A Vaisṇava Interpretation of the Brahmasūtras
Vedānta and Theism
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1992
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-09570-0 (ISBN)
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A reinterpretation of "Brahmasutras", a commentary on the central teachings of the Upanisads. The main argument of the book is that in order to understand the theistic and devotional nature of religious philosophy underlying Vedanta, one has to depend on the theological teachings of the Bhagavata.
Brahmasūtras [BS] is a corpus of Vedānta. Although an interpretation of the central teachings of Upanisads, BS has itself been a subject of numerous hermeneutical forays. It somehow suited the Orientalist and Hindu scholars since the early 19th century to promote one interpretation of this seminal text, viz., from the monistic view of Advaita. Radically different trajectories of Hindu cultural selfunderstanding were by and large ignored: one re-interpretative attempt comes from the Vaisṇava followers of Śrī Caintanya.
Sri Rampada Chattopadhyay in this volume attempts such a novel reading. His basic thesis is: the Bhāgavata Purāṇa or Śrīmad Bhāgavāta, a key scripture in Vaisṇava theology, was the best available commentary on the original BS. In other words, as Professor Matilal explains in his Preface, in order to understand the theistic and devotional nature of religious philosophy that underlies Vedānta, one has to depend upon the theological teachings of the Bhāgavata.
Chattopadhyay draws on these teachings to correlate with issues pondered upon in the Upanisads, and their subsequent influence on Vedānta, the Brahmasūtras in particular. He follows the traditional pattern of commenting on each section and chapter according to which the sūtras have been devided. While copiously elucidating on the Vaisṇava approach, he engages in criticism of Śaṁkara and other Vedānta commentators on BS. The book is of immense importance to scholars and students in this late phase of Indian thought.
Brahmasūtras [BS] is a corpus of Vedānta. Although an interpretation of the central teachings of Upanisads, BS has itself been a subject of numerous hermeneutical forays. It somehow suited the Orientalist and Hindu scholars since the early 19th century to promote one interpretation of this seminal text, viz., from the monistic view of Advaita. Radically different trajectories of Hindu cultural selfunderstanding were by and large ignored: one re-interpretative attempt comes from the Vaisṇava followers of Śrī Caintanya.
Sri Rampada Chattopadhyay in this volume attempts such a novel reading. His basic thesis is: the Bhāgavata Purāṇa or Śrīmad Bhāgavāta, a key scripture in Vaisṇava theology, was the best available commentary on the original BS. In other words, as Professor Matilal explains in his Preface, in order to understand the theistic and devotional nature of religious philosophy that underlies Vedānta, one has to depend upon the theological teachings of the Bhāgavata.
Chattopadhyay draws on these teachings to correlate with issues pondered upon in the Upanisads, and their subsequent influence on Vedānta, the Brahmasūtras in particular. He follows the traditional pattern of commenting on each section and chapter according to which the sūtras have been devided. While copiously elucidating on the Vaisṇava approach, he engages in criticism of Śaṁkara and other Vedānta commentators on BS. The book is of immense importance to scholars and students in this late phase of Indian thought.
Rampada Chattopadhyay (1872-1956) was a scholar of Hindu Theology and said to be a brilliant scholar of the University of Calcutta. During his service in the British administration he acquired knowledge of Sanskrit Śāstric tradition and its extensive philosophical literature, which earned him the title Vedānta Vidyārṇava. He wrote a number of works in Bengali, and his Brahmasītra-O-Bhāgavata ran into some 2,200 pages. The present work is an abridged English translation of the same.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1992 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Indian Thought ; 3 |
| Co-Autor | Bimal Matilal |
| Übersetzer | Kanti Chattopadhyay |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 731 g |
| Einbandart | Leinen |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-09570-5 / 9004095705 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-09570-0 / 9789004095700 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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