Periodization and Historiography of Indian Philosophy

Contents Preface Eli Franco: On the Periodization and Historiography of Indian Philosophy Appendix by Shinya Moriyama: Some Periodizations of Indian Philosophy in Japanese Publications Shujun Motegi: The Early History of Sa?khya Thought Philipp A. Maas: A Concise Historiography of Classical Yoga Philosophy Parimal Patil: The Historical Rhythms of the Nyaya–Vaise?ika Knowledge System Lawrence McCrea: The Transformations of Mima?sa in the Larger Context of Indian Philosophical Discourse Julius Lipner: The Perils of Periodization, or How to Finesse History with Reference to Vedanta Vincent Eltschinger: Buddhist Esoterism and Epistemology: Two Sixth-Century Innovations as Buddhist Responses to Social and Religio-Political Transformations Anne Clavel: Svetambaras and Digambaras: A Differentiated Periodization Lyne Bansat-Boudon: The Contribution of Nondual Saivism of Kashmir to the Debate on jivanmukti: A Thematic Perspective on the Question of Periodization Alexis Pinchard: The History of Spho?a: From Ontology to Epistemology? Claus Oetke: Classification and Periodization of Indian Philosophical Traditions: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Aspects Johannes Bronkhorst: Periodization of Indian Ontologies Indices General Index Index of Sanskrit Terms Index Locorum The Authors