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Work #1783

Tattvopaplavasimha

Jayarasi Bhatta
c. 8th century CE · Sanskrit
Philosophical treatise (dialectical demolition of all pramanas) · Indian scepticism / Charvaka-Lokayata (debated)

A systematic demolition of every means of valid knowledge recognised by every Indian school — perception, inference, testimony, all devoured

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Tattvopaplavasimha
Time · Extent not engaged
Time · Ontological Status not engaged
Time · Grain not engaged
Time · Freedom not engaged
Time · Traversability not engaged
Time · Dimensionality not engaged
Time · Direction not engaged
Space · Extent not engaged
Space · Ontological Status not engaged
Space · Curvature not engaged
Space · Dimensionality not engaged
Space · Locality not engaged
Matter · Extent not engaged
Matter · Ontological Status not engaged
Matter · Conservation not engaged
Matter · Dimensionality not engaged
Matter · Locality not engaged
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Limited
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Singular
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent not engaged
Energy · Ontological Status not engaged
Energy · Conservation not engaged
Energy · Dispersibility not engaged
Information · Ontological Status not engaged
Information · Cosmic Conservation not engaged
Information · Personal Conservation not engaged
Information · Granularity not engaged

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

Tattvopaplavasimha

Unaddressed. The text does not construct a theory of time; it demolishes every framework within which time could be theorised.

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Space

Tattvopaplavasimha

Unaddressed. The Vaisheshika categories of space are among those demolished.

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Matter

Tattvopaplavasimha

Unaddressed. Atoms, prakriti, skandhas — every account of matter's fundamental nature is attacked and found wanting.

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Observer

Tattvopaplavasimha

The observer is reduced to a bare phenomenal perspective. Single, embodied, active in dialectical argument but unable to ground any positive knowledge claim. No metaphysical agency survives the demolition.

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Energy

Tattvopaplavasimha

Unaddressed. Causal power cannot be established once inference is destroyed.

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Information

Tattvopaplavasimha

Unaddressed. The concept of valid knowledge (prama) is itself the target; no theory of information can be built on destroyed foundations.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Tattvopaplavasimha

The self-referential problem: the Tattvopaplavasimha uses inference and argument to destroy inference and argument. If its own reasoning is valid, then at least one pramana works; if invalid, the conclusions do not follow. Jayarasi seems partially aware of this and may intend the text as a performative demonstration rather than a doctrinal assertion — but the tension is never explicitly resolved.