Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy: Points of View in Buddhist, Jaina, and Advaita Vedānta Traditions...

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Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette

Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy

Points of View in Buddhist, Jaina, and Advaita Vedānta Traditions

Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette

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Routledge
28 April 2020

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Buddhism; Hinduism; Jainism

Series: Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History

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.

By: Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367226138
ISBN 10: 0367226138
Series: Dialogues in South Asian Traditions: Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 28 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette is currently an FWO post-doctoral researcher in Ghent, Belgium. He received his PhD at the Institute for Indology and Tibetology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany.

Reviews for Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy: Points of View in Buddhist, Jaina, and Advaita Vedānta Traditions

""[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