The Ubiquitous Siva Volume II

Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Philosophical Interlocutors
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-19-756673-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

This is a sequel to a volume published in 2011 by OUP under the title The Ubiquitous Åšiva: SomÄnanda's Åšivadṛṣṭi and his Tantric Interlocutors. The first volume offered an introduction, critical edition, and annotated translation of the first three chapters of the Åšivadṛṣṭi of SomÄnanda, along with its principal commentary, the Åšivadṛṣṭivá¹›tti, written by Utpaladeva. It dealt primarily with Åšaiva theology and the religious views of competing esoteric traditions. The present volume presents the fourth chapter of the Åšivadṛṣṭi and Åšivadṛṣṭivá¹›tti and addresses a fresh set of issues that engage a distinct family of opposing schools and authors of mainstream Indian philosophical traditions.

In this fourth chapter, SomÄnanda and Utpaladeva engage logical and philosophical works that exerted tremendous influence in the Indian subcontinent in its premodernity. Among the authors and schools addressed by SomÄnanda in this chapter are the Buddhist Epistemologists, and DharmakÄ'rti in particular; the Hindu school of hermeneutics, i.e., the MÄ'mÄṃsÄ; the Hindu realist schools of the logic- and debate-oriented NyÄya and their ontologically-oriented partners, the VaiÅ›eá¹£ika; and the Hindu, dualist SÄṃkhya and Yoga schools.

Throughout this chapter, SomÄnanda endeavors to explain his brand of Åšaivism philosophically. SomÄnanda challenges his philosophical interlocutors with a single over-arching argument: he suggests that their views cannot cohereDLthey cannot be explained logicallyDLunless their authors accept the Åšaiva non-duality for which he advocates. The argument he offers, despite its historical influence, remains virtually unstudied. The Ubiquitous Åšiva Volume II offers the first English translation of Chapter Four of the Åšivadṛṣṭi and Åšivadṛṣṭivá¹›tti along with an introduction and critical edition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nemec, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

John Nemec is Associate Professor of Indian Religions and South Asian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies of the University of Virginia.