First words, last words : new theories for reading old texts in sixteenth-century India /

"First Words, Last Words charts an intense "pamphlet war" that took place in sixteenth-century South India. The book explores this controversy as a case study in the dynamics of innovation in early modern India, a time of great intellectual innovation. This debate took place within th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bronner, Yigal (Author), McCrea, Lawrence J. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:	AAR religion in translation.
Subjects:	Vedas > Hermeneutics > History. Véda > Herméneutique > Histoire. Vedas Sacred books > History and criticism. Religions. Philosophy. Hermeneutics. Methodology. Sanskrit literature > History and criticism > History. Philosophy Methods Livres sacrés > Histoire et critique. Philosophie. Herméneutique. Méthodologie. Littérature sanscrite > Histoire et critique > Histoire. philosophy. hermeneutics. methodology. religions (belief systems, cultures) Social History. HISTORY. Hinduism. RELIGION. Hermeneutics Methodology Religions Sacred books Sanskrit literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Newness in scholastic traditions : sequence and scripture
The origins of the debate
The new math : Vyāsatūrtha's rewriting of Mīmāṃsā's case law
The new hermeneutics : Appayya's reinvention of cognitive theory
The new Attitude : Vijayīndra's calling the game
Behind the veil of the old : new directions in the study of scholastic innovation.