Radhika Herzberger
Bhart¿hari and the Buddhists
- Springer Netherlands
- 2011
- Taschenbuch
- 284 Seiten
- ISBN 9789401085748
The Viikyapadiya of Bhartrhari and the Pramii1Jasamuccaya of Dignaga ¿ are seminal texts in the history of ancient Indian philosophy. One text deals with grammar, the other with logic, both are the work of committed metaphysicians. Written within a span of less than a hundred years, between the fifth and the sixth centuries A.D., these texts have generally been treated separately, as representing independent schools of thought. This essay attempts to interpret these texts jointly, as a dialogue between a grammarian and a logician. This way of approaching these texts highlights unexpected facets of Bhartrhari's and Dignaga's theories of language and is intended to identify the individual achievements
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