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The “Path” to attain liberation (“mārga”), a central notion of Buddhist praxis and thought, designates specific patterns of behaviour and methods of practice connected with transformative powers and soteriological goals. This volume shows the plurality and complexity of Buddhist views on the Path found in Buddhist doctrinal, narrative and philosophical literature, epigraphic sources and iconographic programmes from South Asia. Through new analyses—rather than general pictures—of different kinds of sources, this volume examines how the Path was interpreted, discussed and represented in Buddhist traditions of South Asia. It traces the contours of ideologies of the Path that have variously influenced the formation and development of Buddhist identities in the religious and intellectual landscape of premodern South Asia and contributes to revisiting modern descriptions of the Buddhist Path

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The present volume provides an annotated English translation of the last section of Dharmak¤rti's Pram¤¤av¤rttikasvav¤tti (PVSV 164,24-176,16, ad stanzas 1.312-340), which includes his final assault on the M¤m¤¤s¤ doctrine of the author lessness (apauru¤eyatva) of the Veda. Dharmak¤rti draws out the apparently fatal consequences of this doctrine: If the Vedic scriptures are without an author, hence without an underlying intention, they can only be meaningless. Even if they have a meaning, it must be supersensible. But then, claiming that the leading M¤m¤¤saka authorities - Jaimini, ¤abara - possessed privileged cognitive access to its supersensible meaning is not an option, since the M¤m¤¤saka denies that humans have any supernatural form of knowledge. In short, Dharmak¤rti forces his opponent to admit that the Veda is nothing but a mutus liber, a "mute book." Besides questioning the very possibility of Vedic hermeneutics under M¤m¤¤saka presuppositions, the passage translated contains interesting allusions to Dharmak¤rti's linguistic theory, his views on scriptural authority, his critique of the Veda's reliability, and his understanding of the transmission of the Veda and Vedic ¤¤kh¤s ("schools", "recensions"). The section includes Dharmak¤rti's polemics against a mysterious v¤ddham¤m¤¤saka ("ancient M¤m¤¤saka"). An introduction (pp. 7-21: "The Place of PVSV 164,24-176,16 in the work of Dharmak¤rti," by V. Eltschinger), a synopsis of contents (pp. 23-30) and two independent essays round off the volume. H. Krasser's "Logic in a Religious Context: Dharmak¤rti in Defence of ¤gama" (pp. 83-118) sheds new light on Dharmak¤rti's conception of scriptural authority and its indebtedness to Dign¤ga. J. Taber's "Dharmak¤rti and the M¤m¤¤sakas in Conflict" (pp. 119-149) explores the guiding principles of the M¤m¤¤s¤ system of exegesis and assesses the relevance of Dharmak¤rti's arguments against it. A general bibliography and various indices complete the volume.

Mimamsa --- Dharmakīrti, --- Vedas --- Authorship --- Hermeneutik --- Dharmakīrti --- Dharmakīrti --- Mimamsa - Early works to 1800 --- Dharmakīrti, - 7th cent. - Pramāṇavārttikasvavṛtti. - 164,24-176,16 --- Hermeneutik. --- Mimamsa.