Prabhakara school
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The Prabhakara school is a major subtradition of the Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy, known for its distinctive theories of language, epistemology, and Vedic ritual exegesis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prabhakara school canonical | 2 |
| Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu philosophical tradition
ⓘ
Indian philosophical school ⓘ Mimamsa school ⓘ |
| accepts | ritual action as central to religious life ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
ⓘ
surface form:
Kumarila school of Mimamsa
|
| distinguishedBy |
emphasis on sentence as primary unit of meaning
ⓘ
specific theory of error (akhyati) as non-apprehension rather than misapprehension ⓘ |
| doctrine |
Veda as eternal and authorless (apauruṣeya)
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akhyati theory of error ⓘ anvitābhidhāna theory of sentence meaning ⓘ duty-based ethics grounded in Vedic injunctions ⓘ meaning of words determined by sentence-context ⓘ non-acceptance of independent God as creator ⓘ primacy of injunctions (vidhi) in the Veda ⓘ theory of intrinsic validity of knowledge ⓘ tripuṭi-pratyakṣa (threefold perception) ⓘ |
| epistemology |
acceptance of comparison (upamāna) as a valid means of knowledge
ⓘ
acceptance of inference as a valid means of knowledge ⓘ acceptance of non-cognition (anupalabdhi) as a valid means of knowledge only in a specific way distinct from Bhatta view ⓘ acceptance of perception as a valid means of knowledge ⓘ acceptance of presumption (arthāpatti) as a valid means of knowledge ⓘ acceptance of testimony (śabda) as a valid means of knowledge ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hermeneutics of Vedic texts
ⓘ
interpretation of Vedic injunctions ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| goal |
ascertainment of dharma through Vedic sentences
ⓘ
correct performance of Vedic rituals ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early medieval India ⓘ |
| holdsView |
cognition reveals subject, object, and itself simultaneously
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dharma is known only through the Veda ⓘ knowledge is self-luminous ⓘ |
| influenced |
Navya-Nyaya discussions on language and cognition
ⓘ
later Mimamsa exegesis ⓘ |
| languageTheory | anvitābhidhāna (connected denotation) ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Vedic ritual exegesis
ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Prabhakara ⓘ |
| opposedViewOf | Advaita Vedanta on nature of ultimate reality ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mimamsa
ⓘ
Mimamsa ⓘ
surface form:
Purva Mimamsa
|
| philosophicalDiscipline |
hermeneutics
ⓘ
logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| rejects | Vedic texts as having narrative or purely descriptive purpose independent of injunctions ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| rivalSchool | Kumarila Bhatta school ⓘ |
| scripturalAuthority | Vedas ⓘ |
| textualTradition | commentaries on Jaimini’s Mimamsa Sutra ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.