Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy
Points of View in Buddhist, Jaina, and Advaita Vedānta Traditions
Series: Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 28 April 2020
- ISBN 9780367226138
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages222 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 Illustrations, black & white 57
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Short description:
This is the first book fully dedicated to Indian philosophical doxography. It looks at Indian doxography both as a witness of inter and intra sectarian dialogues, and as a religious phenomenon.
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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.
"[This book] puts forward an innovative and attractive argument that the Indian doxographies he studies are not "objective" summaries of different contemporary Indian schools nor simply mnemonic forms for learning about and ranking one's opponents, but are rather pedagogical devices intended to draw the pupil towards an understanding of reality which surpasses conceptual formulations."
-Jacqueline G. Suthren Hirst,Journal of Dharma Studies
MoreTable of Contents:
Acknowledgements;
Preface;
Introduction;
1 The beginnings of Mādhyamika doxography: Bhāviveka’s MHK;
2 The beginnings of Jaina doxography: Haribhadra’s ṢDS;
3 The beginnings of Advaita doxography: Śaṅkara’s SSS;
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index
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