Mimansa Rules of Interpretation (Principal Commentators of Dharmasastra) - Hardcover

S. K. Limaye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 818315316X ISBN 13: 9788183153164

Publisher: New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2017

Synopsis

Language: English
Pages: 250


About the Book

The Veda, as per the commentary of Sayana, is the superhuman means to know the way of attaining the desired result and alleviating the undesired one. The incantations of the Veda are of diverse import. In course of time, the meaning of the Vedic incantations became unintelligible due to various reasons and commentaries were required to explain the meaning. Mimamsa is the sastra developed in India as an aid to understand the meaning of the Veda. It gives various principles in twelve chapters for the interpretation of the Vedic incantations. Its main focus is of course on the performance of the rituals.

The principles of interpretations became very important in course of time that the later writers on Dharmasastra and other sastra too resorted to them for drawing conclusion in their sastra. M.M.P.V. Kane gave a description of them in his History of Dharmasastra. Shri Sarkar and other also wrote books on this subject. The present book by Dr. Limaye is a book on the influence of Mimamsa rules of interpretation on popular commentaries of Dharmasastra. It explains how the commentators on Dharmasastra were influenced by the rules of interpretation of Mimansa sastra.

About the Author

Dr. S. K. Limaye was a Sanskrit scholar from Nagpur who got his education in Amaravati and Nagpur. Out of his love for Sanskrit he approached the then famous scholars in Nagpur and studied Mimamsa and other subjects. He served the Morris College in Nagpur and retired from services as Sanskrit Lecturer. He rendered his services even after his retirement to various institutions. He was the member of Academic Council of Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek. This thesis by Dr. Limaye was appreciated even by Dr. Gopinath Kavira

Edition details

• Publisher: New Bharatiya Book Corporation
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 818315316X
• ISBN 13: 9788183153164
• Binding: Hardcover