Gadādhara's Śaktivāda by Gadādharabhaṭṭācārya - Test
  • 1. What is the central focus of Gadādhara's Śaktivāda?
A) Epistemology of perception
B) Theory of linguistic power (śakti)
C) Yogic meditation techniques
D) Metaphysics of substance
  • 2. Gadādhara Bhattācārya primarily belonged to which philosophical school?
A) Buddhism
B) Navya-Nyāya
C) Advaita Vedānta
D) Sāṃkhya
  • 3. What does anvaya primarily concern in Gadādhara's theory?
A) Moral duty
B) Cosmic order
C) Syntactic connection
D) Historical continuity
  • 4. Which factor ensures semantic compatibility between words?
A) Yogyatā
B) Āsatti
C) Saṃskāra
D) Tātparya
  • 5. What role does tātparya play in sentence meaning?
A) Speaker's intention
B) Grammatical rules
C) Social context
D) Historical usage
  • 6. Which term refers to the expectancy of words for one another?
A) Sāmarthya
B) Ākāṅkṣā
C) Viśiṣṭa
D) Prakāra
  • 7. What does śakti primarily produce in the listener?
A) Moral transformation
B) Spiritual awakening
C) Understanding of meaning
D) Emotional response
  • 8. What does Gadādhara consider as the locus of śakti?
A) Listener's consciousness
B) Words themselves
C) Speaker's mind
D) External objects
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