Tattvabindu of Vachaspati Mishra (study)

by Kishor Deka | 2024 | 49,069 words

Summary: This is an English study of the Tattvabindu of Vachaspati Mishra (study)—representing a significant text in the Mimamsa philosophy which addresses the concept of verbal knowledge (shabdabodha) and identifies the efficient cause behind it, examining five traditional perspectives. These are Sphota-Vada, Varna-Vada, Varnamala-Vada, and Anvitabhidhana-Vada and Abhihitanvaya-Vada, with the Tattvabindu primarily endorsing the Abhihitanvayavada view. The thesis systematically refutes the Purvapaksha views (i.e., the first four perspectives) by culminating a comprehensive endorsement of the Siddhanta perspective aligned with Bhatta Mimamsa, as supported by Vachaspati Mishra.

Transliteration: Tattvabindu (तत्त्वबिन्दु), Vācaspatimiśra (वाचस्पतिमिश्र), Vācaspati Miśra (वाचस्पति मिश्र), Vacaspati-Mishra,

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Acknowledgement

Preface

+ Chapter 1 - Introduction

. Part 1 - Bhāṭṭa Mīmāṃsā at a glance

. Part 2 - A brief account of Tattvabindu

. Part 3.1 - Date of Vācaspati Miśra

. Part 3.2 - Place of Vācaspati Miśra

. Part 3.3 - Works of Vācaspati Miśra

. Part 4 - Preface to the present Study

+ Chapter 2 - Sphoṭavāda and its refutation by Vācaspati Miśra

. Introduction—Sphoṭavāda (the theory of sphoṭa)

. Part 1 - Derivation of the word Sphoṭa