upper left and lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant words an phrases highlighted in red; some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder to protect the manuscript from insects.
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2095
9970851063503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/957526979
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7085106
Manuscript is used for contemplation and study and is a philosophical commentary (dīdhiti) on a work by Gangeśa Upādhyāya called the Tattvacintāmaṇi, a treatise on logic from the Nyāya school of philosophy, particularly on the subject of inference (anumāna).
In Sanskrit
Śiromaṇi
शिरोमणि
Raghunātha Śiromaṇi
paper
1 item (21 leaves) : 11 x 30 cm
Nyaya
Inference--Philosophy
Hindu logic
Logic--India
Hindu philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Commentaries
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century