Prabhakara
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Hindu philosopher
Indian philosopher
Indian religious scholar
Sanskrit scholar
commentator
epistemologist
ethicist
founder of philosophical school
logician
Prabhakara was an influential Indian philosopher and Mīmāṃsā scholar whose ideas founded the Prabhakara school of Hindu exegesis and epistemology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu philosopher
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Indian philosopher ⓘ Indian religious scholar ⓘ Sanskrit scholar ⓘ commentator ⓘ epistemologist ⓘ ethicist ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ logician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mīmāṃsā school
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Prābhākara school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| era | classical Indian philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hindu scriptural hermeneutics
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Mīmāṃsā exegesis ⓘ Vedic interpretation ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ ritual theory ⓘ |
| founderOf | Prābhākara school of Mīmāṃsā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchoolNamedAfter | Prābhākara school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian philosophy of language
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Prābhākara Mīmāṃsā commentators ⓘ later Hindu epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jaimini
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earlier Mīmāṃsā tradition ⓘ Śabara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
interpretation of Vedic injunctions
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nature of duty (dharma) ⓘ relation between language and meaning ⓘ sources of valid knowledge (pramāṇa) ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
denial of separate validity of error (akhyāti critique)
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duty-based ethics centered on Vedic injunctions ⓘ priority of injunctions (vidhi) in Vedic texts ⓘ theory of intrinsic validity of knowledge (svataḥ-prāmāṇya) ⓘ tripartite relation in cognition (tripuṭi-pratyakṣa emphasis) ⓘ view that words primarily denote sentence-meaning (anvitābhidhāna-vāda) ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Bhāṭṭa school of Mīmāṃsā
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Kumārila Bhaṭṭa’s views on error ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Mīmāṃsā
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Prābhākara Mīmāṃsā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
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surface form:
Indian subcontinent
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| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | systematizer of a distinct Mīmāṃsā sub-school ⓘ |
| tradition | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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