A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Pratisthapana
This page describes Pratisthapana which is located on page 561 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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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Pratisthapana” according to 5 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita [by Asokan. G]
The dialectical terms thus enumerated are: debate (vada), substance (dravya), quality (guna), action (karma), universal (samanya), particularity (vishesha), inherence (samavaya), proposition (pratijna), demonstration (sthapana), counter argument (pratishthapana), reason (hetu), example (drishtanta), application (upanaya), conclusion (nigamana), false rejoinder (uttara), tenet (siddhanta), word (shabda), perception (pratyaksha), inference (anumana), tradition (aitihya), analogy (aupamya), doubt (samshaya)...
Read full contents: Dialectical terms [in Charaka philosophy]
Brihat Samhita [by N. Chidambaram Iyer]
Installation of Idols in Temples (pratima-pratishthapana). 1. Either on the northern or eastern part of the temple, the person learned in the matter shall erect a shed with archways on all sides and adorn it with plantains and festoons. 2-3. The eastern part of the shed shall be adorned with garlands of flowers and with flags of various colours. The south-eastern side shall be adorned with garlands and flags of red colour....
Read full contents: Chapter 60 - Installation of Idols in Temples (pratima-pratishthapana)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
There are some other logical categories mentioned in Caraka (e.g. pratishthapana, jijnasa, vyavasaya, vakyadosha, vakyaprashamsa, upalambha, parihara, abhyanujna , etc.) which are not found in the Nyaya sutra. Again, the various types of futilities (jati) and points of opponent s refutation (; nigrahasthana) mentioned in the Nyaya sutra are not found in Caraka....
Read full contents: Part 6 - Caraka, Nyaya sutras and Vaisheshika sutras
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