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Aesthetic Delight and Beauty: A Comparison of Kant’s Aesthetics and Abhinavagupta’s Theory of Rasa
The study aims to address the existing research gap through a thematic comparison between the aesthetics of Kant and Abhinavagupta. This paper...
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Abhinavagupta’s Arguments for Coexistence and Peace Among Traditions: Understanding the Transcendent Unity of Traditions Vis-à-Vis Uniqueness of Kashmir Saivism
The paper aims at showing that religio-philosophical divergence between traditions can’t be appropriated for exclusivism that breeds intolerance and...
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The Dhārmic Function of Sanskrit Kāvya: Poetry as a Suggestive Force
The primary function of Sanskrit kāvya was always to please the readers. Literary theoreticians like Abhinavagupta often considered esthetic...
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Towards a New Dharma of Peace Building Conflict Transformations and Alternative Planetary Futures
This volume deals with a new Dharma of peacebuilding and conflict transformations, drawing on the world's philosophical, religious, and spiritual...
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Like a Bee to Nectar: Abhinavagupta’s Poetics of Religious Formation
Through a study of Abhinavagupta’s deployment of the metaphor of a bee in search of nectar, this article reconstructs a model of religious education...
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A Review of “The Making of Contemporary Indian Philosophy: Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya”
The reviewed book, titled “The Making of Contemporary Indian Philosophy Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya” (Raveh, D., & Coquereau-Saouma, E. (Eds.).
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The Role of Uttaramandrā-Gāthā in the Aśvamedha: Ancient Evidence of Music for Psychological Stress
Music in the Uttaramandrā-gāna or Gāthā-gāna is an integral part of the Aśvamedha rite. In the rite, the king transferred authority to a priest for a...
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Toward a New Dharma of Peace Building: An Introduction and an Invitation
Dharma refers to the right visions and conducts of life.
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“The Epistemic Significance of adbhutarasa: Aestheticized Wonder as a Virtue of Inquiry”
This analysis holds that just as wisdom is good for its own sake, the effervescent perfuming of aesthetic pleasure in rasa , camatkāra , need not be...
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Tantra in the Vernacular: Secrecy and Inclusivity in the Yogas of the Bāul-Sahajiyā Traditions
This paper presents an alternative route to model the relationship between written Sanskritic Tantric traditions and the vernacular oral Tantric...
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The Phenomenon of Emotions in Indian Philosophical System: Some Reflections
This paper shall make an attempt to critically reflect on the conceptualization of emotions in the Indian Philosophical systems. To bring out the...
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Music as Thinking/Thinking as Music: A Dialogue with Mukund Lath
This article offers a dialogue with Mukund Lath. It is comprised of three parts: Part One introduces Lath’s body of work. The second and third parts...
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Bhakti, Rasa, and Organizing Character Experience: Vopadeva, Śrīdhara, and Sanātana on Bhāgavata Purāṇa X.43.17
Through an examination of Bhāgavata Purāṇa X.43.17 and its interpretation by early commentators like Vopadeva, Hemādri, Śrīdhara, Sanātana, Rūpa, and...
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Conclusion: Man into Wolf Revisited—The Method and Magic of the Combinatory Mind
This chapter looks back at Robert Eisler’s biography and his work across the disciplines of art history, religion, philosophy, and economics. It...
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Environmental Management in Transition: Lessons from Tantra
This paper analyzes the ideational factors behind the inefficiency of mainstream environmental management. The causes of the environmental crisis are...
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Fear and Devotion in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Rasa Theory
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava thinkers adapted rasa theory to a context of devotion to the god Kṛṣṇa. In doing so, bhayānaka-rasa , the aestheticized experience of...
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The Making of Tantric Rādhā: A Reading from the Kṛṣṇayāmala
Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one of the most striking figures in Hindu mythology. While Rādhā's pristine origins are difficult to trace, her “multiformity”...
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The Forgotten Consort: The Goddess and Kāmadeva in the Early Worship of Tripurasundarī
This article examines continuities between the Hindu Tantric tradition of Tripurasundarī, which later came to be known as Śrīvidyā, and the...