| Puṣpikā Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology, Volume 5 Contributor(s): de Jonckheere, Heleene (Editor), Gorisse, Marie-Hélène (Editor), Rostalska, Agnieszka (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1789252822 ISBN-13: 9781789252828 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Literary Criticism |
| Series: Puṣpikā |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (0.75 lbs) 172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is the outcome of the Ninth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium held at Ghent University in September 2017, the fifth publication of proceedings from this series of symposiums. Like previous volumes, the current edition presents the results of recent research by early-career scholars into the texts, languages, as well as literary, philosophical and religious traditions of South Asia. The articles here collected offer a broad range of disciplinary perspectives on a wide array of subject. In addition, in the lines of the well-established tradition of research in Jainism at Ghent University, this edition has a more specific "Jains and the others" main theme. The purpose of such a theme is to contribute to determine the input of Jainism in the broader framework of South Asian traditions, as well as to invite the reader to think beyond boundaries of religious or cultural identity. In this dynamic, two papers deal with Jain adaptations of famous Puranic narratives and two others with the relation between textual tradition and soteriological practices in Jainism. In concert, other innovative papers elaborate on Puranic and kāvya literature, include technical discussions on linguistics and engage in philosophical studies. Finally, set in the historical context of the hosting institution, this volume opens with a history of Indology in Belgium. |
Contributor Bio(s): de Jonckheere, Heleene: - Heleen De Jonckheere is a PhD candidate at the Department of Languages and Cultures of Ghent University in Belgium. Her research deals with Jain narratives and inter-religious, literary dialogues in medieval North India, focusing on the genre of DharmaparGorisse, Marie-Helene: - Marie-Hélène Gorisse is a post-doctoral researcher and guest professor at Ghent University. She completed her PhD at Lille University. Her main research interests are Jainism and South Asian epistemology, hermeneutics and theories of argumentation.Rostalska, Agnieszka: - Agnieszka Rostalska is a doctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium and Gonda Fellow at IIAS, Leiden University in the Netherlands. She received her PhD from Pedagogical University of Kraków in Poland. She specializes in Indian philosophy and com |