Dialogue and doxography in Indian philosophy : points of view in Buddhist, Jaina, and Advaita Vedānta traditions /
Author / Creator: | Bouthillette, Karl-Stéphan, author. |
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Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. ©2020 |
Description: | 1 online resource ( xii, 210 pages.) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Dialogues in South Asian traditions : religion, philosophy, literature, and history Dialogues in south Asian traditions. |
Subject: | Bhāvaviveka. -- Mādhyamakahr̥daya. Bhāvaviveka -- Criticism and interpretation. Haribhadrasūri, -- 700-770. -- Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya. Śaṅkarācārya. -- Sarvadarśanasiddhāntasaṅgraha. -- English & Sanskrit. Philosophy, Indic -- Early works to 1800. Philosophy, Indic -- Historiography. Buddhist philosophy -- Early works to 1800. Mādhyamika (Buddhism) -- Early works to 1800. Jaina philosophy -- Early works to 1800. Hindu philosophy -- Early works to 1800. Advaita -- Early works to 1800. Vedanta -- Early works to 1800. Mimamsa -- Early works to 1800. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12385619 |
Summary: | This is the first book fully dedicated to Indian philosophical doxography. It examines the function such dialectical texts were intended to serve in the intellectual and religious life of their public. It looks at Indian doxography both as a witness of inter- and intra-sectarian dialogues and as a religious phenomenon. It argues that doxographies represent dialectical exercises, indicative of a peculiar religious attitude to plurality, and locate these 'exercises' within a known form of 'yoga' dedicated to the cultivation of 'knowledge' or 'gnosis' ( jñāna ). Concretely, the book presents a critical examination of three Sanskrit doxographies: the Madhyamakahṛdayakārikā of the Buddhist Bhāviveka, the Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya of the Jain Haribhadra, and the Sarvasiddhāntasaṅgraha attributed to the Advaitin Śaṅkara, focusing on each of their respective presentation of the Mīmāṃsā view. It is the first time that the genre of doxography is considered beyond its literary format to ponder its performative dimension, as a spiritual exercise. Theoretically broad, the book reaches out to academics in religious studies, Indian philosophy, Indology, and classical studies. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( xii, 210 pages.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780429275982 0429275986 9780367226138 |