The Proof of Bindu as the Source of Determinate Knowledge. Ratnatrayaparīkṣā 45–70ab with a Critical Edition of an Unpublished Anonymous Commentary.

The paper covers a topic that sits between theology and philosophy of language and is based on completely unpublished material. The bulk of the paper consists in the critical edition and annotated translation of a section of an unpublished and anonymous commentary on the Ratnatrayaparīkṣā by Śrīkaṇṭha. This section describes the transition of the indeterminate knowledge to the determined one according to the early Śaiva Siddhānta perspective. The introduction contains parts that are more “philological” or “historical” and others that are more “philosophical”. The paper contains one appendix on the significant variant readings of the mūla text.