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