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2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Research in Bhartrhari's Philosophy of Language : A semantic analysis of the phenomenal world and the theory of power-abstraction

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11610022
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 印度哲学(含仏教学)
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

OGAWA Hideyo  Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 助教授 (00169195)

Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2002
KeywordsBhartrhari / sakti / samarthya / anvayavyatireka / apoddhara / dravya / guna / Panini's grammar
Research Abstract

The aim of this research is to consider problems of powers in Bhartrhari's philosophy of language.
In conclusion :
1. For abstracting component elements assumed to occur in what is actually an impartite linguistic unit, grammarians adopts the procedure of reasoning from concurrent presence (anvaya) and absence (vyatireka), which serves to discover a causal relationship between linguistic items and the understanding of their meanings. It is precisely from such an analytic procedure that Bhartrhari's theory of powers is derived.
2. The fact that one and the same substance can be involved in bringing varieties of actions to accomplishment and causes one to have different verbalizations with reference to it led Bhartrhari to hold the view that a single substance has as its properties several powers to which its different modes of behavior and verbalizations are to be ascribed. This view links itself with the thesis : A single entity appears as distinct things by virtue of its powers, which may reasonably account for not only the background of Panini's grammar but also the metaphysical aspect of Bhartrhari's philosophy.
3. A power consists in helping a substance to produce an effect. Such a power is differentiated from what is treated as a substance in everyday speech, while, because of its unreal status, it is not differentiated from the Substance as the ultimate reality. Just like actual usage, the ultimate reality is, due to its powers, differently seen, conceptualized, and further explained.
4. The core of Bhartrhari's philosophy of language which was induced from the observation of actual usage lies thus in his theory of powers according to which the ultimate reality is regarded as a holder of several powers and hence as the original source of various modes of verbalization for the phenomenal world.

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 小川 英世: "語それ自身のかたちとその弁別-書評:赤松明彦著『古典インドの言語哲学1 ブラフマンとことば』(東洋文庫637)平凡社,1998年;『古典インドの言語哲学2 文について』(東洋文庫638)平凡社,1998年"佛教學セミナー. 69. 21-46 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 小川 英世: "バルトリハリの<能成者>論"戸崎宏正博士古希記念論文集『インドの文化と論理』(九州大学出版会). 533-584 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on the Non-distinction between Reality and Unreality"『インド思想史研究』(インド思想史学会). 12. 5-27 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on pravrtti as the First karaka"In On the Understanding of Other Cultures (Proceedings of the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanislaw Schayer (1899-1941), Warsaw University, Poland, October 7-10,1999), pp.343-368. Ed. Piotr Balcerowicz and Marek Mejor. Studia lndologiczne,7(2000). Warsaw : Oriental Institute, Warsaw University, 2000. 7. 343-368 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on A.1.1.68"Journal of Indian Philosophy. 29. 531-543 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Review-Article : A Linguistic item's own form and its differentiation"Buddhist Seminar. 69. 21-46 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on sadhana : A Study of VP3.7.1-44"Festscrift Prof. Tosaki. 533-584 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on the Non-distinction between Reality and Unreality"Studies in the History of Indian Thought (Indo-shisoshi Kenkyu). 5-27 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on pravrtti as the First karaka"Stadia Indologiczne (On the Understanding of Other Cultures [Proceedings of the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanislaw Schayer (1899-1941), Warsaw University, Poland, October 7-10, 1999]). 7. 343-368 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hideyo Ogawa: "Bhartrhari on A.1.1.68"Journal of Indian Philosophy. 29. 531-543 (2001)

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