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The first two chapters are devoted to Bhāva and Abhāva and the last four chapters to the Pramāņas.
The Pandits of Khanakula trace the descent from Kaņāda, whom they identify with our author.
The work is printed, ed. Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat, Calcutta.
7890.
5154A. Bhāṣāratna. Substance, palm-leaf. 141 x 1 inches. Folia, 5. Lines, 5 per page. Character, Udiyā of the early 18th century. Appearance, very old. A fragment.
An elementary treatise on the categories of the NyāyaVaiseșika philosophy.
See L. 1532.
One leaf more, written on one side only, containing ingredients of a medicine (Nādīlaksanam). Besides, it contains some leaves on the following:
(1) Lakşmīcaritram. (2) Srngāratilakam. (3) Sāhityaratnākaraḥ.
7891.
689. Bhāṣāratna. For the MS., see L. 1532.
Kaņāda was a contemporary and a class friend of Raghunātha Siromani. This is not a work on Mimāmsā as R. Mitra says, but a work on Nyāya-Vaiseșika Darsana.
Leaf 2 is missing. Post-colophon :
TARTALår: latfHH I Jaięcfaatfe 1
7892.
5592A. Bhāṣāratna. Substance, palm-leaf. 14x14 inches. Folia, 15. Lines, 5-6 per page. Character, Udiyā of the 18th century. Appearance, good. Incomplete at the end.
