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Methodology of Ancient Indian Sciences

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Item Code: IDG394
Author: W. K. Lele
Publisher: Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan
Edition: 2006
Pages: 300
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 8.5" X 5.5"
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CONTENTS

Prefacev
Abbreviationsviii
1.The Sources of the Methodology3-19
2.Number and Purpose of the Devices 20-64
3.Major Devices35-164
4.Minor Devices165-228
5.(Tantradosah) The Faults of a
Scientific Treatise		229-243
6.(Tautragunah) The Excellences of a
Scientific Treatise		244-261
7.Conclusions262-264
Index-1 Topics Discussed in the Present Book265-272
Index-2273-283
Bibliography284-288

INDEX-1

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENT BOOK

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

A
Adhikarana Tantrayukti40-43
Adhikaranavyakhya165
Ajnakalpana179
Akastasabda Tantraguna244
Alphabetical Arrangement of Other Devices32-33
Alphabetical List of the Finalized Tantrayuktis31-32
Anarthaka (=aparthaka) Tantradosa231
Anavapatitasabda Tantraguna245
Ancient Indians' Pursuit of Knowledge3-4
Anagataveksana Tantrayukti44-46
Antalopa Asraya184
Anulomavyakhya166
Anumata Tantrayukti46-48
Anuvrtti S.D.214-15
Anvaya S.D.215
Anubhavaviruddhata Tantradosa240-41
Apadesa Tantrayukti48-51
Apagatapunarukta Tantraguna245-46
Apavarga Tantrayukti51-54
Aprasiddhasabda Tantradosa232
Aprayojana Tantradosa232
Arthabahula Tantraguna246-247
Arthanirupanadigdarsana S.D.216
Arthapatti Tantrayukti54-57
Arthatativaviniscayapradhana Tantraguna245-46
Arthavyakhya166-67
Asamaptartha Tantradosa233-34
Asangatartha Tantradosa232-33
Asankulaprakarana Tantraguna247-48
Asukharohipadam Tantradosa234
Astangahrdayam and the Tantrayuktis12-13
Atarkikata Tantradosa241-43
Atidesa Tantrayukti38-40
Atikrantaveksana Tantrayukti36-38
Atisamksipta Tantradosa231
Ativistrta Tantradosa230-31
Avayava Tacchilya199-200
Avantaropaya S.D.216
A
Adilopa Asraya185
Adimadhyantalopa Asraya185
Adyantaviparyaya Asraya185-86
Aptajanapujita Tantraguna248-49
Arambha S.D.216-217
Arsa Tantraguna249-250
Asuprabodhaka Tantraguna250
B
Bhaksyakalpana181-182
Bhinnakrama Tantradosa237
Bhuyastva Tacchilya209
C
Caraka and the Tantrayuktis9-10
Cestanimitta Tacchilya202-03
Chandonirdesa S.D.219
Compositional Devices Other than the Tantrayuktis16-18
Concepts of Tantradosas and Tantragunas229
Conclusions262-64
D
Date of Caraka10
Date of Kautalya8-9
Date of the Susrutasamhita11
Date of the Tantrayuktih15
Date of the Tantrayuktivicarah14
Date of Vagbhata12
Date of Visnudharmottarapurana13
Dhirapurusasevita Tantraguna253-55
Dhvajavyakhya169
Dosapradarsana S.D.220
Drstanta Tantrayukti 75-76
Duhpranita Tantradosa234-36
Dvarasloka S.D.220-21
E
Ekanta Tantrayukti72
Enumeration of Sundry Devices214
Enumeration of Tantragunas229-230
G
Gunagunivibhava Tacchilya201
Gunakalpana179-80
Gunanimitta Tacchilya201
H
Hetuhetukadharma Asraya197-98
Hetvartha Tantrayukti150-54
How are the Tantrayuktis to be used29
K
Karma Tacchilya200-01
Karyakaranadharma Asraya188-89
Kavyasarira-kalpana S.D.218-19
Kautalya and the Tantrayuktis7-8
Kramagatartha Tantraguna251-52
Krcchravyakhya169
L
Laksanavat Tantraguna256-57
Lesakalpana182-83
M
Madhyalopa Asraya193
Method of Analytical Study35-36
Method of Treatment of Minor Devices165
Methodology of Scientific Works5
Mulasamjna Tacchilya209-10
N
Naikanta Tantrayukti88-91
Naya(nyaya)nirdesa S.D.221
Nidarsana Tantrayukti76-78
Nihpramanaka Tantradosa236
Nirdesa Tantrayukti83-86
Nirnaya Tantrayukti81-83
Nirvacana Tantrayukti86-88
Niyoga Tantrayukti78-81
Nilamegha and the Tantrayuktis13-14
Number of Tantrayuktis22-23
Nyasavyakhya169-71
O
Order of Enumeration of the Tantrayuktis29-31
P
Padaprayogasamarthana S.D.222
Padavyakhya171-172
Padartha Tantrayukti91-95
Padarthavyakhya172-73
Paramparagatavicaroddharana S.D.223
Paratantrapratyaya Asraya191-92
Panini and the Devices of Scientific Treatises5-7
Panini's Date7
Phalavyakhya176-78
Pindavyakhya173
Pradesa Tantrayukti101-05
Pradhanasya Kalpana180
Pradhanena Kalpana180-81
Prakaranvyakhya173-74
Prakara Tacchilya207-08
Prasanga Tantrayukti108-111
Pratilomavyakhya174-75
Pratyayadharma Asraya192
Pratyutsara Tantrayukti98-101
Prayojana Tantrayukti105-08
Prayojanavyakhya175
Prakrta Asraya192-193
Punarukta Tantraguna236
Puskalabhidhana Tantraguna255-56
Purvapaksa Tantrayukti95-98
R
Role of Tantrayuktis23-29
Rsiklista Asraya187-88
S
Samanatantrapratyaya Asraya195-96
Sambhava Asraya197
Sambhava Tantrayukti144-46
Samsaktata Tacchilya211
Samsaya Tantrayukti137-40
Samuccaya Tantrayukti140-44
Sandigdha Tantradosa239-40
Sangatartha Tantraguna257
Sahacarya Tacchilya211
Samipya Tacchilya211
Sthana Tacchilya212-13
Sumahadyasasvi Tantraguna259
Summary of the Treatment of Asrayas198
Summary of the Treatment of Kalpanas184
Summary of the Treatment of Sundry Devices227-28
Summary of the Treatment of Tantradosas243
Summary of the Treatment of Tantragunas260-61
Summary of the Treatment of Tantrayuktis15-16
Summary of the Treatment of Tacchilyas213-14
Summary of the Treatment of Vyakhyas178-79
Supranitasutrabhasyasangrahakrama Tantraguna 257-59
Susruta and the Tantrayuktis10-11
Sutrasamavyakhya178
Svasamjna Tantrayukti146-50
Svadhara Tantraguna 259-60
Sabdanyatva Asraya194-95
Sastragranthaprabheda S.D.224-26
Srutyadhara S.D.226-27
T
Tabular Analysis of the Tantrayuktis154-59
Taddharmata Tacchilya203-04
Tantra=A Scientific Work20-21
Tantrasamjna Asraya190-91
Tantrasila Asraya189-90
Tantrayuktih14-15
Tantrayukti-based Analysis of the Kamasutram159-64
Tacchilya Tacchilya204-05
Tadarthya Tacchilya206-07
Tatparyarthanivedana S.D.219-20
Tatsthya Tacchilya205-06
Trividhasisyabuddhihita Tantraguna252-53
U
Ubhayapadalopa Asraya187
Uccitakavyakhya168
Udaharanavat Tantraguna250-51
Uddesa Tantrayukti57-60
Uddhara Tantrayukti60-63
Upadesa Tantrayukti63-65
Upalaksana S.D.217-18
Upamana Tantrayukti66-68
Upanaya Asraya186-87
Uttarapaksa Tantrayukti57
Uhya Tantrayukti68-72
V
Varnopajanana Asraya193-94
Vagbhata and the Tantrayuktis11-12
Vakyasesa Tantrayukti116-19
Vibhava Asraya194
Viccheda-vigraha S.D.223
Vidhana Tantrayukti122-27
Vidyakalpana183-84
Vikalpa Tantrayukti119-22
Vikara Tacchilya210-11
Viparyaya Tantraguna127-31
Viruddha Tantradosa237-39
Visayasucana S.D.224
Visnudharmottara Purana and the Tantrayuktis13
Vyahata Tantradosa239
Vyakhyana Tantrayukti131-37
W
Wealth of Ancient Indian Sciences4
What is Tacchilya?198-99
Y
Yoga Tantrayukti111-16
Yukti=A Device or Means21
INDEX-2
Figure to the right indicate page numbers.
Titles of works here in are in italics.
A
Abhijnanasakuntalam170
Abhinavagupta248
Agnivesa9
Agnivesatantram9
Agrawala V.S.6,7,9,57,86,95,123,131,137
Alankararatnakarah101,119,130
Alankarasarvasva196
Alankarasekharah40,42,48,51,54,60,
68,76,81,86,91,115,
119,127,136-37,189,195-96,
215,221-22
Amara226
Amarusatakam241,251
Arthasastra157,159,260
Arunadatta12,16-17,32-33,35,44,117,
141,145,155,157,165,
169,174,178,194,199,211,
213,229,231,240,243,262
Asmakavamsam61,62
Astadhyayi5,15-16,35-36,38,41,44,
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
Astangahrdayam11-12,16,37-38,41,47,49,52,
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
Astangasangrahah11,12,16,22,27,44,119
Audbhatah216
Ausanasah49,50
Acarya(ah)48-50,89,97,100,114,
116,139-40,161,193,197
Acarya Sundara14
Ananda53-54
Anandavardhana38,45,65,67,74,107,110-11,
122,143,152
Atreya9,98
B
Barhaspatyah49,50
Baudhayana7
Bhandarkar7
Bharat184
Bhartrhari28,29
Bhattamukula259
Bhattaraharicandra22,23
Bhavabhuti242
Bhamaha48,51,53,56,59,61-62,
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
Bharavi226
Bhasarnava192
Bhiksugaurisankara123
Boulton, Marjorie66
Bowden, E.T.66
Brooks. C.66,199
Buiskool123
Burrow, T.4
C
Cakrapanidatta22,24-25,35,89,117,155,157,262
Camatkaracandrika50,65,71,146,
186,189,195,208
Candragupta227
Candranandana123
Caraka9,10,12,20,22-24,27-31,36,55,
57-58,146,157,229,230,244,262
Carakanyasah22
Carakasamhita9-12,16,22,37-38,41,44,
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
Chandascudamani219
Chitrava, Siddhesvara7,9
Canakya184
D
Dalhana26,76,79,120,123,147,153-55,157
Dndin39,43,65,70,73-74,78,80,85,87
94,110,114,118,121,125,129,
134,142-43,167-68,171,194,203,209,219
Dasarupakam192,216,218
De, S.K.13,70,71
Dhananjaya192
Dhanika192,216,218
Dhanvantari10
Dhvanyalokah38,45,50,65,68,74,83,107,
110,122,143,152-53
Dramila8
Drauhinih48
F
Faddegon Barend123
Fleet9
G
Gopendra168,205,208,213,220,222
Grierson7
Gulabarao Maharaja43,119,122,143,186
H
Haradasa, Balasastri8,9
Harsacaritam251
Haricandra227
Hemacandra38,46,54,71,74,88,90,105,
115,119,122,126-27,153,249
Hiranyaksa98
I
Indu22,28-29,35,89,146,155,157,262
J
Jagannatha148,218
Jaiminiya191
K
Kalpalataviveka21
Kasyapa249
Kautaliyarthasastram7-9,16,36,38,41,44,46,49,
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
Kautalya6-8,10-11,13,22,29-31,35,49,51,
60,67,81,89,144,146,154,157,
159,260,262
Kautalya8,72
Kadambari251
Kalidasa21,81,100,221,226
Kamasutram159-164,260
Kavyalaksanam39,43,65,70,73-74,
78,80,85,87,94,110,114,118,121,
125,129,134,142-43,167-68,171,
194-95,203,209,219,223
Kavyamimamsa46,48,50-51,53,56-57,65,74,76,
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
Kavyaprakasa249
Kavyaratnam196
Kavyasutrasamhita43
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
kavyalankarasarasangrahah170,174,177,213,220,248
Kavyalankarasutrani37,39,42,45,48,50,53,56,59,62,
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
Kavyanusasanam38,46,50,54,71,74-75,88,90-91,
95,105,115,119,122,126-27,153,249
Kesavamisra40,42,48,51,54,60,68,76,80,85,91,
119,127,136,189,195-96,215,222
Khandakapya98
Kiratarjuniyam251
Ksemendra57,59,68,70-71,85,183,188
Ksemendralaghukavyasangrahah87,59-60,68,70,85,184,188
Kumarasambhavam81,174,220-21,251
Kuntaka172,188,208-09,213,219
L
Lagadha66
Laksanamrtam14
M
Mahabharata184-216
Mallanaga194
Mangala53,54,100,198
Malatimadhava251
Malavikagnimitram21
Manava51
Medhavin82,177
Medhavirudra136
Meghadutam251
Menon14
Mentha226
Mrcchakatikam251
N
Namisadhu208
Nagarjuna10
Natyasastram170,192
Nilamegha13-15,22,29,35-36,58-59,89,103,108,
129,138,146,154,156-57,262
P
Paradkar, H.S.12
Patanjali5,227
Pathak, K.B.7
Panini5,7,15,36,46,57,60,63,72,76,79,81,
84,86,95,98,102,105,108,116,120,123,
137,140-41,144,147,156,227,255,262
Pingala227
Pratiharenduraja170,177,213,220,248
R
Rsabhadeva176
Raghuvamsam170,217,251
Rakrilagomin106
Ratnasri194
Ratnasrijnana39,43,65,73-74,87,
121,134,142,171,203,219
Rawlinson3
Rajasekhara45,48,53-54,56,65,74-75,85,88,95,97,
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
Ramayana184
Rudrata208
Rupa226
S
Sarkar, J.7
Sarvatantrasiddhantapadarthalaksanasangrahah38,40,58,63,83,92,96,112,116,
120,123,128,137,140,146,
188,214,215,217,225,249,256
Sarvangasundara(i)17,211
Sahityadarpanah175,192,215-16,218,221-23
Sengupta, P.C.7
Shah, Priyabala13
Shamasastry, R.9
Sharma10,15,21
Simhadevagani171,176,195,208,213,215-19,221,224
Sundara14
Sundarabhattacarya14
Susruta10,11,13,22,25-31,35,76,79,
89,146,155,157,262
Susruta-samhita10-11,16,26,37-38,41,44,47,49,51-52,
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
Suktiratnavali43,50,119,122,143,186
Sura226
Sankaracarya14
Sandilya249
Sakuntala251
Sauddhodani115,196,222
Sisupalavadha251
Sobhakaramitra101,119,130
Srautasutram7
Sripada48,91,196
Syamadeva51,100-01,197
T
Tantrayuktih14-16,22,37,39,41,44,47,49,52,55,58,60,
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
Tantrayuktivicarah13-14,16,37-38,41,44,47,49,52,55,58,60,
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
Tungamanya15
U
Udayanacarya83
Udbhata170,174,177,213,220,248
Upavarsa227
Uttararamacarita251
V
Vaivasvata204
Vakroktijivitam172-173,189,208-09,213,219,223
Vararuci227
Varsa227
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
Vakpatiraja139
Vakyapadiyam28
Vamadeva249
Vamana37,40,42,45,48,53,56,59,62-63,65,67,70,
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
Vamaniya216,248
Vatsyayana159,160-64,260
Vayorvid98
Vedangajyautisa66
Venisamhara251
Vidyalankara, Atrideva10-12
Vikramorvasiyam251
Visnudharmottarapuranam13,16,22,29-31,35,37-38,41,44,
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
Visnugupta8
Visvanatha175,192,213,215,216,218,222
Visvamitra249
Visvesvarakavicandra65,71,146,186,189,195,208
Vrddhavagbhata11
Vrttaratnakarah221
Vyadi227
W
Warren, R.P.66,199
Whitney123
Y
Yayavariya48,51,53,83,97,100-01,139,178,198
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