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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi CLASSICAL INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi P E T E R A D A M S O N A N D J O N A R D O N G A N E R I CLASSICAL INDIAN PHILOSOPHY a history of philosophy without any gaps, volume 5 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi 1 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OXDP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©PeterAdamsonandJonardonGaneri Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin Impression: Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber: ISBN –––– PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi CONTENTS NoteonPronunciation ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xv Timeline xvii MapofIndia xxiii PART I ORIGINS . Begin at the End: An Introduction to philosophy in India . Scriptures, Schools, and Systems: A Historical Overview . Kingdom for a Horse: India in the Vedic Period . Hide and Seek: The Upaniṣads . Indra’s Search: The Self in the Upaniṣads . You Are What You Do: Karma in the Upaniṣads . Case Worker: Pāṇini’s Grammar . Suffering and Smiling: The Buddha . Crossover Appeal: The Nature of the Buddha’s Teaching . Carry a Big Stick: Ancient Indian Political Thought . Better Half: Women in Ancient India . Grand Illusion: Dharma and Deception in the Mahab̄ har̄ata . World on a String: The Bhagavad-gıt̄ā . Mostly Harmless: Non-Violence v OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi ̄ PART II THE AGE OF THE SUTRA . A Tangled Web: The Age of the Sūtra . When in Doubt: The Rise of Skepticism . Master of Ceremonies: Jaimini’s Mım̄ am̄ ̣sa-̄sūtra . Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Mım̄ āṃsā on Knowledge and Language . Source Code: Bādarāyaṇa’s Vedan̄ ta-sūtra . No Two Ways About It: Śan_kara and Advaita Vedānta . Communication Breakdown: Bhartṛhari on Language . The Theory of Evolution:(cid:2)Isv́ arakṛṣṇa’s Sam̄ ̣khya-kar̄ikā . Who Wants to Live Forever? Early Aˉyurvedic Medicine . Practice Makes Perfect: Patañjali’s Yoga-sūtra . Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire: Gautama’s Nyaȳa-sūtra . What You See Is What You Get: Nyāya on Perception . Standard Deductions: Nyāya on Reasoning . The Truth Shall Set You Free: Nyāya on the Mind . Fine-Grained Analysis: Kaṇāda’s Vaisésịka-sūtra . The Whole Story: Vaisé ṣika on Complexity and Causation . A Day in the Life: Theories of Time . The Wolf’s Footprint: Indian Naturalism . Mind out of Matter: MaterialistTheories of the Self PART III BUDDHISTS AND JAINAS . We Beg to Differ: The Buddhists and Jainas . It All Depends: Nāgārjuna on Emptiness . Motion Denied: Nāgārjuna on Change vi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi . No Four Ways About It: Nāgārjuna’s Tetralemma . Taking Perspective: The Jaina Theory of Standpoints . Well Qualified: The Jainas on Truth . Change of Mind: Vasubandhu and Yogācāra Buddhism . Who’s Pulling Your Strings? Buddhaghosa on No-Self and Autonomy . Under Construction: Dignāga on Perception and Language . Follow the Evidence: Dignāga’s Logic . Doors of Perception: Dignāga on Consciousness PART IV BEYOND ANCIENT INDIA . In Good Taste: The Aesthetics of Rasa . Learn by Doing: Tantra . Looking East: Indian Influence on Greek Thought . The Buddha and I: Indian Influence on Islamic and European Thought . What Happened Next: Indian Philosophyafter Dignāga Notes FurtherReading Index vii OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/11/2019,SPi NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION This note follows M. Coulson, Sanskrit: An Introduction to the Classical Language (London:),–,whereaverydetailedexplanationcanbefound. Vowel sounds. The short “a” in Sanskrit (written “a” with no diacritical mark), soundsliketheEnglishvowel“u”in“but”or“duck,”whichiswhywehaveEnglish renderings of words like “pundit” and “Punjab.” The long “a” (written “ā”) is com- pletely open, as in “father.”There are longand shortversions ofthe other vowels, with “i” as in “pin” and “ı”̄ as in “fee,” “u” as in “put” but “ū” as in “boo,” “e” as in “made”and“ai”asin“bite,”andfinally“o”asin“rope”but“au”asin“found.”Thereis alsoavowel“ṛ”,usuallypronouncedasif“ri,”thusṚg-vedaispronounced“Rigveda.” Consonantsounds.Consonantsareclassifiedasvoicelessorvoiced,unaspiratedor aspirated,andtherearefivetypes,velar,palatal,retroflex,dental,andlabial(seethe excellent interactive chart at https://ubcsanskrit.ca/lesson/devanāgarı.̄html). The voiceless stops are “k,” “c,” “t,̣” “t,” and “p,” pronounced as in “kill,” “chill,” “try,” French“tout,”and“pill.”Theretroflex“t”̣ ismadewiththetongueagainstthefront of the roof of the mouth rather than against the teeth. The aspirated versions of thesestopsarewrittenas“kh,”“ch,”“tḥ ,”“th,”and“ph.”Notethatthe“h”indicates aspirationonly,andsotheyarenotpronouncedasin“thin”or“physics,”butsimply asbeforebutnowwithanoutbreath.Theunaspiratedvoicedstops(voicedbecause pronounced with a vibration of the vocal chord) are “g,” “j,” “ḍ,” “d,” and “b,” and they closely resemble their English equivalents. These too have aspirated versions, “gh,” “jh,” “ḍh,” “dh,” and “bh,” pronounced with both vibrating vocal chord and outbreath. Nasals.TherearefivenasalsoundsinSanskrit,oneforeachofthefiveconsonant groupsmentionedbefore.Theyaretransliteratedas“n_,”“ñ,”“ṇ,”“n,”and“m.”Thus “an_ga” sounds like English “hunger” without the “h,” while “pañca” sounds like “puncher.” Therearefourunaspiratedsemi-vowels,“ya,”“ra,”“la,”and“va.”Ofthese,“va”is somewherebetweenEnglish“v”and“w.” Therearethreesibilants,palatal“sá ,”retroflex“ṣa,”anddental“sa.”Thedental“sa” is most similar to English “s,” palatal “sá ” sounds like “sh” as in “ship,” and the ix
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