Essay name: Tarkabhasa of Kesava Misra (study)
Author:
Nimisha Sarma
Affiliation: Gauhati University / Department of Sanskrit
This is an English study of the Tarkabhasa of Kesava Misra: a significant work of the syncretic Nyaya-Vaisesika school of Indian philosophy widely used as a beginner's textbook in southern India and has many commentaries. This study includes an extensive overview of the Nyaya and Vaisesika philosophy, epistemology and sources of valid knowledge. It further deals with the contents and commentaries of the Tarkabhasa.
Chapter 4 - Purvabhaga of Tarkabhasa: Contents
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therefore the C膩rv膩kas do not consider them as a source of valid knowledge."
65 The author of the epic also states that these philosophers do not recognize
anum膩na as pram膩峁嘺 for another important reason. The reason is that they
cannot assert the validity of the vyapti or the invariable concomitance which
66 plays the most significant part in case of inference. The materialists do not
consider this vy膩pti as infallible. Therefore, the author of the MB observes, the
materialists do not recognize anum膩na as a pram膩峁嘺. 67
Actually it is not always possible to attain the correct knowledge of
something with anum膩na. Similar is the case of upamana ect. But the fact
cannot be denied that one cannot totally dispense with anum膩na in his
practical life. Sometimes it is found that pratyak峁 alone does not serve the
purpose. Udayanacarya, the author of NKM observes that if a C膩rv膩ka
depends entirely on pratya峁 he will invite his own miseries due to his
dogmatic view. According to the author when a C膩rv膩ka will go away to a
remote place by leaving his wife and children at home, naturally he will be
unable to perceive them from that place. Thus, according to their own
standpoint, they will be non-existent to him and hence he will have to lament
for their loss. 08 A section of later C膩rv膩kas probably realized this problem.
65.
68 pratyak峁m hyetayormulam .......na ki帽cana. MB. S谩ntiparva,
pp. 218-227.
66..
Ibid. pp. 218-226
67. anum膩nena yad gaty膩didarsanam tadapi asati laksa峁噀 j帽膩pake hetau
...vyadhic盲radarsan膩t... na kimapi, NC. on MB.
68. darsanada艣膩y膩峁� bhavaniscaya... sokavikalovikro艣et - NKM. p.355.
