Defending God in sixteenth-century India: the śaiva oeuvre of appaya dīkṣita

"This book is the first in-depth study of the Śaiva oeuvre of the celebrated polymath Appaya Dīkṣita (1520-1593). It documents the rise to prominence and scholarly reception of Śivādvaita Vedānta, a Sanskrit-language school of philosophical theology which Appaya single-handedly established, thu...

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1. VerfasserIn: Duquette, Jonathan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2021
In:Jahr: 2021
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Oxford oriental monographs
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Appayya Dīkṣita ca. 16. Jh. / Schiwaismus / Advaita
B Appayya Dīkṣita ca. 16. Jh. / Śrī-Vaiṣṇava / Vishishtādvaita-Vedānta / Kritik
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus
KBM Asien
TJ Neuzeit
weitere Schlagwörter:B Appayya Dīkṣita
B Hinduism History 16th century
B Śaivism History
B Siva (Hindu deity)
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Zusammenfassung:"This book is the first in-depth study of the Śaiva oeuvre of the celebrated polymath Appaya Dīkṣita (1520-1593). It documents the rise to prominence and scholarly reception of Śivādvaita Vedānta, a Sanskrit-language school of philosophical theology which Appaya single-handedly established, thus securing his reputation as a legendary advocate of Śaiva religion in early modern India. Based to a large extent on hitherto unstudied primary sources in Sanskrit, this study offers new insights on Appaya's early polemical works and main source of Śivādvaita exegesis, Śrīkaṇṭha's Brahmamīmāṃsābhāṣya; it identifies Appaya's key intellectual influences and opponents in his reconstruction of Śrīkaṇṭha's theology; and it highlights some of the key arguments and strategies he used to make his ambitious project a success. Centred on his magnum opus of Śivādvaita Vedānta, the Śivārkamaṇidīpikā, this book demonstrates that Appaya's Śaiva oeuvre was mainly directed against Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta, the dominant Vaiṣṇava school of philosophical theology in his time and place. A far-reaching study of the challenges of Indian theism, this book opens up new possibilities for our understanding of religious debates and polemics in early modern India as seen through the lenses of one of its most important intellectuals"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0198870612