Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2017
Publication Title
Journal of Indian Philosophy
Abstract
This paper examines three commentaries on the Śabdapariccheda in Kumārila Bhaṭṭa’s Ślokavārttika, along with the the seventeenth century Bha Mīmāṃsā work, the Mānameyodaya. The focus is the Mīmāṃsā principle that only sentences communicate qualified meanings and Kumārila’s discussion of a potential counter-example to this claim–single words which appear to communicate such content. I argue that there is some conflict among commentators over precisely what Kumārila describes with the phrase sāmarthyād anumeyetvād, although he is most likely describing ellipsis completion through arthāpatti. The paper attempts both a cogent exegesis and philosophical evaluation of the Bha Mīmāṃsā view of ellipsis completion, arguing that there remain internal tensions in the account of ellipsis preferred by the Bha, tensions which are not entirely resolved even by the late date of the Mānameyodaya.
Keywords
Bha, Ellipsis, Grammar, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Language, Mīmāṃsā
Volume
45
Issue
5
First Page
911
Last Page
938
DOI
10.1007/s10781-017-9328-0
ISSN
00221791
Recommended Citation
Keating, Malcolm, "(Close) the Door, the King (is Going): The Development of Elliptical Resolution in Bha Mīmāṃsā" (2017). Philosophy: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/phi_facpubs/71
Comments
Archived as published.