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The chapters in this volume are a selection of papers presented in the general Philosophy Section at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference in Helsinki, Finland. The first part of the book, Studies in Indian Philosophy, contains nine studies on individual topics and concepts in Indian philosophy from various perspectives: historical-philological, philosophical and comparative. They are inter alia concerned with such fundamental issues as the characteristic signs of the Self, the concept of vijnaptimatrata in Vasubandhu's Yogacara, the notion of unchanging cognition in the writings of the Kashmirian author Ramakantha, the definition of existence according to the late Buddhist philosopher Jnanasrimitra, and the significance of the sadhana catustaya in Vedanta. In the second part of the book, two papers contribute to the study of the textual history of Indian philosophy, with a focus on the Patanjalayogasastra and Candrananda's commentary on the Vaisesikasutra.
From Vasubandhu to Caitanya, Johannes Bronkhorst ; Karin Preisendanz (Editors), Motilal Banarsidass, Hardcover, 188 Pages, $37.00
Johannes Bronkhorst is Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the
University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has published widely in various fields, most
notably Indian linguistics, and Brahmanical, Buddhist and Jaina thought. He is the editor
of Brills Indological Library and of the Handbook of Oriental Studies, section India (Brill,
Leiden), and regional editor of Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques.
Karin Preisendanz is Professor of Indology at the University of Vienna,
Austria. Her main research interests are in the areas of Nyaya, Vaisesika and Sankhya,
as well as in classical Ayurveda under its philosophical, religious and cultural aspects.
She is co-editor of the Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, Vienna, and of
the Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde Sudasiens/Vienna Journal of South Asian
Studies.
Petieri Koskikallio and Asko Parpola, Secretary General and
President, respectively, of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, are Finnish Indologists.
Asko Parpola is Professor Emeritus of South Asian and Indo-European Studies at the
University of Helsinki.
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| Preface | v |
| Contributors | ix |
| I | Studies in Indian Philosophy
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| KYO KANO
On the Lingas of Atman
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| SUJATA PURKAYASTHA |
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| Vijnaptimatrata in Yogacara Buddhism: A Study in the Concept
of the Absolute
| 29 |
| RAJAM RAGHUNATHAN |
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| A Critical Look at Stcherbatskys Translation of Dharmakirtis
Nyayabindu
| 43 |
| KAREN C. LANG |
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| Candrakirtis Critique of the Samkhya Concepts of
Purusa and
Prakrti
| 53 |
| SHASHIPRABHA KUMAR
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| The Significance of Sadhanacatustaya in Vedanta
| 61
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| ALEX WATSON |
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| Ramakanthas Concept of Unchanging Cognition
(nityajnana):
Influence from Buddhism, Samkhya and Vedanta
| 79 |
| TAIKEN KYUMA
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| Jnanasrimitra on the Definition of Existence
| 121
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| BOGDAN DIACONESCU |
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| Cognizing through Paraphrase: The Principal Qualific and
(mukhyavisesya) in Mimamsa, Nyaya and Vyakarana
| 137 |
| RAVI M. GUPTA |
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| Bhakti and Vedanta: Do They Mix?
The Case of Caitanya
Vaisnavism
| 143 |
| II | Studies in the Textual History of Indian Philosophy
| 135 |
| PHILIPP A. MAAS |
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| On the Written Transmission of the Patanjalayogasastra
| 157 |
| FERENC RUZSA |
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| Two MSS of Candranandas Vrtti on the Vaisesikasutra and the
Errors of the Copyists
| 173 |
| Index | 185 |
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