PDNRL No. 13 Patrick Olivelle: Renunciation in Hinduism. A Medieval Debate. Vol. I: The Debate and the Advaita Argument. Vienna 1986, 156p. EUR 26.-

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• Contents

  Preface (9)

  Abbreviations and Bibliography (11)

   

  Part One: The Debate

  I.                    Introduction (17)

  II.                  Description of the Texts (19)

  A.      Advaita Texts (19)

  B.      Viśiṣṭādvaita Texts (22)

  III.                The History of the Controversy (26)

  A.      The Emblem of a Renouncer (26)

  B.      The Sacrificial Thread and Topknot (29)

  C.      The Staff (35)

  1.       The Symbolism of a Renouncer’s Staff (37)

  2.       The Single Staff and the Triple Staff: The Problem (42)

  3.       The Single Staff and the Triple Staff: The Controversy (52)

  D.      Dharma and Renunciation (54)

  IV.                Sacred Scriptures within a Debate (57)

  A.      Polemical Hermeneutics (57)

  B.      The Problem of Authenticity (66)

  1.       Vedic Authenticity (68)

  2.       The Authenticity of Smṛtis (74)

   

  Part Two: The Advaita Argument

  V.                  Śaṃkara: Commentary on Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.5.1 (79)

  Text (79)

  Annotated Translation (82)

  VI.                Ānandānubhava: Nyāyaratnadīpāvali (92)

  Text (92)

  Annotated Translation (99)

  VII.              Mādhava: Pārāśaramādhavīya (118)

  Text (118)

  Annotated Translation (126)

  VIII.            Pañcamāśramavidhāna (143)

  The Edition of the Pañcamāśramavidhāna (143)

  Critical Edition (146)

  Annotated Translation (151)
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