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Classical and Contemporary Issues in Indian Studies: Essays in Honour of Trichur S. Rukmani

Kumar, P. Pratap & Duquette, Jonathan (Eds.)

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	Book ID : 40615
	ISBN-10 : 81-246-0652-8 / 8124606528
	ISBN-13 : 978-81-246-0652-0 / 9788124606520
	Place of Publication : Delhi
	Year of Publication : 2013
	Edition : (First Edition)
	Language : English
	xviii, 462p., Index, 23 cm.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS:-
Part One: Issues in Interpreting the Yoga Tradition
1. Reading the Fourth Pada of Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra.
2. Rethinking Prajna: Yoga-Sutra 1.49 under a Philosophical Magnifying Glass.
3. Moving Towards a Non-Dualistic Interpretation of Yoga: The Integration of Spirit (Purusha) and Matter (Prakriti) in the Yoga-Sutra.
4. Yoga-Sutras II.25 and the Conundrum of Kaivalya.
5. Yoga’s Theism: A New Way of Understanding God.

Part Two: Issues in Interpreting the Vedanta Tradition
6. Advaita Vedanta Insights.
7. Shankara granthah katham otah protash ca?.
8. Appaya Dikshita on Avidyanivrtti: A Critique in Siddhantaleshasangraha.
9. The Gaudiya Challenge to Advaita Vedanta and Classical Yoga: Re-figuring Models of Embodiment and Personhood.

Part Three: Issues of Continuity and Compatibility
10. Sankarsha-kanda: A Victim in Mimamsa Madhyama-vyayoga.
11. Linguistic and Cosmic Powers: The Concept of Shakti in the Philosophies of Bhartrhari and Abhinavagupta.
12. Freedom in the Bhagavad-Gita: An Analysis of Buddhi and Sattva Categories.

Part Four: Issues of Narrative, Philosophical Discourse and Grammar
13. Forging the Fate of Karna: Observations on the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata.
14. Truth and Power in Sanskrit Philosophical Discourse.
15. Ramayana Notes III: The Past Active Participle.

Part Five: Issues of Brahmanical Intellectuals, Ascetics and Renunciants.
16. Some Notes on the Difficulties in Defining Intellectual Opponents in the Mahabharata.
17. Renunciation and Celebration: Ascetics in the Temple Life of Medieval Tamil Nadu.

Part Six: Issues in Contemporary Hinduism: Environment, Non-violence, Gender, Faith and Syncretism
18. Hinduism and the Environment: Then and Now.
19. Earth, Water, and Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Svadhyaya Practitioners.
20. Technology, Violence, and Non-violence: A Gandhian Type of Response.
21. Reviewing Hinduism: Religion, Violence, and Non-Violence.
22. The Role of Government Education in the Lives of Females in Rural Chhattisgarh.
23. On Being Hindu: Some Autobiographical Reflections.
24. Ziyaratu Darshanam: A South Indian Pilgrimage Beyond the Boundaries.

DESCRIPTION

This book is a Festschrift volume in honour of Prof. Trichur S. Rukmani that reflects the plethora of issues which she studied in her scholastic life. It includes twenty-four essays by distinguished scholars on various classical and contemporary issues pertaining to Indian studies. While the volume discusses current research in the field of Yoga-Prof. Rukmani's primary research field-it also invites further reflection on other areas of Indian thought which have attracted her attention in the course of her long and fruitful academic career.

The volume is divided thematically into six sections. The first two sections deal with the interpretation of the Yoga, Vedanta and Gaudiya-Vaishnava traditions, exploring issues of hermeneutics, methodology and philosophical analysis. The third section addresses issues of continuity within the Indian tradition and includes essays on tantric Shaivism, Mimamsa and the Bhagavad-Gita. The next two sections feature essays on the Sanskrit philosophical discourse, grammar, epic literature and renunciation in the Indian tradition. The last section of the volume takes up issues of contemporary relevance such as the insights from the Hindu tradition towards environmental ethics, the Svadhyaya movement and its dharmic ecology, non-violence, gender, cultural identity as well as syncretism.

The volume, including essays as diverse as Prof. Trichur S. Rukmani's own scholarly interests, will certainly benefit all scholars and students of Indology, especially those concerned with the religious and philosophical traditions of India.

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