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A Comparative study of universal political structure in Kauṭilya’s Arthasāstra and Buddhism

Chandaratana Thero, Dapane; Wanarathana Thero, Rideegama; Pagngnarathana Thero, Welipitiye (Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, 2016)

Kauṭilya’s Arthasāstra (4th century B.C) is considered as one of the foremost and sophisticated volumes that gives a perfect definition on the reign. For him a state is an integration of sevenfold theories(saptāṅga ...
Critical analysis of elimination of ethical propositions of A. J Ayer and Carnap with reference to Buddhist ethics

Chandaratana Thero, Dapane (Staff Development Center, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

In “Language truth and logic” A.J Ayer argues all the ethical statements are essentially meaningless and only expressions of emotive meaning and they are not based on empirical observation. All the statements are empirically ...
The use of Upamā as a partial theory of knowledge in early Buddhism

Chandaratana Thero, Dapane (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)

The etymological combination of prefix 'upa' and root ‗ma‘ makes the origination of words upama and upamana which means simile, comparison, analogy etc. The Pali English dictionary composed by T.W Rhys Davids and William ...

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