The "patra" method in Jaina theories of knowledge and argumentation

[Himal Trikha]

Dear Marie-Helene,

the only edition of the PatraparIkSa I am aware of is the following:

Vidyānandasvāmi-viracitā ... Āptaparīkşā Pat­ra­parīkşā ca 
Gajādha­ra­lā­la­­jai­­na­­śāstriňā sampādite. (Sa­nātanajainagranthamālā
1). Kāśī 1913.

I have a photocopy of this edition and could send you a scan in August.

I did not read the work so far and therefore would be very much 
interested in your studies about the term patra. I don't know anything 
about the term except what can be found in secondary descriptions of 
VidyAnandins works where patra is referred to as a synonym of hetu.

With best regards

Himal

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Dr. Himal Trikha
Institute for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
Vienna University
Austria


Marie-Hélène Gorisse schrieb:
> Dear members of the Indological list,
> 
> First, I am looking for the text of Vidyananda's Patraparîksa. May anyone
> help me in this task?
> 
> Secondly, have someone come accross any reference to the term "patra" in the
> Jaina theories of knowledge and argumentation?
> I did not find this expression anywhere besides in Prabhâcandra's
> Prameyakamalamârtanda and Anantavîrya's Prameyaratnamâlâ. In both
> occurences, the "patra" method is introduced (in the same way as the naya
> method is) as an alternative to the pramâna method. These two occurrences
> are in Prabhâcandra's and Anantavîrya's commentaries on the very last verse
> of the Parîksamukham of Mânikyanandî, namely "sambhavad-anyad-vicâranîyam",
> "something else which exists is to be investigated".
> 
> Thank you very much for any help!
> Best regards,
> Marie-Hélène Gorisse
> PhD-student in Jaina theories of knowledge and argumentation
> Departement of Philosophy
> University of Lille 3, France
> http://stl.recherche.univ-lille3.fr/sitespersonnels/rahman/rahmanequipegorisse2006.html
>