Methodology of Ancient Indian Sciences

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Item Code:	IDG394
Author:	W. K. Lele
Publisher:	Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan
Edition:	2013
ISBN:	9789382443391
Pages:	300
Cover:	Hardcover
Other Details:	8.5" X 5.5"

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CONTENTS

Preface		v
Abbreviations		viii
1.	The Sources of the Methodology	3-19
2.	Number and Purpose of the Devices	20-64
3.	Major Devices	35-164
4.	Minor Devices	165-228
5.	(Tantradosah) The Faults of a Scientific Treatise	229-243
6.	(Tautragunah) The Excellences of a Scientific Treatise	244-261
7.	Conclusions	262-264
Index-1 Topics Discussed in the Present Book		265-272
Index-2		273-283
Bibliography		284-288

INDEX-1

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENT BOOK

Figures to the right indicate page numbers.
S.D.=Sundry Device

A
Adhikarana Tantrayukti	40-43
Adhikaranavyakhya	165
Ajnakalpana	179
Akastasabda Tantraguna	244
Alphabetical Arrangement of Other Devices	32-33
Alphabetical List of the Finalized Tantrayuktis	31-32
Anarthaka (=aparthaka) Tantradosa	231
Anavapatitasabda Tantraguna	245
Ancient Indians' Pursuit of Knowledge	3-4
Anagataveksana Tantrayukti	44-46
Antalopa Asraya	184
Anulomavyakhya	166
Anumata Tantrayukti	46-48
Anuvrtti S.D.	214-15
Anvaya S.D.	215
Anubhavaviruddhata Tantradosa	240-41
Apadesa Tantrayukti	48-51
Apagatapunarukta Tantraguna	245-46
Apavarga Tantrayukti	51-54
Aprasiddhasabda Tantradosa	232
Aprayojana Tantradosa	232
Arthabahula Tantraguna	246-247
Arthanirupanadigdarsana S.D.	216
Arthapatti Tantrayukti	54-57
Arthatativaviniscayapradhana Tantraguna	245-46
Arthavyakhya	166-67
Asamaptartha Tantradosa	233-34
Asangatartha Tantradosa	232-33
Asankulaprakarana Tantraguna	247-48
Asukharohipadam Tantradosa	234
Astangahrdayam and the Tantrayuktis	12-13
Atarkikata Tantradosa	241-43
Atidesa Tantrayukti	38-40
Atikrantaveksana Tantrayukti	36-38
Atisamksipta Tantradosa	231
Ativistrta Tantradosa	230-31
Avayava Tacchilya	199-200
Avantaropaya S.D.	216
A
Adilopa Asraya	185
Adimadhyantalopa Asraya	185
Adyantaviparyaya Asraya	185-86
Aptajanapujita Tantraguna	248-49
Arambha S.D.	216-217
Arsa Tantraguna	249-250
Asuprabodhaka Tantraguna	250
B
Bhaksyakalpana	181-182
Bhinnakrama Tantradosa	237
Bhuyastva Tacchilya	209
C
Caraka and the Tantrayuktis	9-10
Cestanimitta Tacchilya	202-03
Chandonirdesa S.D.	219
Compositional Devices Other than the Tantrayuktis	16-18
Concepts of Tantradosas and Tantragunas	229
Conclusions	262-64
D
Date of Caraka	10
Date of Kautalya	8-9
Date of the Susrutasamhita	11
Date of the Tantrayuktih	15
Date of the Tantrayuktivicarah	14
Date of Vagbhata	12
Date of Visnudharmottarapurana	13
Dhirapurusasevita Tantraguna	253-55
Dhvajavyakhya	169
Dosapradarsana S.D.	220
Drstanta Tantrayukti	75-76
Duhpranita Tantradosa	234-36
Dvarasloka S.D.	220-21
E
Ekanta Tantrayukti	72
Enumeration of Sundry Devices	214
Enumeration of Tantragunas	229-230
G
Gunagunivibhava Tacchilya	201
Gunakalpana	179-80
Gunanimitta Tacchilya	201
H
Hetuhetukadharma Asraya	197-98
Hetvartha Tantrayukti	150-54
How are the Tantrayuktis to be used	29
K
Karma Tacchilya	200-01
Karyakaranadharma Asraya	188-89
Kavyasarira-kalpana S.D.	218-19
Kautalya and the Tantrayuktis	7-8
Kramagatartha Tantraguna	251-52
Krcchravyakhya	169
L
Laksanavat Tantraguna	256-57
Lesakalpana	182-83
M
Madhyalopa Asraya	193
Method of Analytical Study	35-36
Method of Treatment of Minor Devices	165
Methodology of Scientific Works	5
Mulasamjna Tacchilya	209-10
N
Naikanta Tantrayukti	88-91
Naya(nyaya)nirdesa S.D.	221
Nidarsana Tantrayukti	76-78
Nihpramanaka Tantradosa	236
Nirdesa Tantrayukti	83-86
Nirnaya Tantrayukti	81-83
Nirvacana Tantrayukti	86-88
Niyoga Tantrayukti	78-81
Nilamegha and the Tantrayuktis	13-14
Number of Tantrayuktis	22-23
Nyasavyakhya	169-71
O
Order of Enumeration of the Tantrayuktis	29-31
P
Padaprayogasamarthana S.D.	222
Padavyakhya	171-172
Padartha Tantrayukti	91-95
Padarthavyakhya	172-73
Paramparagatavicaroddharana S.D.	223
Paratantrapratyaya Asraya	191-92
Panini and the Devices of Scientific Treatises	5-7
Panini's Date	7
Phalavyakhya	176-78
Pindavyakhya	173
Pradesa Tantrayukti	101-05
Pradhanasya Kalpana	180
Pradhanena Kalpana	180-81
Prakaranvyakhya	173-74
Prakara Tacchilya	207-08
Prasanga Tantrayukti	108-111
Pratilomavyakhya	174-75
Pratyayadharma Asraya	192
Pratyutsara Tantrayukti	98-101
Prayojana Tantrayukti	105-08
Prayojanavyakhya	175
Prakrta Asraya	192-193
Punarukta Tantraguna	236
Puskalabhidhana Tantraguna	255-56
Purvapaksa Tantrayukti	95-98
R
Role of Tantrayuktis	23-29
Rsiklista Asraya	187-88
S
Samanatantrapratyaya Asraya	195-96
Sambhava Asraya	197
Sambhava Tantrayukti	144-46
Samsaktata Tacchilya	211
Samsaya Tantrayukti	137-40
Samuccaya Tantrayukti	140-44
Sandigdha Tantradosa	239-40
Sangatartha Tantraguna	257
Sahacarya Tacchilya	211
Samipya Tacchilya	211
Sthana Tacchilya	212-13
Sumahadyasasvi Tantraguna	259
Summary of the Treatment of Asrayas	198
Summary of the Treatment of Kalpanas	184
Summary of the Treatment of Sundry Devices	227-28
Summary of the Treatment of Tantradosas	243
Summary of the Treatment of Tantragunas	260-61
Summary of the Treatment of Tantrayuktis	15-16
Summary of the Treatment of Tacchilyas	213-14
Summary of the Treatment of Vyakhyas	178-79
Supranitasutrabhasyasangrahakrama Tantraguna	257-59
Susruta and the Tantrayuktis	10-11
Sutrasamavyakhya	178
Svasamjna Tantrayukti	146-50
Svadhara Tantraguna	259-60
Sabdanyatva Asraya	194-95
Sastragranthaprabheda S.D.	224-26
Srutyadhara S.D.	226-27
T
Tabular Analysis of the Tantrayuktis	154-59
Taddharmata Tacchilya	203-04
Tantra=A Scientific Work	20-21
Tantrasamjna Asraya	190-91
Tantrasila Asraya	189-90
Tantrayuktih	14-15
Tantrayukti-based Analysis of the Kamasutram	159-64
Tacchilya Tacchilya	204-05
Tadarthya Tacchilya	206-07
Tatparyarthanivedana S.D.	219-20
Tatsthya Tacchilya	205-06
Trividhasisyabuddhihita Tantraguna	252-53
U
Ubhayapadalopa Asraya	187
Uccitakavyakhya	168
Udaharanavat Tantraguna	250-51
Uddesa Tantrayukti	57-60
Uddhara Tantrayukti	60-63
Upadesa Tantrayukti	63-65
Upalaksana S.D.	217-18
Upamana Tantrayukti	66-68
Upanaya Asraya	186-87
Uttarapaksa Tantrayukti	57
Uhya Tantrayukti	68-72
V
Varnopajanana Asraya	193-94
Vagbhata and the Tantrayuktis	11-12
Vakyasesa Tantrayukti	116-19
Vibhava Asraya	194
Viccheda-vigraha S.D.	223
Vidhana Tantrayukti	122-27
Vidyakalpana	183-84
Vikalpa Tantrayukti	119-22
Vikara Tacchilya	210-11
Viparyaya Tantraguna	127-31
Viruddha Tantradosa	237-39
Visayasucana S.D.	224
Visnudharmottara Purana and the Tantrayuktis	13
Vyahata Tantradosa	239
Vyakhyana Tantrayukti	131-37
W
Wealth of Ancient Indian Sciences	4
What is Tacchilya?	198-99
Y
Yoga Tantrayukti	111-16
Yukti=A Device or Means	21
INDEX-2
Figure to the right indicate page numbers.
Titles of works here in are in italics.
A
Abhijnanasakuntalam	170
Abhinavagupta	248
Agnivesa	9
Agnivesatantram	9
Agrawala V.S.	6,7,9,57,86,95,123,131,137
Alankararatnakarah	101,119,130
Alankarasarvasva	196
Alankarasekharah	40,42,48,51,54,60, 68,76,81,86,91,115, 119,127,136-37,189,195-96, 215,221-22
Amara	226
Amarusatakam	241,251
Arthasastra	157,159,260
Arunadatta	12,16-17,32-33,35,44,117, 141,145,155,157,165, 169,174,178,194,199,211, 213,229,231,240,243,262
Asmakavamsam	61,62
Astadhyayi	5,15-16,35-36,38,41,44, 46,51,55,57-58,63,68,72,89, 92,95,98,102,112,116, 120,123,128,131,137,140-41, 147,150,156,170,260,262
Astangahrdayam	11-12,16,37-38,41,47,49,52, 55,58,60,64,69,73, 77,79,81,84,87,89,92,96,98,102, 106,108,112,117,120, 124,128,132,138,144,148,150
Astangasangrahah	11,12,16,22,27,44,119
Audbhatah	216
Ausanasah	49,50
Acarya(ah)	48-50,89,97,100,114, 116,139-40,161,193,197
Acarya Sundara	14
Ananda	53-54
Anandavardhana	38,45,65,67,74,107,110-11, 122,143,152
Atreya	9,98
B
Barhaspatyah	49,50
Baudhayana	7
Bhandarkar	7
Bharat	184
Bhartrhari	28,29
Bhattamukula	259
Bhattaraharicandra	22,23
Bhavabhuti	242
Bhamaha	48,51,53,56,59,61-62, 64,67,70,73,80,82,85,87, 94,97,104,106-07,113-14, 118,121,124,129,133,142, 148-49,151-52,177-78,189-90, 201,203,218,260
Bharavi	226
Bhasarnava	192
Bhiksugaurisankara	123
Boulton, Marjorie	66
Bowden, E.T.	66
Brooks. C.	66,199
Buiskool	123
Burrow, T.	4
C
Cakrapanidatta	22,24-25,35,89,117,155,157,262
Camatkaracandrika	50,65,71,146, 186,189,195,208
Candragupta	227
Candranandana	123
Caraka	9,10,12,20,22-24,27-31,36,55, 57-58,146,157,229,230,244,262
Carakanyasah	22
Carakasamhita	9-12,16,22,37-38,41,44, 46,49,52,55,58,60,63,69,72,77, 79,81,84,86,89,92,96,98,102, 105,108,112,116,119-20,123,128, 132,137,141,144,146-47,150
Chandascudamani	219
Chitrava, Siddhesvara	7,9
Canakya	184
D
Dalhana	26,76,79,120,123,147,153-55,157
Dndin	39,43,65,70,73-74,78,80,85,87 94,110,114,118,121,125,129, 134,142-43,167-68,171,194,203,209,219
Dasarupakam	192,216,218
De, S.K.	13,70,71
Dhananjaya	192
Dhanika	192,216,218
Dhanvantari	10
Dhvanyalokah	38,45,50,65,68,74,83,107, 110,122,143,152-53
Dramila	8
Drauhinih	48
F
Faddegon Barend	123
Fleet	9
G
Gopendra	168,205,208,213,220,222
Grierson	7
Gulabarao Maharaja	43,119,122,143,186
H
Haradasa, Balasastri	8,9
Harsacaritam	251
Haricandra	227
Hemacandra	38,46,54,71,74,88,90,105, 115,119,122,126-27,153,249
Hiranyaksa	98
I
Indu	22,28-29,35,89,146,155,157,262
J
Jagannatha	148,218
Jaiminiya	191
K
Kalpalataviveka	21
Kasyapa	249
Kautaliyarthasastram	7-9,16,36,38,41,44,46,49, 52,55,57-58,63,67-68,72,77,79,84, 86,92,96,98,102,105,108, 112,116,120,123,128,131, 137,141,147,150
Kautalya	6-8,10-11,13,22,29-31,35,49,51, 60,67,81,89,144,146,154,157, 159,260,262
Kautalya	8,72
Kadambari	251
Kalidasa	21,81,100,221,226
Kamasutram	159-164,260
Kavyalaksanam	39,43,65,70,73-74, 78,80,85,87,94,110,114,118,121, 125,129,134,142-43,167-68,171, 194-95,203,209,219,223
Kavyamimamsa	46,48,50-51,53,56-57,65,74,76, 83,85,88,95,97,100,104,107,111, 115,119,122,126, 136,139,149,153,178,182, 195,198,203,218,224-26,248
Kavyaprakasa	249
Kavyaratnam	196
Kavyasutrasamhita	43
Kavyalankarah (Bhamaha's)	48,53,56,59,61,64,67,70,73, 80,83,85,87,94,97,104,106-07, 113-14,118,121,125,129, 133-34,142,149,152,189-90, 201,203,207,260
Kavyalankarah (Rudrata's)	208
kavyalankarasarasangrahah	170,174,177,213,220,248
Kavyalankarasutrani	37,39,42,45,48,50,53,56,59,62, 65,67,70,74,78,82,85,87-88,90,94-95, 97,99-101,104,107,110, 114-15,118,121,125-26,130,134-35,143, 145,149,152,167-68,176,181-83, 190-91,195,200,202-03,208,212-15, 218-23,225,230-31,233-43,246-50,252, 254-58,260
Kavyanusasanam	38,46,50,54,71,74-75,88,90-91, 95,105,115,119,122,126-27,153,249
Kesavamisra	40,42,48,51,54,60,68,76,80,85,91, 119,127,136,189,195-96,215,222
Khandakapya	98
Kiratarjuniyam	251
Ksemendra	57,59,68,70-71,85,183,188
Ksemendralaghukavyasangrahah	87,59-60,68,70,85,184,188
Kumarasambhavam	81,174,220-21,251
Kuntaka	172,188,208-09,213,219
L
Lagadha	66
Laksanamrtam	14
M
Mahabharata	184-216
Mallanaga	194
Mangala	53,54,100,198
Malatimadhava	251
Malavikagnimitram	21
Manava	51
Medhavin	82,177
Medhavirudra	136
Meghadutam	251
Menon	14
Mentha	226
Mrcchakatikam	251
N
Namisadhu	208
Nagarjuna	10
Natyasastram	170,192
Nilamegha	13-15,22,29,35-36,58-59,89,103,108, 129,138,146,154,156-57,262
P
Paradkar, H.S.	12
Patanjali	5,227
Pathak, K.B.	7
Panini	5,7,15,36,46,57,60,63,72,76,79,81, 84,86,95,98,102,105,108,116,120,123, 137,140-41,144,147,156,227,255,262
Pingala	227
Pratiharenduraja	170,177,213,220,248
R
Rsabhadeva	176
Raghuvamsam	170,217,251
Rakrilagomin	106
Ratnasri	194
Ratnasrijnana	39,43,65,73-74,87, 121,134,142,171,203,219
Rawlinson	3
Rajasekhara	45,48,53-54,56,65,74-75,85,88,95,97, 100,104,107,111,115,119,122,126, 136,139-40,149,153,178,182,195, 197-98,203,218,224,226,248
Raja, C.K.	4
Ramayana	184
Rudrata	208
Rupa	226
S
Sarkar, J.	7
Sarvatantrasiddhantapadarthalaksanasangrahah	38,40,58,63,83,92,96,112,116, 120,123,128,137,140,146, 188,214,215,217,225,249,256
Sarvangasundara(i)	17,211
Sahityadarpanah	175,192,215-16,218,221-23
Sengupta, P.C.	7
Shah, Priyabala	13
Shamasastry, R.	9
Sharma	10,15,21
Simhadevagani	171,176,195,208,213,215-19,221,224
Sundara	14
Sundarabhattacarya	14
Susruta	10,11,13,22,25-31,35,76,79, 89,146,155,157,262
Susruta-samhita	10-11,16,26,37-38,41,44,47,49,51-52, 55,58,60,64,69,72,76-77,79,81,84, 86,89,92,96,98,102,105,108,112,116, 120,123,128,132,138,141,144,147,150,156
Suktiratnavali	43,50,119,122,143,186
Sura	226
Sankaracarya	14
Sandilya	249
Sakuntala	251
Sauddhodani	115,196,222
Sisupalavadha	251
Sobhakaramitra	101,119,130
Srautasutram	7
Sripada	48,91,196
Syamadeva	51,100-01,197
T
Tantrayuktih	14-16,22,37,39,41,44,47,49,52,55,58,60, 64,69,73,77,80,82,84,87,89,92-93, 96,99,103,106,109,112,117, 119-20,124,129,132,138,141,145-46, 148,151,155,165,174,262
Tantrayuktivicarah	13-14,16,37-38,41,44,47,49,52,55,58,60, 64,69,72-73,77,79-82,86-87, 89,92,96,98-99,102,106,108,112,116-17, 119-20,124,128-29,132,138,141,144-46, 148,150-51,153,157,165-66,168-75, 177-81,183-94,196-97,200-02,204-07, 209-412,229-39
Tungamanya	15
U
Udayanacarya	83
Udbhata	170,174,177,213,220,248
Upavarsa	227
Uttararamacarita	251
V
Vaivasvata	204
Vakroktijivitam	172-173,189,208-09,213,219,223
Vararuci	227
Varsa	227
Vagbhata (vaidya)	11-14,16,22,27-29,36,58,89,157,262
Vagbhata (poetician)	170-71,176,182,208-09,212, 215-16,218-19,221,224
Vagbhatalankarah(poeties)	170-71,176,182,195,208-09, 212,215-221,223,224
Vakpatiraja	139
Vakyapadiyam	28
Vamadeva	249
Vamana	37,40,42,45,48,53,56,59,62-63,65,67,70, 74,78,82,85,87-88,90,94-95,97,99-100 ,104,107,110,114,118,121,125-26,130, 134-35,143,145,149,152,166-68,176,178,181-83, 190-92,195,200-08,212-14, 218-20,222,225,230-52,254-60
Vamaniya	216,248
Vatsyayana	159,160-64,260
Vayorvid	98
Vedangajyautisa	66
Venisamhara	251
Vidyalankara, Atrideva	10-12
Vikramorvasiyam	251
Visnudharmottarapuranam	13,16,22,29-31,35,37-38,41,44, 47,49,52,55,58,60,64,69,73,75, 77,80-81,84,87,89,92,96,98,102,106, 108,112,117,120,124,128,131-32,138,141, 145-46,148,151,154-57,262
Visnugupta	8
Visvanatha	175,192,213,215,216,218,222
Visvamitra	249
Visvesvarakavicandra	65,71,146,186,189,195,208
Vrddhavagbhata	11
Vrttaratnakarah	221
Vyadi	227
W
Warren, R.P.	66,199
Whitney	123
Y
Yayavariya	48,51,53,83,97,100-01,139,178,198