Scriptural authority, reason and action
Subtitle: proceedings of a panel at the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, September 1st-5th, 2009
By: Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser
Contributors: World Sanskrit Conference (14th : 2009 : Kyoto, Japan)
Series: Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens -- Nr. 79; Sitzungsberichte -- 847. Band; Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens -- Nr. 79.; Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 847. Bd.
Publisher: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9783700175513
Subjects: Authority; Congresses; Buddhism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser; title: The tathāgata and the long tongue of truth : the authority of the Buddha in sūtra and narrrative literature  -- Peter Skilling; title: On Buddhists and their chairs  -- Joseph Walser; title: Turning hermeneutics into apologetics : reasoning and rationality under changing historical circumstances  -- Vincent Eltschinger; title: Dignāga on air or How to get hold of supersensible objects by means ofa credible person : with preliminary remarks on the composition of the Pramānạsamuccaya  -- Helmut Krasser; title: On the role of abhyupagama in Dharmakīrti's schpturally based inference  -- Shinya Moriyama; title: Kamalaśīla and Śāntaraksịta on scripture and reason : the limits and extent of "practical rationality" in the Tattva-samg̣raha and Pañjikā  -- Sara McClintock; title: Transmission of scripture : exegetical problemsfor Kumārila and Dharmakīrti  -- Kei Kataoka; title: Action theory and scriptural exegesis in early Advaita-Vedānta (1) : Manḍạna Miśra on upadeśa and isṭạsādhanatā  -- Hugo David; title: The authohty of the Buddha, the omniscience of the Jina and the truth of Jainism  -- Piotr Balcerowicz; title: On reason and schpture in the Pratyabhijñā  -- Isabelle Ratié; title: Inherited cognitions : prasiddhi, āgama, pratibhā, śabdana : Bhartrḥari, Utpaladeva, Abhinavagupta, Kumārila and Dharmakīrti in dialogue -- Raffaele Torella-- Notes on the contributors.