[Advaita-l] शांकरभाष्ये गौतममण्डनम्

Raghav Kumar raghavkumar00 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 05:49:18 CDT 2011


Sri Subrahmanian ji wrote:
अत्र न्यायशास्त्रसूत्रकृद्गौतमर्षिः अत्यादरेणाचार्यनाम्ना निर्दिष्टः भाष्ये
। यद्यपि न्यायमतस्य सैद्धान्तिकरीत्या निराकरणं वर्तते तत्र तत्र वेदान्ते
तथापि ’परमतमप्रतिषिद्धमनुमतं भवति’ इति न्यायेन यदविरोधित्वेन ग्राह्यांशः
तस्य श्लाघनं द्रष्टव्यमत्र ।
Rough translation:
Here in the (shAnkara) bhAShya, Rishi Gautama, the composer of the
NyAya sUtra-s is referred to most respectfully as "AcArya". Although,
from the point of view of philosophy, it (nyAya philosophy) is refuted
(by SrI Sankara) at various places, (yet) in accordance with the
aphorism "paramata vipratiShiddham anumatam bhavati" , "that
(particular) view of the opponent which does not contradict (our
view), is acceptable (as our own view itself.)", it can be observed,
in this context, that there is appreciation (i.e., praise) of that
portion of the opponent's philosophy which is not in conflict (with
the advaitic position).

My question: Is there any traceable source of the aphorism, "paramata
vipratiShiddam anumatam bhavati" ?

Thank you
Raghav


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