The Vaidalyaprakarana provides a rare glimpse of the sophisticated philosophical exchange between Buddhist and non-Buddhist schools at an early stage and will be of interest to scholars of Buddhist thought, classical Indian Philosophy, and the history of Asian thought.
Belonging to a set of Nagarjuna's philosophical works known as the yukti-corpus, the Vaidalyaprakarana is noteworthy for its close engagement with the Hindu philosophers. It refutes the sixteen categories of the Nyaya school, which formed the logical and epistemological framework for many of the debates between Buddhist and Hindu philosophers.
The Sanskrit original of the Vaidalyaprakarana long lost, the author translates the text from Tibetan, giving it an extensive analytical commentary. The aim is twofold: to investigate the interaction of the founder of the Madhyamika school with this influential school of Hindu thought; and to make sense of how Nagarjuna's arguments that refute the Naiyayika categories are essential to the Madhyamika path in general.
Jan Westerhoff is University Lecturer in Religious Ethics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and a Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Originally trained as a philosopher and orientalist, his research concentrates on philosopohical aspects of the religious traditions of ancient India. His publications include Nagarjuna�s Madhyamaka: An Introduction (2009), The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna�s Vigrahavyavartani (2010), Reality: A Very Short Introduction (2011), and Madhyamaka and Yogacara: Allies or Rivals? (2015).
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| Contents: Crushing the Catagories: Vaidalyaprakarana) |
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| Publisher's/Series editor's preface |
xi |
| Author's acknowledgments |
xv |
| Abbreviations |
xvii |
| Typographical conventions |
xix |
| Part One |
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| Introduction |
3 |
| The vaidalyasutra and the
vaidalyaprakarana |
3 |
| The
question of authenticity |
7 |
| the aim of the vaidalyaprakarana |
10 |
| Synopsis of the text |
18 |
| Part Two |
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| Translation
and commentary |
25 |
| Appendix,
bibliography and indexes |
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| Appendix: Tibetan
names (phonetic-transliterated equivalents) |
289 |
| Bibliography |
291 |
| Indexes |
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| Index of canonical
texts cited |
309 |
| Index of canonical
authors cited |
311 |
| General Index |
313 |
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