This philosophical essay explores the theory of cognition expounded by Harivarman, author of the Satyasiddhi śāstra. The author outlines Harivarman’s critique of Abhidharma atomism and his assertion…
June & September 1956Vol. 32 · No. 2 & 3pp. 319–323
In “Abhidharmakośakārikā (I. 9–48) with English Translation and Notes from Yaśomitra’s Commentary,” Prof. N. Aiyaswami Sastri offers a detailed exegesis of selected verses of Vasubandhu’s seminal…
Focusing on the first eight verses of the Abhidharmakosakarika, this study offers a translation and commentary that unpack the dense philosophical terms of Vasubandhu’s treatise. The verses introduce…
A brief note examines a devotional verse known as the mangalaśloka from Kumārila Bhaṭṭa’s Ślokavārttika. The writer analyses the verse’s philosophical significance and linguistic construction,…