Siddhi Vinischay Tika Part 01

SR No.: 004038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Anantviryacharya
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1944
Total Pages: 686
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 15 MB

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INTRODUCTION NVV contains in all 480) verses? which are of three types :-Vārtika, antaraśloka and Sargrahaśloka; it has three prastāvas : Pratyaksa, Anumāna and Pravacana, just as Nyāyāvatāra consists of three chapters : Pratyaksa, Anumāna and Sruta; similarly we find three chapters in Dharmakirti's Pramānaviniscaya also, viz., Pratyakşa, Svārthānumăna and Pararthānumāna. It seems Akalarka derived inspiration from these authors.
The first chapter includes the topics: the nature of perception, the refutation of the view that knowledge is non-perceptible, the nature of substance, refutation of views held by other schools regarding the perception, etc.
The second chapter deals with the study of inference, the empirical elements in inference, the nature of Väda, nigrahasthāna, Vādābhāsa etc. related with the topic of anumāna.
The third chapter deals with the nature of Pravacana (the scripture), the refutation of Buddhist theory of Apta, Vedic dogma of apaurușeyatva ; the proof of omniscience, refutation of anātmavāda of Buddhists, the conception of mokșa, the theory of Saptabhangi and Syādvāda etc. 2 (5) Pramāna samgraha and its Vrtti :
As the title suggests this work is a collection of statements; really it is a work on epistemology or Pramāņa; it has a very compact style. From the maturity of judgments and acute analysis, it can be said that it is the last work of Akalanka; besides, he includes some of the kārikās from NV. It is understood that Anantavīrya wrote a commentary, named Pramāna-Sangrahabhāsya or Pramāna-Samgrahālankāra, since he himself refers to it.
There are nine chapters and 87] kārikās. Akalanka wrote a supplementary Vịtti on this work. Vịtti and the kārikā together come to about the same size of Astašati.
There are nine chapters in this work dealing with the topics : Pratyakșa, Parokșa (mediate knowledge), Anumāna (inference), Hetu (reason), its classifications, Hetvābhāsa (fallacies of reason), non-existent (asiddha) contradictory and inconclusive, Vāda (legitimate discourse), Pravacana (the nature of scripture), proof of omniscience, refutation of apaurușeyatva, Saptabhangi (the seven fold predication), naya and its classification, lastly conclusion on pramāņa (valid-knowledge), naya (partial standpoint) and niksepa
1 Ibid, p. 34.
Vide Hindi Intro. pp. 58, 60. 3 SVT pp. 8, 10, 130 etc.