A South Indian Digest of Commentaries on the Nyāyasūtra
A South Indian Digest of Commentaries on the Nyāyasūtra

Author: Oliver Philipp Frey

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-11-21

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 9004535284

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The Nyāyasūtravivaraṇa, written in the first centuries of the 2nd millennium CE, provides the most accessible introduction to the core teachings of old Nyāya. Excerpting from the two earliest and most important treatises of this tradition—the Nyāyabhāṣya and Nyāyavārttika—Gambhīravaṃśaja created a comprehensive yet concise digest. The present work contains not only a critical edition of the first chapter based on all known textual sources but also a complete documentation of the variants, a comprehensive study of the parallel passages, a detailed discussion of the preparation and processing of the text-critical data, and a detailed documentation of the Grantha Tamil, Telugu and Kannada scripts.

A South Indian Digest of Commentaries on the Nyāyasūtra: Gambhīravaṃśaja's Nyāyasūtravivaraṇa--First Adh
A South Indian Digest of Commentaries on the Nyāyasūtra: Gambhīravaṃśaja's Nyāyasūtravivaraṇa--First Adh

Author: Oliver Philipp Frey

Publisher: Brill's Indological Library

Published: 2022-11-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004533486

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This study provides--based on the Nyāyasūtravivaraṇa--a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the core Nyāya teachings, the preparation and processing of text-critical data, and three South Indian writing systems: the Grantha Tamil, Telugu script and Kannada script.

Early Buddhist Metaphysics
Early Buddhist Metaphysics

Author: Noa Ronkin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-02-28

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1134283121

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This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic of the Pali Abhidhamma movement.

Abhinavagupta
Abhinavagupta

Author: John R. Dupuche

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13:

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Abhinavagupta, a leading figure in Kashmir Saivism is increasingly being recognised as one of the chief contributors to the evolution of Indian thought. In his encyclopaedic work the Tantraloka 'Light on the Tantras' he describes the various tantras of his day and places at their apex the most extreme of them, the Kula ritual which proposes the use of wine and meat and intercourse with women of the lowest castes. In Abhinavagupta's esteem of the Kula ritual just the shodow side of genius an aberration best forgotten? This work is a translation-the first into english of any chapter of the Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta's version of the Kula ritual.

Jaina Studies
Jaina Studies

Author: Colette Caillat

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9788120832473

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Interest for Jain studies has increased considerably in the last decades. Scholars will be thankful to the organizers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference who, for the first time in such a conference, planned a special panel on this field. The ten papers collected in this volume show the importance, abundance and variety of topics that can be considered. Philological analysis still proves useful, whether it concentrates on one particular work or on clusters of texts. A study of the strategy of narrative and predication needs a historical approach, kavya literature lends itself to renewed and indepth interpretations. Finally the reader will observe the constant renewal of Jainism, as some new literary genre or a new sect are seen to have gained momentum in modern times.

The Ashṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini
The Ashṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

Author: Pāṇini

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 878

ISBN-13: 9788120804098

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Panini's Ashtadhyayi represents the first attempt in the history of the world to describe and analyse the components of a language on scientific lines. It has not only been universally acclaimed as the first and foremost specimen of Descriptive Grammar but has also been the chief source of inspiration for the linguist engaged in describing languages of different regions. To understand Sanskrit language, and especially that part of it which embodies the highest aspirations of ancient Aryan people, viz., the Brahmanas, Samhitas, Upanisads, it is absolutely necessary to have a complete knowledge of the grammar elaborated by Panini. Being a masterpiece of reasoning and artistic arrangement its study is bound to cultivate intellectual powers. Western scholars have described it as a wonderful specimen or a notable manifestation of Indian intelligence. This book is an English translation of Ashtadhyayi in two volumes and has won a unique position in the world of scholarship.