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FOREWORD
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The Sanskrit-Sanskriti Granthamālā has great pleasure indeed in offering to scholars of Indian philosophy the English translation of Samantabhadra's (c. 550 A. D.) Aptamimāṁsā (“Critique of an Authority”). This is the seventh book in the Series.
Samantabhadra laid a firm foundation of Anekānta logic and his Aptamīmāṁsā provided a model for subsequent authors for criticising onesided philosophical views. Aptamīmāṁsā has the good fortune of being commented upon by such stalwarts of Anekānta logic as Akalanka, Vidyānanda and Yasovijaya. Akalanka's commentary called Astašati, though elaborate enough, is not too elaborate. Hence it is included in the present work. It is not a word-by-word commentary on Aptamimāṁsā. So it can be read as an independent work.
Notes and comments added to the English translation enhance the value of the work. The introduction elucidates several points of philosophical interest.
It is hoped that the publication of this work will be of great value to the scholars of Indian philosophy.
Nagin J. Shah General Editor
Sanskrit-Sanskriti Granthamālā 23, Valkeshvar Society Ambawadi Ahmedabad-380 015 India December 25, 1998
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