Bādhabuddhipratibandhakatāvicāra

This is a philosophical text on the school, of Navya-nyāya or Neo-Indian Logic. The text Bādhabuddhipratibandhakatāvicāra describes formal and epistemological relationship between; Bādha-Buddhi and Pratibandhakatā. Bādha is the definitive knowledge that the Sādhya is absent in the Pakṣa (the subject) based on a different, stronger source of knowledge. The Vicāra is concerned with the precise form of this relationship. The text is written by Harirāma Tarkavāgīśa or Harirāma Bhaṭṭācārya, a scholar of Navya-nyaya philosophy from Bengal at 17th century. This manuscript is written in 10 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 23a). Cover and back page contain title. There are 2 double red vertical margins present on each side of the folio. The Ms. is dated saṃvat 1750 based on dates present in Ms. Coll. 390; Items 617, 618, 620 & 621. Ms. Coll. 390; Items 614, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620 & 621 are all copied by the same scribe. Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words are rubbed with orange powder for highlighting.