Philosophy of Charaka-samhita

by Asokan. G | 2008 | 88,742 words

Ayurveda, represented by Charaka and Sushruta, stands first among the sciences of Indian intellectual tradition. The Charaka-samhita, ascribed to the great celebrity Charaka, has got three strata. (1) The first stratum is the original work composed by Agnivesha, the foremost of the six disciples of Punarvasu Atreya. He accomplished the work by coll...

Dialectical terms (26): Resolve (parihāra)

Resolve (parihāra) is the resolution given as reply to the objections raised by pointing out the fallacies of reason by the opponent.[1]

For instance, the following is the resolution given in reply to the objection raised against establishing that the self is eternal. “The self is eternal. It shows signs as long as it remains in the body and when it leaves the body there will be no signs in the body even if it is there. Therefore, the self is different form the body and is eternal”.[2]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

pariharo nama tasyaiva doṣavacanasya parihāraṇaṃ; CS,Vimāna - sthāna, VIII. 60.

[2]:

Ibid.

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