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course of pursuing this discussion - hence summary. Next he needs to be helped in following the logic of the arrangement given to the topics discussed (in case needed, by suitably rearranging these topics) hence an analysis. Lastly, he is to be told. about the most glaring weaknesses vitiating the positions adopted in these texts - hence a criticism. Details of this sort of treatment accorded to Kumarila's Šlokavārtika are to be gleaned from the pages that follow.
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lokavārtika is primarily a text dealing with the problems of logic though here occasion is found to take up for consideration certain problems of ontology as well. And among problems of logic u'most importance is attached to those pertaining to verbal testimony. Hence the two chief chapters of the present monograph-viz. Chaptars I and III- successively offer a critico-analytical summery of Kumarila's treatment of verbal testimony and that of his treatment of the remaining means of valid cognition. And the two subsidiary chapters -viz. Chapters IV and V similarly offer a critio-analytical summary of Kumarila's treatment of two ontological topics which to him appeared to be considerably important viz. the refutation of idealism and the elaboration of a doctrine of soul. This way it has been possible to summarise almost the entire content of the text, to analyse this content (after making minor rearrangements) and to criticise its most glaring weaknesses.
While rendering Kumarila's ideas into English my ideal has been to do no violation to the spirit of these ideas and yet to dress them up in readable English. How far this ideal has been realised is for the readers to judge.
For the Sanskrit text Slokavārtika use has been made of the Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series edition which also carries the commentary Nyayaratnakara of Pärtha
sarathi Mira.
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