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IGNOU BPYC-131 (July 2023 – January 2024) Assignment Questions
1. What is perception? Explian Nya ya’s theory of perception.
Or
Describe salient features of Indian Philosophy.
2. Write a note on the idea of God proposed by Madhva ca rya and Ra ma nuja ca rya.
Or
Explain and evaluate Jain’s Aneka ntava da.
3. Answers any two of the followings in about 250 words each.
a) Explain the concept of Saptabhan gi naya.
b) How does Sa m khya establish the existence of Prakriti.
c) Evaluate the idea of S u nyata .
d) Compare Asataka ryava da and Satka ryava da.
4. Answers any four of the followings in about 150 words each.
a) Write a note on Sva rtha numa na.
b) Write a note on the criteria of reality proposed by S am kara.
c) Write a note on the central theme of Cha ndogyopanis ad.
d) Write a note on the ethical perspective(s) of Maha bha rata.
e) What is Akhya tiva da?
f) What is the significance of adhya sa in S am kara’s philosophy?
5. Write a short note on any fove of the followings in about 100 words each.
a) S abda Prama n a
b) Concept of Vis es a in Vais es ika
c) Para vidya
d) Ka s mi r Saiva Dars ana
e) Perception in Buddhist philosophy
f) Abha va
g) Asam prajn a t Sama dhi
h) Upam ana
IGNOU BPYC-131 (July 2022 – January 2023) Assignment Questions
1. Explain,
a) Concept of Sunyatā of Nāgārjuna,
b) Asatkāryavāda of Nyāya School
Or
Write a note on the theory of inference in Nyāya school. How does Cārvāka refute inference (anumāna)?
2. Write a note on the Concept of Avidya propounded by Śaṁkara and the refutation of the concept of Avidyā/Māyā by Rāmānuja.
Or
Write a note on,
a) Second implication of Tattvammasi,
b) Concept of Moks͎a in Madhvācharya.
3. Answers any two of the following questions in about 250 words each.
a) Explain the concept of Anekāntavāda.
b) Write a note on the idea of creation in Vaiśeṣika school.
c) Explain the Buddhist concept of Pratityasamutpāda.
d) Write a short note on the various types of Abhāva (Negation) as established by the Vaiśeṣika school.
4. Answers any four of the following questions in about 150 words each.
a) Write a note on As͎t͎ānga Yoga?
b) What are the arguments given by Sāṁkhya to prove the existence of Purus͎a.
c) Write a note on the central theme of Kat͎hopanis͎ad.
d) Write a note on the Ramanuja’s idea of God.
e) Compare the notion of reality of Nyāya and Buddhist Schools.
f) What is the significance of Adhyāsa theory in Śaṁkara’s Philosophy?
5. Write a short note on any five of the followings in about 100 words each.
a) Śruti
b) Sāmānya in Vaiśeṣika
c) Aparā Vidyā
d) Pāśu
e) Sāmānyalaks͎an͎a
f) Apaurus͎eyatā
g) Samprajn͂āt Samādhi
h) Upamāna