Hetubindu Tika

Author(s): Dharmakirti Mahaswami, Archatt Bhatt, Durvek Mishra Pandit, Sukhlal Sanghavi, Jinvijay, B Bhattacharya
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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P.-This photo MS, was procured in the Summer of 1942 from the Bihar and Orissa Research. Society, Patna, by Pt. Dalsukh Malvania and Mr. Nathmal Tatia, M. A. Pt. Dalsukh Malyania prepared himself a press copy of a portion of it and finished the copy of the rest with the help of Mr. Mahendrakumar 'Abhaya' during the last three months of 1943.
We have consulted, in editing the present text on the basis of these MSS., many such available works as contained the subject matter discussed or have been quoted in the Helubindu-tikā and the Aloka. And this process has helped us, in many places, in correcting the readings and tracing the original sources of many passages quoted in the Hetubindu-tik, and the sub-commentary. We have mentioned those sources in their respective places,
The folio numbers of the S. and the T.MS. have been placed in square brackets in the text of the Hetubindu-tikā. The folio numbers of the P. MS, have also been placed in the same type of brackets in the text of the Aloka. The letter 'a' after the number indicates the obverse of the folio while 'b' indicates the reverse.
We ourselves are responsible for the four divisions into which the Hetubindu-tika has been divided in the present edition. Of course, the T. MS, has named the second and the third divisions in accordance with their subject matter. But it does not mention any title for the first and the fourth division. We have, however, designated all the four in accordance with their subject matter. It should also be noticed that 'we have placed the titles at the beginning of each division, while the T. MS. places the second and the third title at the end of the respective division.
In addition to these four main divisions of the subject matter, we have made a number of other sub-divisions with different sub-tities in order to indicate the important topics discussed under them.
We have added seven appendixes at the end. Of these, the first appendix contains the philosophical terms and proper names of the basic text of the Hetubindu. In the second appendix, there are proper names contained in the Helubindu-ţikā; in the third, the quotations in the Tikā; and in the fourth, the philosophical terms. In the fifth appendix the proper names of the sub-commentary Aloka are given, and the sixth contains the list of quotations in the same subcommentary. In the seventh appendix we have given the basic text of the Hetubindu as reconstructed on the basis of its Tibetan Version as well as the individual words selected for exposition in the Hetubindu-tikā and its sub-commentary.