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Title

Scriptural authority, reason and action : proceedings of a panel at the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, September 1st-5th, 2009 / Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser.

Publication

Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Eltschinger, Vincent
• Krasser, Helmut
• World Sanskrit Conference (14th : 2009 : Kyoto, Japan)

Description

xix, 485 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

• Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 79
• Sitzungsberichte, 0029-8832 ; 847. Band

Uniform Title

• Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 79.
• Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ; 847. Bd.

Subjects

• Authority > Religious aspects > Buddhism > Congresses
• Buddhism > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser -- The tathāgata and the long tongue of truth : the authority of the Buddha in sūtra and narrative literature / Peter Skilling -- On Buddhists and their chairs / Joseph Walser -- Turning hermeneutics into apologetics : reasoning and rationality under changing historical circumstances / Vincent Eltschinger -- Dignāga on air or How to get hold of supersensible objects by means of a credible person : with preliminary remarks on the composition of the Pramānạsamuccaya / Helmut Krasser -- On the role of abhyupagama in Dharmakīrti's scripturally based inference / Shinya Moriyama -- Kamalaśīla and Śāntaraksịta on scripture and reason : the limits and extent of "practical rationality" in the Tattva-saṃgraha and Pañjikā / Sara McClintock -- Transmission of scripture : exegetical problems for Kumārila and Dharmakīrti / Kei Kataoka -- Action theory and scriptural exegesis in early Advaita-Vedānta (1) : Manḍạna Miśra on upadeśa and isṭạsādhanatā / Hugo David -- The authority of the Buddha, the omniscience of the Jina and the truth of Jainism / Piotr Balcerowicz -- On reason and scripture in the Pratyabhijñā / Isabelle Ratié -- Inherited cognitions : prasiddhi, āgama, pratibhā, śabdana : Bhartrḥari, Utpaladeva, Abhinavagupta, Kumārila and Dharmakīrti in dialogue / Raffaele Torella -- Notes on the contributors.

Call Number

JFE 14-8262

ISBN

• 9783700175513 (pbk.)
• 3700175515 (pbk.)

OCLC

865470139

Title

Scriptural authority, reason and action : proceedings of a panel at the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, September 1st-5th, 2009 / Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser.

Publisher

Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 79

Sitzungsberichte, 0029-8832 ; 847. Band

Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 79.

Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ; 847. Bd.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Eltschinger, Vincent, editor.

Krasser, Helmut, editor.

World Sanskrit Conference (14th : 2009 : Kyoto, Japan)

Research Call Number

JFE 14-8262