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MS. Sansk. d. 170

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Keśavamiśra’s Tarkabhāṣā, A. D. 1557.

Contents

The Tarkabhāṣā of Keśavamiśra, a famous work on logic

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] oṃ namaḥ | bālo ’pi yo nyāyanaye praveśaṃ | alpena vāṃchaty alasaḥ śrutena | saṃkṣiptayuktyanvitatarkabhāṣā | prakāśyate tasya kṛte mayaiṣā ǁ
Explicit: [15] iti śrīkeśavamiśraviracitā Tarkabhāṣā samāptā | śāstraṣaṭkavanavarttino Haror Mādavasya guṇavrindavāridhiḥ | anya eva vaḍhavo vipaścitaḥ | kuṃjarā iva caranti cāgrataḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: v + 15 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 28.9 × 13.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

f. 15v: maharṣiśrījīvarṣiśiṣyasomarṣitacchi-ṣyamolṛnāmnātmārtham alekhīdaṃ granthaṃ Takkabhāṣākhyaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1557.

f. 15v: atha saṃvatsare ’smin śrīnṛpativikra-mādityasaṃvat 1613 ⟨1557⟩ varśe pauṣaśudi dvitāyātithau guruvāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 256).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1307, p. 195

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1307, p. 195

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