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On Pre-reflectivity of Self-consciousness in the Traditions of Advaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Cracow Indological Studies, 2019 On Pre-reflectivity of Self-consciousness in the Traditions of Advaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta By pointing out different forms of pre-reflective consciousness and comparing them to the concepts of self in Advaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta, it could ...
Marcus Schmücker
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Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This introductory article explores the history of the English language and literatures in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’ countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the scope is further narrowed to poetry and the novel – the two genres that, arguably ...
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Cracow Indological Studies, 2022 This article explores artistic innovations in Kūṭiyāṭṭam theater through the lens of critique developed in the Naṭāṅkuśa—a polemical treatise composed, perhaps, in the 15th century Kerala.
Dimitry Shevchenko
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Feminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Traces of Advaita Vedānta in Balinese Hindu Theo-philosophy: A Hermeneutic Approach [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThis study aims to examine the traces of Advaita Vedānta teachings in Hindu theo-philosophy in Bali through a hermeneutic approach. The non-dualistic doctrine rooted in Śaṅkara’s thought has undergone transformation and adaptation within the Balinese ...
I Gede Suwantana +4 more
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Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 706-719, October 2025.Abstract One of the ways in which the process of learning may occur in comparative theology is through reinterpreting the data of one religion through the philosophical framework of another. This type of learning mainly takes the form of Christian theologians reinterpreting the contents of Christian faith through Asian philosophical frameworks.
Catherine Cornille
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Asian StudiesThis article explores the concept of “nothingness” in the Advaita Vedānta and Madhyamaka traditions of Indian Buddhism, analysing their convergences, divergences, and broader implications within Indian philosophical traditions.
Pankaj Vaishnav
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Mystic doubt: In search of pure consciousness
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 36, Issue 1, Spring 2025.AbstractTranscendental Meditation (TM) holds that the essence of reality is “pure consciousness.” This piece contrasts three interpretations of their meditative trance: (i) TM doctrine, and (ii) scientific physicalism, (iii) with my own meditative experience.
Olof Ohlson
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On Swami Vivekananda and Caste Prejudice: Ethical Implications of the Experience of Non-Duality
ReligionsThe well-known modern Hindu reformer and pioneer of Vedānta in the West, Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), based his ethical vision on mysticism: specifically, on the direct experience of non-duality and the ultimate unity and organic interconnectedness of ...
Jeffery D. Long
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The Philosophical Contribution of Vedānta Deśika to the Development of the Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedanta
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2018 Veṅkaṭanātha, also known as Vedānta Deśika, is one of the most significant figures of Indian philosophy of the 13th-14th centuries. His contribution to viśiṣṭādvaita-vedānta allowed to establish it finally as a philosophical system.
N A Safina
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