krishnadeltoso, 11 months ago

I'm currently working on the Lokāyata section of Bhavyakīrti's (10th century) Pradīpoddyotanānusandhiprakāśikānāmavyākhyāṭīkā. Although it seems that Bhavyakīrti doesn't fully understand the meaning of some Lokāyata arguments, the section is quite interesting.

The main subjects are:

• rejection of the Lokāyata epistemology,
• discussion of the mind-body relation,
• rejection of the Lokāyata negation of afterlife.

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