Duty, Language and Exegesis in Prābhākara Mīmāṃsā

Including an Edition and Translation of Rāmānujācārya's Tantrarahasya, Śāstraprameyapariccheda
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22260-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture

The book is an introduction to key concepts of Indian Philosophy, seen from the perspective of one of its most influential schools, the Prabhakara Mimamsa, which flourished from the 7th until the 20th c. AD. The book includes the critical edition and translation of Ramanujacarya's Sastraprameyapariccheda, which is part of his Tantrarahasya (written in South India, after the 14th c.). This text has never been translated before and it is one of the clearest elaboration of the Prabhakara thought.

The book particularly aims at presenting the linguistic, deontic-ethic, hermeneutic and epistemo-logical thought of the Prabhakara Mimamsa. Detailed glossary and indexes make it possible to use the book as a reference-tool for Indian philosophy and linguistics.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars interested in Indian and comparative philosophy, in hermeneutics, ethics and epistemology applied to Sacred Texts, in linguistics, theory of ritual, philosophy of religion and history of ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freschi, Elisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hinduismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Über Autor(innen)

Freschi, Elisa
Elisa Freschi, PhD in South Asian Studies, has studied both Indian and Western Philosophy. Currently Research Fellow of Sanskrit at the University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, she has published on the history of ideas in various schools of Indian philosophy.