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Utpaladeva's Lost Vivṛti on the Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā
Author Torella, Raffaele
Source Journal of Indian Philosophy
Volumev.42 n.1
Date2014.03
Pages115 - 126
PublisherSpringer
Publisher Url http://www.springer.com/gp/
LocationBerlin, Germany [柏林, 德國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteR. Torella (&)
Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali, Sapienza Universita` di Roma, via Principe Amedeo 182b,
00185 Rome, Italy
e-mail: raffaele.torella@fastwebnet.it
KeywordPratyabhijñā; Utpaladeva; Abhinavagupta; Apoha; Anupalabdhi; Svasaṃvedana; Dignāga; Dharmakīrti
AbstractThe recent discovery of a fragmentary manuscript of Utpaladeva’s long commentary (Vivṛti or Ṭīkā) on his own Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā (ĪPK) and Vṛtti enables us to assess the role of this work as the real centre of gravity of the Pratyabhijñā philosophy as a whole, though the later Śaiva tradition chose instead Abhinavagupta’s Vimarśinī as the standard text. This brilliant, and more compact and accessible, text was copied and copied again during the centuries and became popular in south India too, where a number of manuscripts in the principal southern scripts are still available. The success of a particular commentary is very often the indirect cause of the decline of the others, which are less and less read and, consequently, copied, until their complete or almost complete loss. Of the lengthy and difficult Vivṛti by Utpaladeva—corresponding to the extent of 8,000 ślokas (hence the traditional denomination of Aṣṭasāhasrī)—the fragmentary śāradā manuscript that has come to light covers only the section ĪPK I.3.6 through I.5.3. Although the portion of the recovered text is comparatively short (33 folios), it proves to be particularly important in the economy of Pratyabhijñā philosophy due to the crucial points being dealt with there at great length, always in a hard-fought debate with the logical-epistemological school of Buddhism.
ISSN00221791 (P); 15730395 (E)
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Created date2014.12.31
Modified date2019.08.22



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