Shifting Concepts: The Realignment of Dharmakīrti on Concepts and the Error of Subject/Object Duality in Pratyabhijñā Śaiva Thought.
Contemporary scholars have begun to document the extensive influence of the sixth to seventh century Buddhist philosopher Dharmakīrti on Pratyabhijñā Śaiva thought. Utpaladeva (925-975) and Abhinavagupta's (975-1025) adaptation of Dharmakīrti's apoha (exclusion) theory provides a striking instance o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Indian Philosophy Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 21 - 48 |
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