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Expanding and merging horizons : contributions to South Asian and cross-cultural studies in commemoration of Wilhelm Halbfass

Title: Expanding and merging horizons : contributions to South Asian and cross-cultural studies in commemoration of Wilhelm Halbfass / edited by Karin Preisendanz.
Publication: Vienna : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2007.

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xiii, 732 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm.

Series Statement

Denkschriften / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse ; 351. Bd. Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 53

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Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ; 351 Bd.
Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; Nr. 53.

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Aufsatzsammlung.
Festschrift.
Festschrifts (form)

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Contributions in English, French, and German.

Contents

1. Wilhelm Halbfass and his Impact on South Asian and Cross-Cultural Studies. At the Dawn of a New Hermeneutic Era / Federico Squarcini -- Das Projekt "Interkulturelle Philosophie": Wilhelm Halbfass -- ein Glücksfall zwischen Indologie und Philosophie / Ram Adhar Mall -- 2. India and the West and the History of South Asian Studies. Mesopotamian and Greek Astronomy in India / David Pingree -- Understanding in Order to be Understood, Refusing to Understand in Order to Convert / Francis X. Clooney -- A Glimpse into an Orientalist's Workshop: Sir William Jones's Engagement with the Vivadarnavasetu and Its Authors / Rosane Rocher -- Did "the Law of the Shaster" give Indians Justice? / Ludo Rocher -- Receding from Antiquity (II): Somanath Vyas and the Failure of the Second Sanskritization of Science in Malwa, ca. 1850 / Richard Fox Young -- India and the European Pessimistic Tradition / Peter Gaeffke -- Christian Lassen (1800-1876), a Neglected Pioneer of Indology / Klaus Karttunen -- Confusion of Terms and Terms of Confusion in Indian Palaeography / Lore Sander -- 3. Cross-Cultural Studies. Vergleichende Beobachtungen zu Asokas Felsenedikt XIII / Gustav Roth -- Ramanuja, Hume and "Comparative Philosophy": Remarks on the Sribhasya and the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / John Clayton -- Homelessness and Pilgrimage: In Memory of Wilhelm Halbfass / Fred Dallmayr -- The Languages of Science in Early-modern India / Sheldon Pollock -- Authenticity in Art / Ben Ami Scharfstein -- Categorization.
4. Issues in Indian Philosophy and its History. 4.1. Les "Six doctrines de spéculation" (saţtarkii) -- Sur la catégorisation variable des systèmes philosophiques dans l'Inde classique / Gerdi Gerschheimer -- Sarvamatasaņgraha: An Anonymous "Compendium of All Systems" / Marek Mejor -- What is Meant by Svabhāvaņ Bhūtacintakāuh? / Ramkrishna Bhattacharya -- 4.2. Mīmāṃsā. For the Sake of Dharma: An Essay on the Term Dharmamātra / Jan C. Heesterman -- The Mīmāņsā Interpretation of the Particle Hi in Brāhmaňa Literature: Is Anumāňa Possible in the Veda?/ Kunio Harikai -- Kumārila's Propositional Derivation (Arthāpatti) without Pervasion (Vyāpti) / Kiyotaka Yoshimizu -- La théorie optique au chapitre VI de la Prakaraňapañcikā de Śalikanātha / Jean-Marie Verpoorten -- Yogipratyaka in Vācaspati Miśra's Nyāyakaňikā / Jeson Woo -- 4.3. Sāṃkhya. Asita Devala, a Sāņkhya Teacher / Shujun Motegi -- On the Nature of Pradhāna / Johannes Bronkhorst -- 4.4. Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika. On the Vaiśesika Definition of Moksa / Masanobu Nozawa -- Padārthasaģgrahaţīkā of Vyomaśiva: A Partial Reconstruction of Folia 2-3a / Elliot M. Stern -- Gaģgeśa on the Meaning of Verbal Suffixes (1) / Toshihiro Wada -- 4.5. Vedānta. Die Idee der Erlösung bei Lebzeiten im System Madhvas / Roque Mesquita -- Bad (and Good) Tendencies: Vāsanās in the Jīvanmuktiviveka / Andrew O. Fort -- What to Do with the World / Stuart Elkman (Swami Atmajnanananda) -- 4.6. Śaivism. Studies on Utpaladeva's Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivŗti. Part I: Anupalabdhi and Apoha in a Śaiva Garb / Raffaele Torella -- Possession, Absorption and the Transformation of Samāveśa / Loriliai Biernacki -- 4.7. Buddhist Philosophy. Trying to be Fair to Mādhyamika Buddhism / Tom Tillemans -- From Impermanence to Emptiness: Madhyamaka and Momentariness / Joseph S. O'Leary -- Nichtselbst, Leerheit und altruistische Ethik im Bodhicaryāvatāra / Lambert Schmithausen -- Some Aspects of Textual Exegesis with Regard to Dharmakīrti's Sattvānumāna / Claus Oetke -- 5. Aspects of the History and World Views of Indian Religious Traditions. Some Problems in Determining the Number and the Names of the Vedic Upaniads / George Chemparathy -- Satyādhiţhāna Reconsidered / Toru Yagi -- Weapons of Virtue / Minoru Hara -- Dharma und Daňđa: Religionswissenschaftliche Anmerkungen zum indischen Konzept der sozialen Harmonie / Michael von Brück -- Epische Streifzüge / Roaming through the Indian Epics I. Plaintive Cry of a Kīţa Endangered by Traffic: How are We to React to It? / Albrecht Wezler -- "Weltuntergang" (pralaya, pratisaņcara etc.) in den Purāňas / Horst Brinkhaus -- Ahirbudhnyasaņhitā 37: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der śaraňāgati / Gerhard Oberhammer -- 6. Indian Intellectual Traditions: Their Self-Perception and Interaction. Manu and Gautama: A Study in Śāstric Intertextuality / Patrick Olivelle -- On the Position of Vyākaraňa and Pāňini / George Cardona -- Ŗgveda 1.164.23-24 and Bhartŗhari's Philosophy of Language / Jan E.M. Houben -- Logic, Love and the Complementary Concepts of Anvaya and Vyatireka / Timothy Cahill.

ISBN

9783700137924
3700137923

LCCN

2007476661

OCLC

ocn122260295
122260295
SCSB-14433049

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Princeton University Library