On Jan 4, 2023, at 7:50 AM, Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Yes, your understanding is correct, Prof. Howard Resnick. 

Shaastraartha or Vaakyaartha or Vaada may represent the argumentative approach from both sides in a better way. 

On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 6:04 PM Howard Resnick <hr@ivs.edu> wrote:

Dear Scholars,

Some friends of mine plan to publish a journal on Vaiṣṇava polemics and apologetics, both internal and external, and they want to name the journal Pūrva-pakṣa, which MW renders as "the first objection to an assertion in any discussion, the prima facie view or argument in any question.”

Since these scholars want to refute, or at least problematize, philosophical and theological objections to their own traditional doctrines, I thought the title inappropriate. My view has been that pūrva-pakṣa simply refers to a view or argument that one hopes to refute. It does not refer both to the opposing view, and also to one’s refutation of that view.

Have I understood this correctly?

Many thanks,
Howard

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BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra

BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.

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