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[Anurupa Naik]

*INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE PONDICHERY*

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*/Bhāṭṭatantrarahasyam. The Bhāṭṭatantrarahasya of Khaṇḍadeva with the 
Sāraprakāśikā commentary by N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya/**. *

N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya; associate editor S. Lakshminarasimham, 
Regards sur l'Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 4, Institut 
Français de Pondichéry,xxi, 664 p., 2015.

Language: Sanskrit. *1200 Rs (52 **€**).*ISBN : 978-81-8470-204-0.

The /Bhāṭṭatantrarahasya/ of Khaṇḍadeva (17th c.) belongs to the Bhāṭṭa 
school of Mīmāṃsā. It deals mainly with the meaning of roots and 
suffixes, and their role in conveying the meaning of the sentence. 
Though this is a topic of grammar, it is widely discussed in Nyāya and 
Mīmāṃsā works as well. The /Bhāṭṭatantrarahasya /is divided into two 
parts. The first part begins with the definition of /dharma/, the main 
concept of Mīmāṃsā, and then deals at length with the meaning of 
injunctional suffix (/liṅ/), refuting the views of logicians and 
establishing /bhāvanā /(creative energy) as the main meaning of the 
sentence. In the second part, the author discusses the meaning of 
nominal suffixes (/sup/), quoting relevant rules from Pāṇinian grammar. 
Though Khaṇḍadeva's interpretation of Pāṇinian rules deviates from the 
grammatical tradition in some cases, he tries to prove that there is no 
violation of grammar by the Mīmāṃsakas.

Given the complexity of the /Bhāṭṭatantrarahasya/, Prof. Ramanuja 
Tatacharya presents it here with his own commentary, the 
/Sāraprakāśikā/. Also included are an index of the Pāṇinian rules, an 
index of the /k//ā//rik//ā/s (citations) and a bibliography.

*Keywords:*Mīmāṃsā, Bhāṭṭa school, commentary

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*About the commentator*

Professor *N.S.* *Ramanuja Tatacharya* is one of the senior authorities 
in the fields of Nyāya, Vyākaraṇa, Pūrvamīmāṃsāand Uttaramīmāṃsā. Since 
retiring as Vice-Chancellor of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha of 
Tirupati, he has been associated with the French Institute of 
Pondicherry as Honorary Professor. His profound scholarship has earned 
him many awards, including the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in 
Sanskrit conferred by the President of India and the Chevalier de la 
Légion d’Honneur awarded by the French government. He has been awarded 
the titles of /Tarkavācaspati/ and /Śāstraratnākara/ by the Head of the 
/Sri Raghavendra Swamy Matha/ and the Sri /Vedanta Desika Sampradaya 
Sabha,/ respectively. He is also the recipient of the Ramakrishna Dalmia 
Srivani Alankara Award of the Ramakrishna Dalmia Srivani Nyas, and the 
Vachaspati Puraskar Award of the K. K. Birla Foundation.

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