The Buddhist Philosophy as Presented in Mimansa-sloka-varttika

Description

Studies of the Buddhist Philosophy and Logic occupy a very important place in the modern philosophical world. As the original Buddhist sources, having been destroyed and lost in course of time, are scanty in number, it may prove beneficial to have study of a non-Buddhist treatises like Mīmāṁsā-Śloka-Värttika of Kumārila Bhatta, which contains vast material related to the Buddhist philosophy and logic. In course of refutation, Kumārila Bhatta, the renowned Mīmāmsaka and the philosopher of the 7th Cen. A.D., has given a store of information regarding the Buddhist doctrines in his Magnumopus, Mīmāṁsā-śloka-Värttika. It was, therefore, decided to take up this study. The relevant portions from the Śloka-Värttika have been compiled, classified on well- defined lines, discussed and compared with the original Buddhist sources wherever possible. It is for the first-time that Kumārila’s presentation of the Buddhist-Philosophy in his Śloka- Värttika has been evaluated in a Systematic way, and thus, it may prove to be a new pavement in the modern learning of Indian Philosophy.