02346 a2200217 4500 11321 IN-BhIIT 20260105171900.0 251218b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9788124608173 (hbk.) IN-BhIIT eng 121 CHA/F Chattopadhyay, Uma Author 26827 Faultless to a fault: gangesha on upamana in indian epistemology / Uma Chattopadhyay New Delhi ; D.K. Printworld, 2015. xii,114p. : ill; 24 cm. Includes bibliographies and index. The present volume is a sequel to the author’s previous work entitled Dishonoured by Philosophers: Upamana in Indian Epistemology (2009) where she introduced the notion of upamana, its definition, process and also its status in Indian epistemology in general and the Nyaya school in particular. The book ended with an exposition of Udayanacarya, an eleventh-century Nyaya philosopher. But the debate did not end there. Many Indian philosophers took the hard task of reducing upamana to other pramanas, and there were other objections as well. The sequel volume is a logical and historical extension of the arguments made in defence of upamana in the previous work. An interesting feature of the continuing debate is that a large number of Indian philosophers including the Bauddhas, Jainas, Samkhyas, Vaisheshikas, Mimamsakas, Carvakas and even individual Naiyayikas such as Bhasarvajna were still doubtful of the status of upamana. Over and above all, there was the question of logical economy in a scheme of pramanas. The present work for the first time provides an intensive study of how the Indian philosopher Gangesha Upadhyaya took up the challenge in the twelfth century to give upamana a definite, irreducible place in the scheme of pramanas. Based on Gangesha’s monumental work Upamanacintamani along with Pragalbhacarya’s celebrated commentary on it, the author reopens the question of upamana in a dialogical method and tries to measure the perfection of Gangesha’s arguments. She upholds Gangesha’s standpoint as the height of perfection, the most vigorous defence of upamana in a series of defences and objections in a long course, and titles this task of Gangesha Faultless to a Fault in her book. GEN 15138 15138 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2025-10-08 51 262.50 0 11321 2025-10-08 00:00:00 350.00 2025-10-08 GEN