Dear Indology Listmembers,
I am looking for any information about a text titled Nirvikalpabhaṅga that is attributed to Veṇīdatta/Vāgīśa Bhaṭṭa, the 17th-century author of Padārthamaṇḍana, Bhedajayaśrī, etc.
The only mention of the text I have found is in Anantalal Thakur's Origin and Development of the Vaiśeṣika System (p. 361). A list of Veṇīdatta's works is given that includes a "Nirvikalpabhaṅga." Prof. Thakur writes that these texts are "available to us," though he does not specify what that amounts to. The text is not listed in Karl Potter's bibliography of Indian Philosophy. T.P. Upadhyaya's introduction to the Sarasvati Bhavan edition of Bhedajayaśrī also gives a shorter list of works by Veṇīdatta, but that list makes no mention of "Nirvikalpabhaṅga."
I would be grateful for any further leads that anyone could provide about the text and whether there is an extant manuscript. Thank you for your help,
Amit