Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c5: List of Contents

Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā in its Sources c5

Language: English

List of Contents

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| Introductory and Bibliographical ... | 1—25 |
| Bibliography of Pūrva Mīmāmsā ... | 11 |

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| Philosophical Topics ... | 26—35 |
| (A) ‘Soul’ according to Shabara ... | 26 |
| (B) ‘Soul’ according to Prabhākara ... | 28 |
| (C) ‘Soul’ according to Kumārila ... | 32 |

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| Liberation ... | 36—39 |
| (A) Liberation of Soul—Mokṣa | 36 |
| (B) Liberation according to Prabhākara | 36 |
| (C) Liberation according to Kumārila ... | 37 |

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| Body, Sense-organs and Mind ... | 40—42 |
| (A) According to Prabhākara | 40 |
| (B) According to Kumārila ... | 40 |

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| God ... | 43—52 |
| (A) According to Shabara ... | 43 |
| (B) According to Prabhākara | 44 |
| (C) According to Kumārila ... | 47 |

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| Reality of the External World .. | 53—60 |
| (A) According to Shabara ... | 53 |
| (B) According to Prabhākara ... | 56 |
| (C) According to Kumārila ... | 58 |

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| Things of the World ... | 61—66 |
| (A) Shabara’s View ... | 61 |
| (B) Prabhākara’s View ... | 61 |
| (C) Kumārila’s View ... | 65 |

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*Jāti*—Universal ... ... ... 68—76 (A) Preliminary Note ... ... 68 (B) Shabara's View of the Universal ... ... 68 (C) Prabhākara's View ... ... ... 69 (D) Kumārila's View ... ... ... 72

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*Pramāṇa*—Means of Valid Cognition ... ... 77—89 (A) Prabhākara's View Regarding Cognition and Its Validity ... ... ... 77 (B) Bhāṭṭa View ... ... ... 84 (C) Murāri Mishra's View ... ... ... 88

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*Different Kinds of Valid Cognition—Perception* ... 90—99 (A) Shabara's View ... ... ... 90 (B) Prabhākara's View ... ... ... 92 (C) Bhāṭṭa View ... ... ... 98

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*Anumāna*—Inference ... ... ... 100—109 (A) Shabara's View ... ... ... 100 (B) Prabhākara's View ... ... ... 101 (C) Bhāṭṭa View ... ... ... 106

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*Verbal Cognition—Scriptural Injunction According to Shabara* ... ... ... 110—127 The Sentence and Its Meaning ... ... 123 Veda Not the Work of Personal Being ... ... 126

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*Scriptural or Verbal Cognition According to Prabhākara* 128—143 The Sentence and Its Meaning ... ... 135 Veda Not the Work of Personal Being ... ... 139

*Scriptural or Verbal Cognition According to Kumārila* 144--153 What is Word ... ... ... 145 What is it that is denoted by the Word ... ... 145 Relationship Between Word and Its Denotation ... 148 Eternality of the Word ... ... ... 150 Sentence and Its Meaning ... ... ... 151

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CHAPTER XVI

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*Upamāna—Analogical Cognition* ... ... 154--156 (A) According to Shabara ... ... ... 154 (B) According to Prabhākara ... ... ... 154 (C) According to Kumārila .. ... ... 156

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CHAPTER XVII

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*Arthāpatti—Presumption* ... ... ... 157--160 According to Shabara ... ... ... 157 According to Prabhākara ... ... ... 157 According to Kumārila ... ... ... 158

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CHAPTER XVIII

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*Abhāva—Non-Apprehension* ... ... 161--165 According to Shabara ... ... ... 161 According to Prabhākara ... ... ... 161 According to Kumārila ... ... ... 163 Other Means of Cognition ... ... ... 164

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CHAPTER XIX

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*Mīmāmsā Topics—Proper* ... ... 166--178 (A) *Introductory—Shāstrārambha* ... ... 166 Shabara’s View ... ... ... 166 Prabhākara’s View ... ... ... 169 Bhaṭṭa View ... ... ... 170 (B) *What is Dharma* ... ... ... 172 (C) Reliability of the Veda ... ... 174 (D) Sense-Perception, Inference, etc., discussed 175 (E) Vedic Injunction, the only reliable means of, knowing Dharma ... ... 176 (F) The Vedic Injunction Always Reliable ... 177 (G) The ‘Sentence’ is as Reliable as the ‘Word’ ... 177 (H) Veda, Not the Work of Personal Author ... 178 F. C.

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CHAPTER XX

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*Extent and Content of the Veda* ... ... ... 179--210 *Mantra and Brāhmaṇa* . . . . . 179 (A) *Mantras* . . . . . 179 (B) Classification of *Mantras* ... ... ... 180 (C) *Mantras* are not Injunctive ... ... ... 181
(1) Principle of Syntactical Unit ... ... ... 189
(2) Principle of Syntactical Split ... ... ... 191
(3) Principle of Illiptical Extension ... ... 193 (B) *Brāhmaṇa* Text . . . . . 195 (C) Arthavāda—Declamatory Texts ... ... 200 (D) Nāmadheya—Proper Names ... ... ... 206

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CHAPTER XXI

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*Smṛti and Custom and Other Sources of the Knowledge of Dharma* . . . . . 211--253 (A) Introductory . . . . . 211 (B) Aṣṭakā . . . . . 213 (C) Connotation of the term ‘Smṛti’ ... ... 214 (D) Vedāṅgas . . . . . 218 (E) Cases of Conflict between ‘Veda’ and ‘Smṛti’ ... 220 (F) Exact Signification of Certain Words ... ... 233 (G) Conflict between ‘Smṛti’ and ‘Usage’ ... ... 235 (H) Words current among Mlechchhas ... ... 236 (I) Authority of Kalpa Sūtras ... ... ... 239 (J) Extent and Sphere of the Authority of Customs ... 242 (K) Grammatical Smṛti ... ... ... 244 (L) Words in the Veda are the same as those in ordinary usage . . . . . 251

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CHAPTER XXII

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*What are the Acts that Constitute ‘Dharma’* ... 254--270 (A) Introductory . . . . . 254 (B) Apūrva . . . . . 256 (C) To what word the Apūrva is related ... ... 263 (D) Division of Acts into Primary and Subsidiary ... 264 (E) Classification of Acts ... ... ... 266 (F) Grounds of Differentiation Among Acts ... ... 268

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CHAPTER XXIII

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‘*Principal*’ and ‘*Auxiliary*’ Acts ... ... 271—291 (A) Classification of Auxiliaries ... ... 274 (B) Means of Ascertaining what is auxiliary to what 279 (C) Cases of Conflict ... ... ... 283

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CHAPTER XXIV

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Motive . . . . . 292—297 ‘*Kratvartha*’ and ‘*Puruṣārtha*’ Acts ... ... 292

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CHAPTER XXV

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*Order of Sequence* . . . . . 298—304

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CHAPTER XXVI

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*Sacrifices* . . . . . 305—327 (A) Qualifications of the performer of Sacrifices ... 305 (B) What is Heaven ... ... ... 306 (C) Deities not Entitled to perform Sacrifices ... 307 (D) Are Women entitled to perform Sacrifices? ... 308 (E) Is the Śūdra entitled to perform Sacrifices ? ... 313 (F) The ‘*Rathakāra*’ and the ‘*Niṣādasthapati*’ are entitled to perform Sacrifices ... ... 314 (G) Disqualification for performers of Sacrifices ... 316 (H) Sattras—Communistic Sacrifices ... ... 318 (I) Prohibitions—Exact Significance ... ... 320 Capacity for performance ... ... 323 (J) Initiation . . . . . 325 Vishvajit Sacrifice . . . . . 325