On the Etymology of ' Puggala or Poggala '

The origins of the systems of Jainism and Buddhism are traced to the 'Sramanic culture' of ancient India and it is supposed that they are constituted of elements and ideas not to be usually met within what is styled as Brahmanic culture'. These two streams of culture, contemporary and running parallel to each other, are

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शाहा 'पुग्गल/पोग्गल' शब्द की व्युत्पत्ति की जाँच करते हैं, जो जैन और बौद्ध दर्शन में समान है किन्तु ब्राह्मण परम्पराओं में नहीं मिलता। अकलंक, अभयदेव तथा यतिवृषभ की 'पूरण-गलन' वाली व्युत्पत्तियाँ वे श्रमण परम्परा के प्राचीन शब्द का संस्कृतीकरण मानते हैं, मूल उद्गम नहीं। Shaha examines the etymology of puggala, a term shared by Jain and Buddhist philosophy but absent from Brahmanical systems. He gathers the Jaina derivations, purana plus galana in Akalanka, Abhayadeva and Yativrsabha, and treats them as Sanskritisations of an older Sramanic word rather than its true origin.

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