Re: [INDOLOGY] The definition of vārttika as a type of commentary

[Jonathan Edelmann]

Dear Prof Kellner,

There is a good discussion of vārttika (along with other terms like bhāṣya,
nibandha, ṭīkā, ṭippaṇa, etc.) in Ch 8 ("Commentary and Creativity")
ofJonardon Ganeri's _The Lost Age of Reason: Philosophy in Early Modern
India 1450-1700_. A number of Buddhist, Nyāya, etc. authors and texts are
discussed on the very topic in question.

Sincerely,
Jonathan Edelmann

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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Birgit Kellner <
kellner at asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I was wondering whether any of you could help with tracing definitions
> of vārttika as a type of commentary.
>
> Hemacandra gives this definition in the Abhidhānacintāmaṇi:
>
> Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 2.170  [=Boethlingk/Rieu ed. verse no. 256]:
> uktānuktaduruktārthacintākāri tu vārttikam | ṭīkā nirantaravyākhyā
> pañjikā padabhañjikā ||
>
> A vārttika thus scrutinizes (the basic text) in terms of what has been
> taught in it, what has not been taught in it, and what has been badly
> taught in it. (Some remarks in Wezler 1974 on Yuktidīpikā, and 1975
> Sekundär-Suffixe-Pāṇini)
>
> A different definition is found in some Buddhist pramāṇa commentaries.
>
> Prajñākaragupta's Pramāṇavārttikālaṅkārabhāṣya (ed. Sāṅkṛtyāyana 1953, p
> 521): sūtrāṇām anupapatticodanā(t? cf. below) tatparihāro
> viśeṣābhidhānaṃ ceti vārttikalakṣaṇam.
>
> Vibhūticandra's notes attached to the paper manuscript of
> Manorathanandin's Pramāṇavārttikavṛtti (reproduced in the edition of PVV
> Sāṅkṛtyāyana 1938-40, p. 516):
>
> vārttikaṃ ca viśeṣābhidhānādirūpaṃ yathoktaṃ sūtrānāṃ anupapatticodanāt
> tatparihāro viśeṣābhidhānam iti lakṣaṇam <|> ayam evārthaḥ paroktaḥ |
>
> sūtrānāṃ doṣam udbhāvya parihāro yatra dīyate |
> viśeṣacodanā cāpi vārttikaṃ tat prakīrtitam <||> iti ||
>
> (Emendations to first half necessary for metrical and grammatical
> reasons, perhaps "parihāro 'tra dyotyate"?)
>
> I'm not sure how to best make sense of the second definition. Does
> anyone know other occurrences of it, or pertinent discussions?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Birgit Kellner
>
>
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