Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Slokavarttika
The most powerful philosophical defence of the Vedas — authorless scripture, intrinsic validity, and the defeat of Buddhist momentariness
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Slokavarttika (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Cyclical |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Mediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Slokavarttika
Infinite, beginningless; cyclical cosmic time; substantival real duration against momentariness.
Space
Slokavarttika
Infinite, substantival; ritual action requires local spatial efficacy.
Matter
Slokavarttika
Infinite, substantival, conserved; eternal atoms recombine across cosmic cycles.
Observer
Slokavarttika
Embodied enduring self (atman); mediate knowledge through six pramanas; no Ishvara.
Energy
Slokavarttika
Infinite ritual power (apurva); conserved and reversible across cosmic cycles.
Information
Slokavarttika
Substantival, conserved; the Vedas are eternal repositories of uncreated information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Tension between rational defence and scriptural authority; if cognition is intrinsically valid, why do the Vedas need defence? Denial of Ishvara while defending Vedic inerrancy.