Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 646 g
Philosophical and Religious Dimensions of Brajvasidas’s Prabodhacandrodaya Nataka
Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 646 g
ISBN: 978-3-11-106318-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
This volume considers the (c. 1760 CE), an allegorical drama composed by Brajvasidas in Brajbha?a. It contributes to the study of vernacular s with its first complete English translation. Moreover, the critical analysis shows that the foundational Sanskrit texts for Vedanta and those for Bhakti play a part in the ’s philosophical and religious edifice. At the same time, the investigation demonstrates that Brajvasidas expresses several philosophical ideas by adaptively reusing the by Tulsidas (c. 1574 CE). Brajvasidas composes a by combining one line of his invention with a line from the . This method is employed throughout all the personified metaphysical concepts. That Brajvasi not only read Bhakti but also Vedanta through the highlights the philosophical and literary creativity in 18th c. North India. It points to the necessity to rethink the sources of Vedanta philosophies, by including works non-conventional for language and genre, because not in Sanskrit and not s. Such sources may not be original in their contribution per se but are essential to understand how early modern philosophy was done, conceived and transmitted.
Zielgruppe
Literary studies scholars, philosophy scholars, translators, stud
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hindu-Texte: Veden, Upanishaden
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
