A Critical Study On The Philosophical Discussion In Mahᾱbhᾱṡya And Its Style Of Interpretation
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
It is built on the conviction that a student at the early stages of exploring Sanskrit literature can be benefited from the work of traditional commentaries. Reading the text with proper understanding of an authentic commentary is the right methodology of understanding a Sanskrit text. It can be observed that the commentaries play a central role in Sanskrit literature in both classical and medieval periods. Traditional Sanskrit commentaries help to explore the valuable treasure that is hidden in a text. They help to evaluate the text from every possible aspects like its grammar, syntax, its literary beauty and creativeness, its philosophical view, inner-meanings and other-aspects. The importance accorded to such a commentarial activity reveals that one of the most prized qualities of a work resides in its ability to enable the reader to understand patterns of interrelatedness within a complex set of ideas. Specially in Sanskrit grammatical texts it is generally found that the commentarial works have a two-step process in which the sūtras are first marked up as belonging to small thematically unified groupings (Prakaraṇa), and then contiguous groupings are made to stand in causal, evidential or explanatory relationship with one other (Saṁgati), a process governed by the commentator`s overall aim, which typically combines a systematic ambition to display the text as having a certain content (Abhidheya) with a pedagogical goal to guide the audience`s reading in such a way that their understanding improves. This commentarial pattern is creatively appropriated and adopted in a variety of ways. One is Sūtra-Bhāṣya style that is very popular and common in Sanskrit-Śāstrīya-Texts. For understanding the Sanskrit grammatical texts like Aṣṭādhyāyī , the importance of ‘Mahᾱbhāṣya' is admitted by all SanskritGrammarians. . Generally, A Bhāṣya means a type of commentary on a sūtra whose function is to unpack and weave together. It can be seen by a thorough critical analysis that every Bhāṣya engages to a lesser or greater extent in the "bottomup" activity of explaining individual expressions in the text , thereby aiming to clarify the syntax of the text and to supply paraphrases of its lexical items, phrases and sentences. The Pātañjala-Mahābhāṣya or prauḍhamanormā etc. are the most famous example of it. The present paper will try to explore the unique style of interpretation adopted in the Mahᾱbhāṣya and also try to represent briefly the different philosophical discussion done by Bhāṣyakāra Patañjali. It may help to get the actual idea of grammatical Bhᾱṣya-style and may reopen a scope for study or further research in this particular field.
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Swyambha Das
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