Gaṅgeśa's Theory of Truth: Containing the Text of Gaṅgeśa's Prāmāṇya (jñapti) Vāda with an English Translation, Explanatory Notes, and an Introductory EssayThis book is a study on Gangesa`s Pramanavada, and contains a free English translation of the Sanskrit text. This study clarifies the concept of truth in Indian philosophy, especially in the Mimamsa and the Nyaya systems and attempts a critical appraisal of the pramanya theories. Not much attention has been paid by scholars to a precise explication of the concept of truth in Indian philosophy. This work throws light on this and clarifies the concepts, and clarifies the amazingly complicated simple question: Is pramanya svatah or paratah? This is one of those question: Is pramanya svatah or paratah? This is one of those questions to which every school worth the name came forward with an official answer. Arguments and counter-arguments were produced in never-ending stream. This work clarifies the nature of the issue around which the theories centre, and then examines the nature of the arguments that have been advanced by the different schools in support of their contentions Gangesa`s great contribution; to the problem has been brought to the foreground. |
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absence of falsity according anuvyavasaya appre apprehend the truth apprehended ab initio apprehension of truth argument arises belongs Bhāṭṭa cause character concept definiens definition doșa doubt about truth earthness edge epistemological error fact formulation Gangeśa guna hands and feet hended hetu infinite regress intrinsic jāti jñāna K₂ knowl knowledge is true knowledge of fire knowledge whose truth known latter locus logical Madhusudana Sarasvati Mathurānātha mean Mīmāmsā Mimāmsaka Miśra Naiyayika Naiyāyikas nirvikalpa not-fire notion of truth Nyāya Nyāya Sūtra Nyaya theory object ontological origin pakṣa parataḥ theory perception philosophical possible Prabhakara prakāśa pramā prāmāṇya Prāmāṇyavāda predicate present primary knowledge prior proposition qualifier Raghunatha regard relatedness reply right knowledge sadhya samsaya Sanskrit secondary knowledge sense silver substantive svataḥ theory tadvati tatprakārakatva tatra thesis thisness tion true knowledge truth is apprehended truth of K₁ Udayana unwavering activity Vācaspati valid viṣayatā vyāpti vyatireki inference