From Vasubandhu to Caitanya: Studies in Indian Philosophy and Its Textual History

Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference

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The chapter 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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Johannes Bronkhorst

Johannes Bronkhorst was bown in 1946 in the Netherlands. Indological studies in Poona (Doctoratet 1979) and Leiden (Doctorate 1980). Since 1987 Professor of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of Lausanne.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Karin Preisendanz

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 DeNobili Research Library, Vienna and of the Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde Sudasiens / Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies.

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Title
From Vasubandhu to Caitanya: Studies in Indian Philosophy and Its Textual History
Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8120834720, 9788120834729
Length
xi+189p., Abbrev.; References; Index; 23cm.
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