Pragabhava, Prāgabhāva, Pranc-abhava: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Nyaya (school of philosophy)
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव) refers to “antecedent non-existence” and represents one of the four types of abhāva (non-existence) according to Annaṃbhaṭṭa’s Tarkasaṃgraha.—Prāgabhāva is the abhāva of a thing in its inherent cause, before its production e.g., a jar is made from its two parts. The prāgabhāva of the jar is found in its parts. When the jar is made, the prāgabhāva of the jar is destroyed. So, prāgabhāva has no beginning but it has an end. If the prāgabhāva is not destroyed, any effect will never be produced. Annaṃbhaṭṭa defines prāgabhāva as that which has no beginning but has an end. It remains prior to the production of an effect. Śivāditya gives the same definition of it. Viśvanātha defines prāgabhāva in his Nyāyasiddhāntamuktāvalī that prāgabhāva is destroyable. According to Keśava Miśra, that is known as prāgabhāva which iexists in the cause before the production of the effect.
Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics.
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव) refers to “antecedent non-existence” and represents one of the four kinds of Abhāva (“non-existence), as used in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 17, l. 29]—Before a thing (say a jar) is produced, there is its non-existence. This non-existence is prāg-abhāva. It exists from beginningless time, and it is destroyed as soon as a thing of which it is a prāg-abhāva is produced. The word ‘prāg-abhāva’ occurs in Vol II, on p. 31, ll. 8-9 and on p. 173, l. 6. It is explained in the super-commentary (Vol. II, p, 31). Further, a quotation by way of its illustration is given there. It means: the non-existence of dadhi (curd) kṣīra (milk) is called ‘prāg-abhāva’.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव).—m S (prāk & abhāva) Antecedent non-being. See abhāva.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव).—m.
(-vaḥ) Antecedent privation, the non-existence of any thing which may yet be. In law, the non-possession of property that may be possessed. E. prāk prior, a negetive and bhāva being.
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव).—i. e. prāk-a -bhāva, m. The non-existence (of any effect) previous to production, Bhā- ṣāp. 11.
1) Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव):—[=prāg-abhāva] [from prāg > prāñc] m. the not yet existing, non-existence of anything which may yet be, [Bhāṣāpariccheda; Sāṃkhyakārikā, [commentator or commentary] etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] (in law) the non-possession of property that may be possessed, [Horace H. Wilson]
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव):—[prāga+bhāva] (vaḥ) 1. m. Non-existence of what may be; non-possession.
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव):—(prāñc + abhāva) m. vorangehendes Nichtsein so v. a. Seinwerden [TARKAS. 4.] anādiḥ sāntaḥ prāgabhāvaḥ [?57. GAUḌAP. zu SĀṂKHYAK. 4. Bhāṣāpariccheda 11. Scholiast zu Kapila 1, 105. Colebrooke I, 288. MÜLLER in morgenländischen Gesellschaft 6, 14.] vicāra m. Titel eines Buchs [HALL 47.]
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Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव):—besser das noch-nicht-Sein; vgl. noch [SARVADARŚANAS. 111, 18. 161, 15.]
Prāgabhāva (प्रागभाव):—m. das Nochnichtsein. vāda m. ([Private libraries (Gustav) 1.]), vicāra m. , vijñāna n. und bhavojjīvana n. Titel von Werken.
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.
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Partial matches: Pranc, Prag, Abhava.
Starts with: Pragabhavakhandana, Pragabhavakhandanavicara, Pragabhavavada, Pragabhavavicara, Pragabhavavicararahasya, Pragabhavavijnana.
Full-text: Pragabhavavada, Pragabhavavicara, Pragabhavavijnana, Abhava, Pragabhavakhandana, Pragabhavavicararahasya, Pragabhavojjivana, Pirakapavam, Samsargabhava, Atyantabhava.
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Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Abhāva (1): Prāgabhāva < [Chapter 7 - Abhāva (Non-existence)]
Varieties of Abhāva (Introduction) < [Chapter 7 - Abhāva (Non-existence)]
Abhāva (3): Atyantābhāva (Absolute Non-existence) < [Chapter 7 - Abhāva (Non-existence)]
A critical study of Ānandajñāna’s Tarkasaṅgraha (by Satyan Sharma)
Part 2.1 - The refutation of Abhāva < [Chapter 4 - Refutations in the Tṛtīya Pariccheda]
Part 1 - Variations available from Śeṣaśārṅgadhara's Nyāyamuktāvalī < [Chapter 5 - Textual similarities, variations and a historical revision]
Liberation in early Advaita Vedanta (by Aleksandar Uskokov)
4. Kumārila’s First Account of Liberation < [Chapter 3 - The Highest Good and Liberation in pre-Śaṅkara Mīmāṃsā]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 4 - The Pramāṇas according to Mādhava Mukunda < [Chapter XXI - The Nimbārka School of Philosophy]
Part 17 - Rāmānujācārya II alias Vādi-Haṃsa-Navāmvuda < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Vyāsa-tīrtha, Madhusūdana and Rāmācārya on the Falsity of the World < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Part 9 - Indefinability of World-appearance < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Part 6 - Inference of ajñāna < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha of Udbhata (by Narayana Daso Banhatti)
Chapter 6—Sixth Varga < [English notes to the Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha]