Prabhakara advocates the theory of simultaneous revelation of knower, known and knowledge (''Triputipratyaksavada''). He holds the Nayayika view that the self is essentially unconscious but maintains that knowledge is self-luminous, which knowledge reveals the self as the subject and the known thing as the object simultaneously with itself. In every knowledge-situation the self is simultaneously revealed as the subject of that knowledge. The self is not self-luminous and requires knowledge for its manifestation, and is necessarily implied in every knowledge as the subject but it can never become an object; it is impossible to know the self as an object.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy|author=Chandradhar sharma|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=234|url= http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Y3gQVd5WogsC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&dq=Triputipratyaksavada&source=bl&ots=eB6asrYcQO&sig=fX1YkkE7Wkr3YdosV9Uknz6lsO4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jFjgU9DcG8bq8AXm-IHACQ&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Triputipratyaksavada&f=false }}</ref> Prabhakara, whose work has been commented upon by [[Śālikanātha |Salikanatha]], as a thinker is more original than [[Kumārila Bhaṭṭa |Kumarila]]. Salikanatha’s commentary is known as ''Rjuvimalapancika''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Basic Ways of Knowing|author=Govardhan P. Bhatt|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=5|url= http://books.google.co.in/books?id=upIQgJhpmsIC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Triputipratyaksavada&source=bl&ots=FD56QhjDce&sig=wKUOBxLRp7LNeYcc6wukkv3-qTc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jFjgU9DcG8bq8AXm-IHACQ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Triputipratyaksavada&f=false }}</ref> | Prabhakara advocates the theory of simultaneous revelation of knower, known and knowledge (''Triputipratyaksavada''). He holds the Nayayika view that the self is essentially unconscious but maintains that knowledge is self-luminous, which knowledge reveals the self as the subject and the known thing as the object simultaneously with itself. In every knowledge-situation the self is simultaneously revealed as the subject of that knowledge. The self is not self-luminous and requires knowledge for its manifestation, and is necessarily implied in every knowledge as the subject but it can never become an object; it is impossible to know the self as an object.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy|author=Chandradhar sharma|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=234|url= http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Y3gQVd5WogsC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&dq=Triputipratyaksavada&source=bl&ots=eB6asrYcQO&sig=fX1YkkE7Wkr3YdosV9Uknz6lsO4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jFjgU9DcG8bq8AXm-IHACQ&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Triputipratyaksavada&f=false }}</ref> Prabhakara, whose work has been commented upon by [[Śālikanātha |Salikanatha]], as a thinker is more original than [[Kumārila Bhaṭṭa |Kumarila]]. Salikanatha’s commentary is known as ''Rjuvimalapancika''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Basic Ways of Knowing|author=Govardhan P. Bhatt|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|page=5|url= http://books.google.co.in/books?id=upIQgJhpmsIC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Triputipratyaksavada&source=bl&ots=FD56QhjDce&sig=wKUOBxLRp7LNeYcc6wukkv3-qTc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jFjgU9DcG8bq8AXm-IHACQ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Triputipratyaksavada&f=false }}</ref> |