Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia (eBook)

lt;p>Federico Squarcini is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Florence, where he teaches the history of Indian religions.

Preface; I. Introduction; Federico Squarcini, ‘Tradens, Traditum, Recipiens. Introductory Remarks on the Semiotics, Pragmatics and Politics of Tradition’; II. Discourse, Conditions and Dynamics of Tradition in South Asia; Sheldon Pollock, ‘The Revelation of Tradition: “sruti, smrti”, and the Sanskrit Discourse of Power’; Johannes Bronkhorst, ‘The Reliability of Tradition’; Timothy Lubin, ‘The Transmission, Patronage, and Prestige of Brahmanical Piety from the Mauryas to the Guptas’; III. How to Produce, Construct and Legitimate a Tradition; Alf Hiltebeitel, ‘Buddhism and the Mahabharata. Boundaries and Construction of Tradition’; Laurie L. Patton, ‘Trita’s Tumble and Agastya’s Ancestors: On The Narrative Construction of “Dharma”’; Romila Thapar, ‘Creating Traditions through Narration. The Case of Sakuntala’; Jonardon Ganeri, ‘A Dynamic Tradition of Truth-telling: Moral Innovation in the “Mahabharata”’; Francis X. Clooney, S.J., ‘From Person to Person: A Study of Tradition in The “Guruparamparasara” of Vedanta Desika’s “Srimat Rahasyatrayasara”’; Christopher Minkowski, ‘What Makes a Work ‘Traditional’? On the Success of Nilakantha’s “Mahabharata” Commentary’; Francesco Sferra, ‘Constructing the Wheel of Time. Strategies for Establishing a Tradition’; Elisa Freschi, Alessandro Graheli, ‘Bhattamimamsa and Nyaya on Veda and Tradition’; Cezary Galewicz, ‘Why should the Flower of Dharma be Invisible? Sayana’s Vision of the Unity of the Veda’; IV. Experiencing Boundaries within Tradition: The Case of the Sanskrit Grammarians; Madhav M. Deshpande, ‘Ultimate Source of Validation for the Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition: Elite Usage versus Rules of Grammar’; Maria Piera Candotti, ‘“Loke, vede, sastre”: Grammarians’ Partition of Tradition and Related Linguistic Domains’; Vincenzo Vergiani, ‘Dealing with Conflicting Views within the Paninian Tradition: On the Derivation of “tyadrs” etc.’; V. Violating Traditions and its Boundaries; Federico Squarcini, ‘Traditions against Tradition. Criticism, Dissent and the Struggle for the Semiotic Primacy of Veridiction’ ; Antonio Rigopoulos, ‘The Nonconformity to Tradition of the Mahanubhavs’; Fabrizia Baldissera, ‘Tradition of Protest: the Development of Ritual Suicide from Religious Act to Political Statement’; VI. Thinking about Traditions in South Asia Today; Christoph Emmrich, ‘When Two Strong Men Stand Face to Face. The Indologist, the Pandit and the Re-Making of the Jaina Scholarly Tradition’; Bruno Lo Turco, ‘Evaluation or Dialogue? A Brief Reflection on the Understanding of the Indian Tradition of Debate’; Fernando Tola, Carmen Dragonetti, ‘Unity in Diversity: Indian and Western Philosophical Traditions’