Verbal knowledge in Prābhākara-Mīmāṁsā (Sri Garib Dass oriental series) - Hardcover

Sarma, Rajendra Nath

9788170301943: Verbal knowledge in Prābhākara-Mīmāṁsā (Sri Garib Dass oriental series)

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ISBN 10: 8170301947 ISBN 13: 9788170301943

Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications, 1990

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Language: Sanskrit and English
Pages: 234

About the Book
The Present book Verbal knowledge in Prabhakara Mimamsa, is in the form of commentary in English of the Vakyarthamatrika of the Prakarana-Pancika. The original text presented piecemeal has been critically exposed and a comparative study of it with other systems of though such as Bhatta school of Mimamsa, Nyaya, Vedanta and Vyakarna has also been made. The book contains elaborate notes and references. An Index and text of the Vakyarthamatrika Vritti is included in the book.

About the Author
Dr. R.N. Sarma is presently in the Department of Sanskrit, Guwahati University.

Preface
I had the pleasant opportunity of being initiated to the
study of Mimamsa system of Indian Philosophy when I had
been a student in the Darsana group of the M.A. class in
Sanskrit of the University of Gauhati during the period
1972-74. My acquintance with the Mimamsa works in that
period resulted in developing a keen interest in me for making
a critical study on the Prabhakara-mimamsa, especially in the
context of verbal knowledge.

Later on, when I joined the Deptt. of Sanskrit, Gauhati
University as a Lecturer in 1978. Professor Dr. Mukunda
Madhava Sharma, M.A., Ph.D. D. Litt. Kavyatirtha. the
then Supervisor of mine suggested me to make a critical
exposition of the Vayarthamiurka of the Prakarana-Pahcika
and according to his valuable suggestion, I prepared my
doctoral thesis under the supervision of Dr. Ashok Kumar
Goswami Reader, Deptt. of Sanskrit, Gauhati University for
which I have been awarded the Ph.D. degree by the University
of Gauhati in 1984. The present work is the thesis itself
under new title, "verbal knowledge in prabha