Framing Intellectual and Lived Spaces in Early South Asia: Sources and Boundaries

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

Framing Intellectual and Lived Spaces in Early South Asia

Sources and Boundaries

Edited by: Lucas den Boer and Elizabeth A. Cecil
Funded by: European Research Council (ERC)

Volume 2 in the series Beyond Boundaries

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110557176

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The contributions to this book address a series of ‘confrontations’—debates between intellectual communities, the interplay of texts and images, and the intersection of monumental architecture and physical terrain—and explore the ways in which the legacy of these encounters, and the human responses to them, conditioned cultural production in early South Asia (c. 4th-7th centuries CE). Rather than an agonistic term, the book uses ‘confrontation’ as a heuristic to examine historical moments within this pivotal period in which individuals and communities were confronted with new ideas and material expressions.

The first half of the volume addresses the intersections of textual, material, and visual forms of cultural production by focusing on three primary modes of confrontation: the relation of inscribed texts to material media, the visual articulation of literary images and, finally, the literary interpretation and reception of built landscapes. The second part of the volume focuses on confrontations both within and between intellectual communities. The articles address the dynamics between peripheral and dominant movements in the history of Indian philosophy.

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Elizabeth A. Cecil, Florida State University, USA, Lucas den Boer, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Preface Open Access Download PDF	V
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
Introduction Lucas den Boer and Elizabeth A. Cecil Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Text, Image & Lived Spaces
1. The Enigma of the Centauress and Her Lover: Investigating a Fifth-century Terracotta Panel from Ahichhatrā Laxshmi Rose Greaves Open Access Download PDF	13
2. Visual Story-Telling in Text and Image: The Nāga as Inhabitant of the Cosmic Ocean and the Netherworld Sanne Dokter-Mersch Open Access Download PDF	51
3. Vyoman: The Sky is the Limit. On the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa’s Reworking of the Liṅgodbhava Myth Peter C. Bisschop Open Access Download PDF	75
4. Bronze Temple Bells from the Tibetan Imperial Period: Buddhist Material Culture in Context Lewis Doney Open Access Download PDF	105
Part II: Philosophy & Intellectual Spaces
5. Nonagonistic Discourse in the Early History of Indian Philosophical Debates: From Brahmodyas to the Mahābhāṣya Evgeniya Desnitskaya Open Access Download PDF	145
6. The Legitimation of an Authoritative Discourse in Jainism Marie-Hélène Gorisse Open Access Download PDF	173
7. Clay Pots, Golden Rings, and Clean Upper Garments: Causality in Jaina Philosophy Ana Bajželj Open Access Download PDF	197
8. Charting the Geographies of ’Ju Mi pham rnam rgyal rgya mtsho’s Perspectivist Approach to the Two Truths Gregory Forgues Open Access Download PDF	225
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	255
Index Open Access Download PDF	257

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and graduate students in Asian studies, philosophy, history, art history, and religious studies
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 259
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 23
- Coloured Illustrations: 23
Keywords: Gupta period; material culture; Indian philosophy; lived spaces

eBook

Published: September 21, 2020
ISBN: 9783110557176

Hardcover

Published: September 21, 2020
ISBN: 9783110553161