Mulikartha, Mūlikārtha, Mulika-artha: 3 definitions
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In Hinduism
Samkhya (school of philosophy)
Source: SOAS: The Soteriological Role of the Ṛṣi Kapila in the YuktidīpikāMūlikārtha (मूलिकार्थ) is another name for Cūlikārtha (the “ten fundamental topics”), according to the 7th century Yuktidīpikā: an anonymous commentary on the Sāṃkhyakārikā by Īśvarakṛṣṇa which represents the core text of the Sāṃkhya school of Hidnu philosophy.—[Regarding the Yuktidīpikā’s view of the nature of the Sāṃkhyakārikā]: The commentator next identifies the Sāṃkhyakārikā as a summary of the various arguments put forward by these teachers, which are classified according to a system of sixty categories of discussion: “These [thickets of logic] are inaccessible to those pupils whose intellects are confused with regard to the truth. Therefore, this handbook—or even complete treatise—its meaning condensed, called the ‘Seventy [Verses]’, was composed by Īśvarakṛṣṇa, on the basis of which, all of the categories will be explained in this [commentary]. The existence of primordial Materiality, oneness, purposefulness, difference, subservience to another, plurality, disjunction, conjunction, continuation of the remaining [body after discrimination], and non-agency, have been handed down as the ten fundamental topics (cūlikārtha or mūlikārtha). [...]”.
Samkhya (सांख्य, Sāṃkhya) is a dualistic school of Hindu philosophy (astika) and is closeley related to the Yoga school. Samkhya philosophy accepts three pramanas (‘proofs’) only as valid means of gaining knowledge. Another important concept is their theory of evolution, revolving around prakriti (matter) and purusha (consciousness).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMūlikārtha (मूलिकार्थ).—a radical fact.
Derivable forms: mūlikārthaḥ (मूलिकार्थः).
Mūlikārtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūlika and artha (अर्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūlikārtha (मूलिकार्थ):—[from mūlika > mūl] m. a radical fact, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] (cf. yoga).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Artha, Mulika.
Full-text: Culikartha.
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Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
3.2. Concept of Mulikarthas < [Chapter 10 - Philosophical aspect of the Devalasmriti]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 292 < [Volume 6 (1882)]