Tattvopaplavasinghah...
Tattvopaplavasinghah
by: Kashinath Nyaupane , Ambika Datta SharmaIt is, for the first time, a complete Hindi translation of Bhatta Jairashis Tattvopaplavasimha by the two well-versed scholars of classical Indian Philosophy has been brought about. This translation, with a close hermenutical rendering of the text, provides a convincing structure of skeptical deconstruction of all the major systems of Indian Philosophical thought. Its study leads a reader toward a radical support of Charvaka Ideology by declaring the annihilation of all principles.
₹650.00 Original price was: ₹650.00.₹585.00Current price is: ₹585.00.
ISBN: 9788124608265
Year Of Publication: 2015
Edition: 1st Edition
Pages : xviii, 240p.
Language : Hindi
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 600
We come across variety of fragmented ideas related to the Philosophy of Charvaka in name of Bhutacaitanyavadi, Lokayatika, Akriyavadi and so on. But the Tattvopaplavasimha of Jairashi Bhatta is the only text available in Indian tradition which claims to rediscover the tradition of Brihaspati, supposed to be the founder of Charvaka Philosophy. It is, for the first time, a complete Hindi translation of the Tattvopaplavasimha is brought out by two well-versed scholars of classical Indian Philosophy. This translation, with a close hermeneutical rendering of the text, provides a convincing structure of dialectical as well as sceptical deconstruction of all the major systems of Indian Philosophical thoughts. Its study leads a reader towards a radical support of Charvaka ideology by declaring the annihilation of all principles.


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