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Widows Under Hindu Law
Av David Brick
Inbunden, 2023
1134 kr
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During British colonial rule in India, the treatment of high-caste Hindu widows became the subject of great controversy. Such women were not permitted to remarry and were offered two options: a life of seclusion and rigorous asceticism or death on the funeral pyre of a deceased husband. Was this a …
Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self
Models of Consciousness in Sāṃkhya, Yoga, and Advaita Vedānta
Inbunden, 2023
863 kr
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In Indian philosophical traditions, a reflection in a mirror frequently serves as a metaphor, suggesting that just as a face in a mirror appears where it is not, so does consciousness. Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self utilizes this metaphor to address metaphysical, epistemological, and theological …
Love in the Time of Scholarship
The Bhagavata Purana in Indian Intellectual History
Inbunden, 2025
977 kr
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Where is the "life" in scholarly life? Is it possible to find in academic writing, so often abstracted from the everyday? How might religion bridge that gap? In Love in the Time of Scholarship, author Anand Venkatkrishnan explores these questions within the intellectual history of a popular Hindu …
A Philosophy of Commands
On Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka
Inbunden, 2027
1305 kr
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This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a CC BY- NC- ND 4.0 licence.Why do individuals obey commands? The Mīmāṃsā school of Sanskrit philosophy has debated this question for millennia, oscillating among three central positions held by philosophers …
Surrender to God Across Languages
Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India
Inbunden, 2026
920 kr
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An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.How did languages relate to one another and to intellectual agendas in a highly multilingual milieu like premodern India? Surrender to God Across Languages explores this question through the intellectual history of …
Deciphering the Hidden Meaning
Language and the Highest Good in Early Advaita Vedānta
Inbunden, 2027
1305 kr
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Deciphering the Hidden Meaning presents a transformative history of one of the most significant ideas in Indian philosophy: liberation. Taking the great philosopher Śaṅkara as the focal point, Aleksandar Uskokov analyzes the relationship between liberation, language, and scripture. While modern …
