Author: Jha, Ganganatha
Title: Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources
Description: Banares, Baranas Hindu University, [1964]. 2nd Edition. orig.cloth. 25x16cm, xx,340,(89)pp, A large chip from front flyleaf. Some page browning. Some binding soil. Spine stained. Flyleaves discolored.. Corners bumped. Front interior hinge cracked. Just Good. ¶ Includes an 69-page "Appendix: Critical Bibliography" at rear. Contents: Introductory & Bibliographical; Philosophical Topics; Liberation; Body, Sense-organs & Mind; God; Reality of the External World; Things of the World; Heaven; Jati - Universal; Pramana -Means of Valid Cognition; Different Kinds of Valid Cognition - Perception; Anumana - Inference; Verbal Cognition. Scriptural Injunction according to Shabara; Scriptural or Verbal Cognition according to Prabhakara; Scriptural or Verbal Cognition according to Kumarila; Upamana - Analogical Cognition; Arthapatti - Presumption; Abhava -Non-Apprehension; Mimamsa Topics - Proper; Introductory: Shastrarambla; What is Dharma; Extent & Content of the Veda: Mantra & Brahmana; Smrti & Custom & Other Sources of the Knowledge of Dharma; What are the Acts that Constitute "Dharma"?; ´ Principal´ & ´Auxiliary´ Acts; Motive; Order of Sequence; Sacrifices; ´ Atidesha´ - Transference of Details; Uha - Modification; ´Badha´ - Exclusion; ´Tantra´ - Centralisation; ´Prasanga´ - Extended Application; ´ Vikalpa´ - Option; Acts - Sacrifices; Daksina - Sacrificial Fee; Influence of Mimamsa on Legal & Other Branches of Literature; Appendix: Critical Bibliography (Mimamsakusumanjali).

Keywords: Indic Philosophy, Mimamsa, India South Asia, Hinduism, History, Hindu Philosophy, , ,