
The Structure of the World in Udayana's Realism
A Study of the Lak?a?avali and theKira?avali
M. Tachikawa(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 21. December 2011
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Paperback/Softback
XIV, 180 pages
978-94-009-7711-2 (ISBN)
Description
Books dealing with individual philosophers as well as annotated translations of their works are very much in need in the field of classical Indian philos- ophy. Hence the research efforts of modern scholars should increasingly be devoted to this objective. Professor M. Tachikawa has selected a very short elementary treatise of Udayana as well as some portions of a larger work of the same author to supplement the first. His aim is to present to us, in Udayana's own term, how he (Udayana) sees the Nyaya-VaiSe~ika system in a synoptic fashion. I wish to take this opportunity to say a few things about Udayana and the Nyaya-Vaise~ika system. UDAYANA Udayana was a pre-eminent philosopher and an astute logician of the eleventh- twelfth century India. He belonged to the Mithila region of the present Bihar 1 state. In the history of the Nyaya-V aise~a, he holds a very crucial position. In fact, two different schools of philosophy, Nyaya and Vaise~a, belonging to ancient India, merged into one in the writings of Udayana.
As it has been said, in Udayana, the happy marriage between Nyaya and Vaise~ika was com- plete - the Vai e~ika ontological scheme (padiirthas or system of categories) was in this way combined with the pramiir:za doctrine (logic and a theory of knowledge) of Nyaya to produce what later came to be designated as Navya- nyaya.
As it has been said, in Udayana, the happy marriage between Nyaya and Vaise~ika was com- plete - the Vai e~ika ontological scheme (padiirthas or system of categories) was in this way combined with the pramiir:za doctrine (logic and a theory of knowledge) of Nyaya to produce what later came to be designated as Navya- nyaya.
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XIV, 180 p.
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-009-7711-2 (9789400977112)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-7709-9
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Content
I: The Structure of the World.- I. Introduction: Basic Concepts.- II. Background History and Methodology.- III. Udayana and his Works.- IV. The Structure Of The World - Introduction to a Translation of the Lak?a??va?.- V. Differentiation Of Categories - Introduction to a Translation of the Kira??val?.- VI. Conclusion.- II: A Translation and the Sanskrit Text of the Lak?a??va?.- Notes.- III: A Translation of the Kira??val?.- A. The Section on Earth.- B. The Section on Water.- C. The Section on Fire.- Notes to Sections on Earth, Water, and Fire.- Abbreviations and References.