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

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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