Bhāviveka and Avalokitavrata on the Two So-Called Non-cause Theories (ahetuvāda) of the Lokāyatikas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9892571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Krishna Del Toso (0000-0003-3128-8791, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indo-Iranian Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7246 • E-ISSN: 1572-8536 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15728536-06601001 |
| OpenAlex | W4387384243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The article discusses Bhāviveka’s Prajñāpradīpavṛtti and Avalokitavrata’s Prajñāpradīpaṭīkā commentaries on the “not without a cause” ( nāpy ahetutaḥ ) alternative of Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 1.1ab, from which it emerges that at least two distinct theories of causality can be attributed to the Lokāyata school. The first one is a physicalist theory that confines all causal relations within the sphere of material elements and is assimilated to accidentalism. The second one is a naturalist theory that attributes causal power to inner nature ( svabhāva ). The paper discusses the theoretical differences between these two approaches, considers Bhāviveka’s and Avalokitavrata’s counter-arguments and concludes that some of the conjectures that modern scholars have put forward on the relation between svabhāvavāda , accidentalism and Lokāyata should be revised
Causality (physics · Epistemology · Naturalism · Physicalism · Physics · Power (physics · Quantum mechanics · Relation (database · Thermodynamics · Computer Science · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |