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इति गङ्गापुरि समाप्तमिति प्रथमः परिच्छेदः । Every leaf is marked with the letters 15l. The author of the work seems to be one Gangāpuri Bhattāraka.
7888. 8891. तर्कदीपिका Tarkadipika. An independent treatise on Tarka of an unknown author.
Substance, country-made paper. 10x41 inches. Folia, 8. Lines, 10 per page. Character, Nāgara of the 19th century. Appearance, fresh. Incomplete at the end. Beginning :
यत्पादाम्बजङ्गालिच्छलादिव सुरासुराः । वितर्कयन्ति सौन्दर्य तं बन्दे गिरिजाप्रियम् ।
ननु किं तर्कलक्षणम् ? व्याप्यारोपे व्यापकारोप इति चेन्न ।
यात्माश्रयादावव्यापकात् । End:
___ ततः कथं तभेदः प्रमाणवत्तदनुग्राहकतर्कस्यापि प्रमेयभेदा. पेक्षणादिति तत्राह-यद्यपीति । स्वपक्षस्थापनं लाघवम् ।
7889. 1760. भाषारत्न Bhāsāratna.
By Kanāda Tarkavāgūša. Substance, country-made paper. 131xb inches. Folia, 32. Lines, 11 on a page. Extent in ślokas, 1,400. Character, Nägara. Date (?). Appearance, old. Complete.
The author Kaņāda is regarded by the Pandits of Bengal as an elder contemporary of Raghunātha Siromaņi. It was Kanāda who induced Raghunātha to proceed to Mithilā to complete his education in Nyāyaśāstra. But this idea seems to be wrong, for Kanada quotes Raghunatha, 3A.
For a description of the work, see L. 1532.
Besides old authorities like the Nyāyasūtras, the Bhāsya, Bhatta cum Prabhākara and others, Kaņāda often quotes Didhitiķrt Miśra, Murāri Miśra and Gurucaraņāḥ. He speaks of Navyāḥ, Prācīnāḥ., Sāmpradāyikāḥ.
