A hidden basement vault in an ancestral home in Vadodara has yielded a remarkably preserved 12th-century manuscript titled 'Yukti-Pratibha-Sangraha'. The text explores the concept of 'Pratibha' or spontaneous intuitive insight as a valid means of knowledge (pramana), bridging the gap between rigorous logic and yogic perception.
Scholars from Maharaja Sayajirao University state that the manuscript provides a detailed defense of 'intellectual intuition' against the skepticism of early materialist schools. It offers a unique medieval perspective on how the mind arrives at truth without the mediation of syllogism, a topic that remains central to modern cognitive science and philosophy of mind.