In dialogue with classical Indian traditions : encounter, transformation, and interpretation / edited by Brian Black and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Brian, 1970- editor.

Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi, editor.

Series:

Dialogues in south Asian traditions

Dialogues in South Asian traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist literature, Sanskrit.

Criticism, Textual.

Hindu literature, Sanskrit.

Religion.

History.

India--Religion--History.

India.

Dialogue--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Dialogue.

Dialogue--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Hinduism--Sacred books--Hermeneutics.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Sacred books.

Buddhism--Sacred books--Hermeneutics.

Buddhism.

Hindu literature, Sanskrit--Criticism, Textual.

Buddhist literature, Sanskrit--Criticism, Textual.

Hinduism--India.

Buddhism--India.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 281 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Dialogue is a recurring and significant component of Indian religious and philosophical literature. Whether it be as a narrative account of a conversation between characters within a text, as an implied response or provocation towards an interlocutor outside the text, or as a hermeneutical lens through which commentators and modern audiences can engage with an ancient text, dialogue features prominently in many of the most foundational sources from classical India. Despite its ubiquity, there are very few studies that explore this important facet of Indian texts. This book redresses this imbalance by undertaking a close textual analysis of a range of religious and philosophical literature to highlight the many uses and functions of dialogue in the sources themselves and in subsequent interpretations. Using the themes of encounter, transformation and interpretation - all of which emerged from face-to-face discussions between the contributors of this volume - each chapter explores dialogue in its own context, thereby demonstrating the variety and pervasiveness of dialogue in different genres of the textual tradition. This is a rich and detailed study that offers a fresh and timely perspective on many of the most well-known and influential sources from classical India. As such, it will be of great use to scholars of religious studies, Asian studies, comparative literature and literary theory.

Contents:

Sources of Indian secularism? : dialogues on politics and religion in Hindu and Buddhist traditions / Brian Black

Dialogues with solitary Buddhas / Naomi Appleton

Refutation or dialogue? : Śaṃkara's treatment of the Bhāgavatas / J.G. Suthren Hirst

We resort to reason : the argumentative structure in Veṅkaṭanātha's Seśvaramīmāṃsā / Elisa Freschi

"Speakers of highest truth" : philosophical plurilogues about brahman in the early Upanişads / Jessica Frazier

Transformative dialogue in the Yogavāsiştha / James Madaio

Being human, dialogically / Lynn Thomas

Dialoguing the Vārkari tradition / Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach

Convincing the king : Jain ministers and religious persuasion through dialogue / Jonathan Geen

Careful attention and the voice of another / Maria Heim

Mahābhārata dialogues on dharma and devotion with Kṛṣṇa and Hanumān / Bruce M. Sullivan

Models of royal piety in the Mahābhārata : the case of Vidura, Sanatsujāta and Vidurā / James M. Hegarty

Dialogue in extremis : Vālin in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa / Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-263) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1138541397

9781138541399

OCLC:

1060582553