Buddhist Criticism of Justification of Varna System by Brahmanists On the Russian Translation of Vajrasūcī

In the later period of the development of Indian philosophy (VII century), one of the most interesting questions marked the boundary of Brahmanic thought and its most categorical opponent, Buddhism: the question of the existence of universals. Despite the fact that at first glance this dispute seems purely philosophical and therefore comparable to a similar phenomenon in Western European philosophy, nevertheless, in the history of Indian philosophy, the problem of universals arises in a certain context, explaining their appearance as a 'situational' phenomenon. In the VII century, Kum & aring;rila Bha tt a, in a dispute with the Buddhist Dharmak & imacr;rti, resorted to universals in justifying the legality of the Var n a system: all brahmins are united by one common property or universal - brahmanism, due to which brahmins differ from all other people. We can talk about the existence of a certain paradigm in the Brahmin culture, which explains the social structure of ancient Indian society, and the affirmation by all philosophical systems of classical Indian philosophy, united by the name of & aring;stika (recognizing the Vedas), and the grammatical structure of Sanskrit in P & aring; n ini's work, and many other realities of Brahmin culture. The article examines the text of Vajras & uacute;c & imacr; attributed to the early Buddhist author A & sacute;vagho s a, in which a condensation of possible arguments against the Var n a system and the exclusive status of the Brahmins is proposed. The article presents the translation of Vajras & uacute;c & imacr; from Sanskrit into Russian.