HEMACANDRA S PRAMANA MIMAMSA SOME STRIKING FEATURES क A Solomen Striking Features Besides being a renowned Ac rya Hemacandracirya was an adept in various fields of Sanskrit and Prakrit learning Kavya…
This piece from the Gandharavāda reproduces Mahavira’s philosophical response to Indrabhuti Gautama’s scepticism about the soul. Gautama argues that the soul’s existence cannot be proved because it…
E. A. Solomon’s dense article delves into one of the most contested issues in Advaita Vedanta: the status, locus and scope of avidya (ignorance). Shankaracharya posits that Brahman alone is real and…
Avidyā, or ignorance, is a central concept in Vedānta. Drawing on Advaita Vedānta texts, this article defines avidyā as the delusion that conceals the true nature of reality and projects a world of…
Sāṃkhya‑Nāśaka Madhava is an exploration of a heterodox Sāṃkhya thinker whose doctrines attracted criticism from Buddhist and Nyāya scholars. Esther A. Solomon collates fragments from Dinnāga’s…
Mādhava was a prominent but controversial Sāṅkhya philosopher, often referred to as Sāṅkhya-nāśaka or Sāṅkhya-nāyaka in Buddhist and Mīmāṁsā literature, suggesting either he distorted or…