Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa’s View on Negation in the Nañarthanirṇaya of the Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra

• Authors: Małgorzata Sulich-Cowley

Abstracts

EN

Studies on negation in the school of Vyākaraṇa have focused on the early period of its development, especially on the interpretation of prasajya and paryudāsa types of negation provided by early commentators starting with Patañjali and elaborated on by Bhartṛhari. The post-Bhartṛhari period requires thorough research when it comes to the theory of meaning and cognition proposed by Indian grammarians. The present article analyses the interpretation of negation proposed by Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa in the Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra and shows it against the background of theory of negation that had been developing for centuries within the school of Vyākaraṇa.

Keywords

EN

negation; Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa; vaiyākaraṇa; superimposition; prasajyapratiṣedha; paryudāsapratiṣedha; Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇasāra

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 36
• Pages: 245-263

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Sulich-Cowley

• University of Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000285899136

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Identifiers

DOI

10.60018/AcAsVa.vyvl9167

Biblioteka Nauki

35058205