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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.

Time

Tattvopaplavasimha

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

Space

Tattvopaplavasimha

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

Matter

Tattvopaplavasimha

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

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.

Energy

Tattvopaplavasimha

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

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.