Can the Veda speak?

The present volume provides an annotated English translation of the last section of Dharmakirti’s Pramanavarttikasvavrtti (PVSV 164,24–176,16, ad stanzas 1.312–340), which includes his final assault on the Mimamsa doctrine of the authorlessness (apauruseyatva) of the Veda. Dharmakirti draws out the apparently fatal consequences of this doctrine: If the Vedic scriptures are without an author, hence...