Śāstra-tattva-vinirṇaya, also transliterated as Shastra-tattva-vinirnaya ("A Verdict on the Truth of the Shastra"), is a Sanskrit-language text written by Nilakantha Gore (or Goreh, later Neremiah Goreh) during 1844–1845 in Benares, British India.
It is a Hindu apologist response to the Christian writer John Muir's Mataparīkṣā.
Nilakantha Gore, a Marathi-speaking Chitpavan Brahmin wrote the text at Benares during 1844-1845, at the age of 19.
[3] The text comprises 784 anuṣṭubh verses in 6 chapters:[4] The following sections list Nilakantha's arguments.
Katre intended to counteract Goreh's post-conversion critique of Hinduism - Shad-darshana Darpana.