Siddhartha-Vakya
Siddhārtha-Vākya (IAST)Translation: "existential statement"
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थवाक्य
Transliteration: Siddhārtha-Vākya
Translation: "existential statement; statement which is purely descriptive"
Definition:
- Such statements convey knowledge of objects already in existence. Mīmāṃsā says that they are subsidiary to injunctive statements (Vidhi-Vākya). Mīmāṃsā claims that existential statements merely give information about and clarify Vidhi-Vākya(s) and, thereby, gain their sole validity. Advaita gives existential statements primary importance as they intimate the existent Absolute (Brahman). Advaita Vedānta interprets them qualitatively, giving supreme importance to them. Mīmāṃsā gives injunctions the greatest validity due to their being quantitatively greater in the Vedas. Mīmāṃsā says that existential statements convey what is already known through other sources of knowledge and, hence, they are mere restatements (Anuvāda).
Reference:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
