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- Title
'Old is Gold!' Madhusūdana Sarasvatī's Way of Referring to Earlier Textual Tradition.
- Authors
Pellegrini, Gianni
- Abstract
Madhusūdana Sarasvatī wrote several treatises on Advaita philosophy. His magnum opus is the Advaitasiddhi, written in order to reply to the keen objections moved by the Dvaitin Vyāsatīrtha's Nyāyāmṛta. Advaitasiddhi is verily a turning point into the galaxy of Vedānta, not only as far as its replies are concerned, but also for the reutilization of earlier vedāntic material and its reformulation by means of the highly sophisticated language of the new school of logic. This article is an attempt to contextualize Madhusūdana's works in a broader context through three looking glasses: (1) the analysis of how Madhusūdana refers to his own works, in order to reconstruct a relative chronology among them; (2) Madhusūdana's adherence to the tenets of the previous Advaita tradition, how much he is indebted to Vyāsatīrtha, how he quotes him and how he replies to him; (3) Madhusūdana's acquaintance with other textual traditions, mainly Vyākaraṇa, Pūrva Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY libraries; PHILOSOPHY teachers; POLITICAL philosophy; SCHOOL administration; NEW schools
- Publication
Journal of Indian Philosophy, 2015, Vol 43, Issue 2/3, p277
- ISSN
0022-1791
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10781-014-9240-9