ISBN: 9788195138371
Author: Dr. P. Vinayacharya, D.Litt
Year of Publication: Apr'2024
Binding: HB
Language: English
No. of Pages : 368
ABOUT THE BOOK : Among the prakarana-grantalis (independent treatises dealing with a particular concept of philosophy) of Sri Madhvacharya, the pramana- lakshana is a not so large it treatise, which is a handbook of epistemology ie. The science of knowledge and its means. As the great Acharya himself acknowledges. It is a work based on a hoary work called brahma-tarka which was available to Sri Madhvacharya. The pramana-lakshana is written in prose style detailing on the concepts of epistemology which is useful for philosophical deliberations and discussions as well. It is a terse. Yet a work with utmost clarity of concepts related to epistemology.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Dr. P. Vinay (respectfully addressed as Vinayacharya as per the tradition)-M.A. Vidwat (Dvaita Vedanta). Ph.D.D.litt. is an authority on the Dvaita school of Vedanta of Sri Madhavacarya. He has authored many original works in Sanskrit and English on Vedanta and other philosophical subjects. He is currently the assistant professor in the Department of Vedanta in Karnataka Sanskrit University (KSU). Bangalore. India and also the Principal of Sanskrit Evening College.KSU. Dr. Vinayacharya is a streak of the intellectual lightning in the modern Indian philosophy scenario.