Paralipomena Zum Sarvasarvatmakatvada II

Author(s): A Wezler
Publisher: A Wezler

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Paralipomena zum Sarvasarvātmakatvavada II: On the Sarvasarvatmakatvavāda and its Relation
to the VỊkṣāyurveda
ALBRECHT WEZLER
1. In my contributions to the Commemoration Volume for Ludwig Alsdorf have at some length dealt with the so-called sarvasarvatmakarvaddal. The material drawn upon in this article was mainly from the Dvadašaranayacakra of the Jain philosopher Mallavadin and Simhasūri's commentary on it, viz. the Nyayagamanuskrini. When I examined this material and put the results of my analysis down in writing, I was already aware of the fact that with this vada I had not only discovered a very promising vein of gold, but that it would certainly not be possible to unearth all of the precious metal at once. In fact, it was only shortly afterwards that I came to realize that in Patanjali's Mahabhäsya this wada is also clearly attested. I have discussed the relevant passage in another article of mine, published in the WzKS. As I cannot take it for granted that the readers of the present article are familiar with my two earlier studies or that they remember my argument in them, I deem it to the point to summarize in brief' their main results before turning to what forms the actual subject of this second supplement.
2. However, before acquainting the reader with this vāda as regards its essen tial philosophical content and the relation it has with other central tenets of the Samkhva school of thought, the following has to be emphasized: both the passages in which this váda is mentioned, and some of the terms used, are not sufficiently explicit to allow to draw a distinct and complete picture, when taken by them
Studien zum Dvidaranayacakra des Svetambara Mallavdin. I. Der sarvasarudd karvandda in: Srudien zum Jainismus und Buddhismus. Gedenkschrift for Ludwig Alsdorf. hrsg. von K. BRUHN und A. WEZLER, Wiesbaden 1981, 359-408 (WEZLER 1981).
? Paralipomena zum Sarvasarvatmakatvavada (I): Mahabhasya zu Pan. 4.3.155 und seine einheimischen Erklärer in: WZKS XXV (1982), 149-166 (= WEZLER 1982).
cr my article Remarks on the Sarvasarvatmakalvavida' In: Philosophical Essays Professor Ananthal Thatur Felicitarion Volume, Calcutta 1987, 166-181, on which the present summary is partially based
Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik (Stil) 16 (1992) pp. 287-315.