A previously undocumented 9th-century manuscript titled 'Jnana-Pradipa-Mala' (The Garland of the Lamp of Knowledge) has been identified in a private family archive in Kathmandu. The scroll, written in the late Gupta script, is a comprehensive treatise on the Pramana-Vidya (science of knowledge), focusing on the nature of 'Self-Evident Truth' and the role of intuition in logical deduction. It is attributed to a lost lineage of Kashmiri logicians who influenced the early development of Navya-Nyaya.
The manuscript is unique for its detailed critique of sensory reliability, arguing that all empirical data must be filtered through a 'primary ethical intuition' before it can be accepted as valid. This synthesis of logic and morality marks a significant departure from the purely analytical approach of later medieval schools. The Nepal Manuscript Preservation Project is currently digitizing the text to make it available for global scholarly review.