Vedanta parallels with the ideas of mediaeval Indian thinker Bhartrihari
Keywords:
Non-dualism, Bhartrihari, Shabdabrahman
Abstract
The text presents basic ideas of the non-dualistic doctrine of Advaita Vedanta in the philosophy of language of Bhartrihari (V century) and his treatise «On the sentences and words.» The specifics of Bhartrihari’s interpretation is the identity of Atman and Brahman with the principle of speech (Shabda). Some European parallels are suggested - with Christian religious texts, ideas of some ancient Greek philosophers, with the interpretation of the language of Wilhelm von Humboldt, as well as more contemporary authors such as Paul Ricoeur and Tzvetan Todorov
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Aklujkar Ashok An introduction to the study of Bhartrhari, in Bhartrhari Philosopher and Grammarian, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bhartrhari, University of Poona, 1992, Motilal Benarsidas Publishers, Delhi, 1997.
Bhartrhari The VAkyapadIa with the vRtti, Chapter 1, English translation with exegetical notes by S. Iyer, Poona, 1965.
Bhate Saroja Bhartrhari on Language and Reality, in Bhartrhari Philosopher and Grammarian, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bhartrhari, University of Poona, Motilal Benarsidas Publishers, Delhi, 1997.
Bronkhorst Johannes Studies on Bhartrhari, in Bhartrhari Philosopher and Grammarian, University of Poona, Motilal Benarsidas Publishers, Delhi, 1997.
Kelly John D. Meaning and the limits of Analysis: Bhartrhari and the Budhists, and post-structuralism, in Bhartrhari Philosopher and Grammarian, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bhartrhari, University of Poona, 1992, Motilal Benarsidas Publishers, Delhi, 1997.
King Richard Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought, Edinburg University Press, 1999.
Sharma Arvind Advaita Vedanta: An Introduction, Motilal Banarsidass, 2004.
Published
2014-04-29
How to Cite
Atanassova, M., & Momov, M. (2014). Vedanta parallels with the ideas of mediaeval Indian thinker Bhartrihari. IDEAS. PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES, (1(3), 104-112. Retrieved from https://ideas.academyjournal.org/index.php/IDEI/article/view/77
Section
History of Philosophy. Eastern philosophy
