A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Kumarila Bhatta
This page describes Kumarila Bhatta which is located on page 224 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads [by Gisha K. Narayanan]
Purvamimamsa consists of two schools namely Bhatta School and Prabhakara School. Kumarila Bhatta was the founder of Bhatta School of Mimamsa and Prabhakara was the founder of Prabhakara School of Mimamsa. Mimamsa accepts the existence of soul as the essence of human personality. This soul is entirely different from the body, sense and the buddhi. “Soul is the first factor of personality and includes mind. Mind is the internal sense organ by which the self can perceive its qualities....
Read full contents: 5. The Concept of Mind in Purvamimamsa
The Concept of Sharira as Prameya [by Elizabeth T. Jones]
Mimamsakas who come under the teacher, Kumarila Bhatta are called Bhatta Mimamsakas. They believe that when a sentence is uttered, a listener gets the knowledge of the meaning of each word in that sentence. When the whole sentence is uttered, he gets the verbal cognition by understanding the relationship between the meanings of each word. This way of attaining verbal cognition is called Abhihitanvayavada . Among the other systems, Naiyayikas are also seen holding the same view....
Read full contents: Purva Mimamsa Philosophy
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system [by Babu C. D]
Eventually this school was divided into two groups: the school founded by Prabhakara and the one founded by Kumarila Bhatta. Prabhakara defines valid knowledge as apprehension (anubhuti). As against to this Kumarila defines it as apprehension of an object which is produced by causes free from defects and which is not contradicted by subsequent knowledge. Valid cognition therefore must fulfill four conditions....
Read full contents: Chapter 2.4 - Pramanas in Purva Mimamsa
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