The later Advaita tradition
Vedānta Paribhāṣā
The epistemology: how perception, inference and testimony work, and why scripture counts as a means of knowledge at all.
c. 17th century · Sri Dharmarāja Adhvarin
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- c. 17th century
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- Sri Dharmarāja Adhvarin
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- The later Advaita tradition
Answers the modern reader's first objection — how could a text ever be evidence?
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- Advaita Śāradā, the Sringeri digital library — Sringeri Sharada Peetham How Advaita answers 'how do you know?' — its theory of knowledge, stated plainly.
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