Dharmakirti's Rupavatara, A Critical Study

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Dharmakirti's Rupavatara, A Critical Study
By: K. S. Lallithambal

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Author: K.S. Lalithambal
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ISBN: 8170304377

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Rupavatara is the first work composed in the prakria stle of treatment of the sutras of Astadhyahi and is written by Dharmakirti, 10th Century A.D. The present study of Rupavatara is divided into three parts. Part I General, consisting of three chapters, aims at introducing the author and his work. Part II is termed Analytical Study and contains an analysis of all the parts of the text. Part III, Observations, is a comparative study of Rupavatara with Kasika and later recasts Siddhantakaumundi is atrtempted. The last Chapter sums up the results of this critical study and concludes with an attempt to evaluate the work.

Dharmakirti's Rupavatara, A Critical Study, K.S. Lalithambal, Sri Satguru, Delhi, Hardcover, 220 pp.

Dr. K. S. Lalithambal is presently in Department of Sanskrit, Mahara's College, Ernakulam, Kerala.

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I General
Chapter I - Dharmakirti - The Author
Chapter II - Rupavatara - The Work
Chapter III - Characteristics of The Work

Part II Analytical Study
Chapter IV Dharmakirti's Treatment of the Science of Grammar
Chapter V Dharmakirtis's Treatment of the Science of Grammar
Chapter VI Readings of the Sutras and Vartikas in Rupavatara
Chapter VII Verses in Rupavatara
Chapter VIII Conclusion
Appdendix 1. LIst of Rules of Astadhyaya interpreted in Rupavatarav
2. List of Rules of Astadhyaya referred to in Rup[avatara

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