Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c7.48

c7.48

(95) The third group of Materialists, as classified according to their epistemological theories, is represented by Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa's Tattvopaplavasiṁha, which is the only extant authentic text of the Materialists (lokāyata). Although this work was published in 1940, very few scholars seem to have taken note of it. Ruben (1954),² Jadunath Sinha (1956)³ and Sharma (1960)⁴ make no reference to it in discussing the philosophy of the Materialists and Chattopādhyāya (1959), who professes to make a specialized study of lokāyata-,⁵ begins his book by lamenting the lack of any treatise of this school.