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तिरोहितं ब्रह्म विषयः तत्काम्यधिकारी तथाविधश्च सम्बन्धः इत्यस्त्येवासाधारणमस्य विषयादि। अतएव चारम्भणीयमिति ।
It does not speak of any refutation of the Nyāya system of philosophy except by reference to NyāyaVaiseșika categories as worthless.
The commentator makes his namaskāra to three persons as his gurus, namely (1) Vidyagiri Munindra, (2) Pratyakprakāśa Yatīndra and (3) Āryamānasatirtha.
The text opens with an invocation to Nșsimha of Simhagiri which is modern Sringeri, the capital of Sankara Vedāntism on the Tungabhadrā in Mysore.
8458 9299. Tattvapradīpikā, also called
feragat Citsukhī. With the commentary entitled Mānasanayana
prasādini by Pratyagrūpa. Substance, country-made paper. 18x5 inches. Folia, 136. Lines, 11, 14 on a page. Extent in Slokas, 6,800. Character, Nagara. Appearance, fresh. Generally correct. Incomplete.
To the end of the 1st chapter.
See L., Vol. III, No. 1134, p. 86, both for the text and the commentary.
Colophon of the text :
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यश्रीज्ञानोत्तमपूज्यपादशिष्यश्रीचित्सुखमुनिविरवितायां तत्त्वप्रदीपिकायां प्रथमः परिच्छेदः ।
साधुरामलालाख्येन लिपिः कृता। Colophon of the commentary:
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्य्यप्रत्यक्प्रकाशपूज्यपादशिष्यस्य प्रत्यग्रूपभगवतः कृतौ तत्त्वप्रदीपिका[टीकायां नयनप्रसादिन्यां प्रथमः परिच्छेदः ।