Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy Points of View in Buddhist, Jaina, and Advaita Vedānta Traditions

Acknowledgements ix Preface xi
Introduction 1
I.1 The form of doxography: systematic, dialectical, ahistorical 2
I.2 A universal definition of doxography 13
I.3 The content of Indian doxography: views 14
I.4 The function of Indian doxography: spiritual/
yogic exercise 18
I.5 The context of Indian doxography: a dialogical path
to knowledge 20
Notes 22
1 The beginnings of Mādhyamika doxography: Bhāviveka’s MHK 25
1.1 The context of the MHK 25
1.2 The doxographical content and discourse of the MHK 32 1.3 The doxographical structure of the MHK 38
1.4 Table of contents of the MHK 43
1.5 The dialectical strategy of Chapter 9 48
1.6 The rhetorical and thematic progression of Chapter 9 54 1.7 Irony in Chapter 9: peace by polemics 71
Notes 76
2 The beginnings of Jaina doxography: Haribhadra’s ṢDS 91
2.1 Haribhadra’s doxography in context 91 2.2 Haribhadra’s ṢDS in context 103
2.3 ṢDS Chapter 6: the Jaiminīya 125 Notes 126
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3 The beginnings of Advaita doxography: Śaṅkara’s SSS 133
3.1 Advaita doxography in context 133
3.2 The hierarchical context of Advaita doxography:
above the above 142
3.3 Reconsidering the SSS: authorship, pedagogy,
and doxography 155
3.4 SSS Chapters 7 and 8: review and reflection 166 Notes 169
Conclusion 178 Notes 183
Bibliography 184 Index 200