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Author:   Noémie Verdon
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9789004548534

ISBN 10:   900454853
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   17 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations and Other Usages Introduction 1 Cultural Contexts of al-Bīrūnī’s Work and Writings  1.1 Persian and Islamic Spheres of Influence  1.2 Al-Bīrūnī’s Visits to al-Hind  1.3 Elements of Culture of Gandhāra and Panjab  1.4 Concluding Remarks 2 The Social and Intellectual Contexts  2.1 Building up Theoretical Knowledge on al-Hind  2.2 Collaborations and Multiculturalism at Royal Courts  2.3 Al-Bīrūnī and Indian Scholars  2.4 The Transmission of Living Traditions  2.5 Concluding Remarks 3 Al-Bīrūnī’s Translations within the Sāṅkhya-Yoga Traditions  3.1 Sāṅkhya-Yoga Literature Predating al-Bīrūnī’s Time  3.2 Tenets of Sāṅkhya and Yoga  3.3 Authorships and Titles  3.4 Intersections and Disagreements of the Two Philosophical Systems  3.5 Concluding Remarks 4 Al-Bīrūnī’s Interpretative Strategies  4.1 Al-Bīrūnī’s Methods through the Lens of Translation Studies  4.2 Three Explicit Transformations  4.3 Al-Bīrūnī’s Reshaping of the Original Texts  4.4 Al-Bīrūnī’s Transformations of Content  4.5 Concluding Remarks 5 On the Kitāb Pātanğal and Its Sanskrit Source  5.1 Scholarship Review  5.2 The Commentary as an Integrated Part of the Kitāb Pātanğal  5.3 A Problematic Laudatory Passage  5.4 Concluding Remarks 6 On the Kitāb Sānk and Its Sanskrit Source  6.1 Scholarship Review  6.2 Methodological Considerations  6.3 Passages of the Kitāb Sānk and the Tradition of the Sāṅkhyakārikā  6.4 Concluding Remarks Conclusion Appendix: Passages Related to the Kitāb Sānk Found in the Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind Glossary of Sanskrit Terms as al-Bīrūnī Interpreted Them into Arabic Bibliography Index

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Noémie Verdon, PhD (2016), Maître assistante (SNFS), Department of South Asian Studies, University of Lausanne, has several academic publications on al-Bīrūnī and on the history of Indian thought. Her latest book Tantrisme, un chemin vers la liberté (L'Harmattan, 2023) is dedicated to a broad audience.

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