Language and Release: Sarvajñātman's PañcaprakriyāWe find here a translation for the first time of the sanskrit philosophical work entitled Pancaprakriya which belongs to the relatively early Advaita Vedanta thinker Sarvajnatman and a thematic analysis of the contents of that work. The Pancaprakriya is a menual of Advaita Vedanta philosophy of language which for Sarcajnatman is reduced to the discernment of the proper meaning of certain great Upanisadic statements or mahavakyss such as Iam Brahman and That thou art. Through the approprition of such a proper understanding which resorts to the secondary of implied usafe of language the qualifies striver after enlghtenment obtains release from bondage int he world. |
Contents
The Date of Sarvajñātman | 7 |
Hermeneutics in Sankara Sureśvara | 15 |
Metaphysics and the Problem of the Locus | 36 |
PART | 47 |
Explanation of the Meaning of | 54 |
NOTES TO THE TRANSLATION | 69 |
APPENDIX | 127 |
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accepted Advaita Vedānta Advaitin ajñāna Anandagiri anatman antaḥkaraṇa ātman avāntaravākya-s avidyā BHGBH bliss body Brah BSBH BUBH cause chapter commentary concerning contradiction deep sleep Deveśvara elements entity ether example explain expressed sense fact final release guṇavṛtti hermeneutics Hiranyagarbha internal organ Iśādi-Daśopaniṣadaḥ Iśvara jahadajahallakṣaṇā jahallakṣaṇā jāti jhānas jiva jivanmukta karma-s knowledge and ignorance lakṣaṇā liberation locus of ignorance locus of knowledge Madras mahā mahāvākya-s mangalācaraṇa māyā meaning ments mukhya mukhyavṛtti NAIȘ namely non-dual object occurs Pañcaprakriyā perceived person phenomenal existence Philosophy phrase portion position pratyagātman primary sense pure Brahman pure consciousness qualified refer relation revealed language Śankara Sarva Sarvajñāt Sarvajñātman scripture secondary usage seems śruti śruti passages sublated subsidiary subtle body Sureśvara tasya tat and tvam tathā teacher thing thou art trans tvam ultimately universe Upanisadic vākya Veda Vedanta verse vṛtti word Brahman word tvam words tat इति ब्रह्म भवति यथा वृत्तिः