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Aśvaghoṣa’s Buddhacarita: The First Known Close and Critical Reading of the Brahmanical Sanskrit Epics

Hiltebeitel, Alf·2006·Journal of Indian Philosophy
DOI 10.1007/s10781-005-5020-x
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  • The characterization of the Buddha as possessing an estranged consciousness may bear on the main issue at stake in these sargas and perhaps in the entire work, namely providing justification for the Buddha's pre-mature asceticism, in violation of his dharma as a house-holder and a future king.

    “This way of characterizing the Buddha, I would like to suggest, may also bear on the main issue at stake in these sargas and perhaps in the entire work, namely-and here I draw on Olivelle (2008, 2016) and Hiltebeitel (2006)-providing justification for the Buddha's pre-mature asceticism, in violation of his dharma as a house-holder and a future king”

    From A Tree in Bloom or a Tree Stripped Bare: Ways of Seeing in Aśvaghoṣa’s Life of the Buddha (2019) · cites this paper as Hiltebeitel (2006)

  • The Buddha's encounter with old age, sickness, and death involves a process of philosophical and ethical generalization, which proceeds from first considering his own fate to asking later about the general law (dharma) of being.

    “This is not to deny that the Buddha's encounter with old age, sickness, and death involves-as Hiltebeitel has pointed out 12 -a process of philosophical and ethical generalization, which proceeds from first considering his own fate to asking later about the general law (dharma) of being;”

    From A Tree in Bloom or a Tree Stripped Bare: Ways of Seeing in Aśvaghoṣa’s Life of the Buddha (2019) · cites this paper as Hiltebeitel (2006, p. 239)

  • As Olivelle and Hiltebeitel have pointed out, The Buddhacarita's main response to the King's argument constitutes an attempt, within this ideological framework, to demonstrate the superiority of the Buddha's conception of dharma.

    “As Olivelle and Hiltebeitel have pointed out (2008, 2016; and 2006 respectively), The Buddhacarita 's main response to this argument constitutes an attempt, within this ideological framework, to demonstrate the superiority of the Buddha's conception of dharma.”

    From A Tree in Bloom or a Tree Stripped Bare: Ways of Seeing in Aśvaghoṣa’s Life of the Buddha (2019) · cites this paper as Hiltebeitel (2006)

  • Aśvaghoṣa's knowledge of Brahmanical texts, rituals, doctrines, and mythologies is extensive.

    “His knowledge of Brahmanical texts, rituals, doctrines, and mythologies is extensive-Alf Hiltebeitel (2006) has called As ´vaghos ˙ a the first close reader of the Sanskrit epics.”

    From Aśvaghoṣa’s Apologia: Brahmanical Ideology and Female Allure (2019) · cites this paper as Hiltebeitel (2006)

  • Aśvaghoṣa seems familiar with the Mahābhārata's Mokṣadharmaparvan, which describes sages such as Kapila as knowledgeable about Yoga and as teachers skilled in the scriptures on liberation.

    “Açvagho,a seems familiar with the Mahåbhårata 's Mok,adharmaparvan (Hiltebeitel 2006: 266-69), which describes sages such as Kapila as knowledgeable about Yoga ( yogavid ) and as teachers skilled in the scriptures on liberation ( mok,açåstre ) (12.327.61-66).”

    From When the Vindhya Mountains Float in the Ocean: Some Remarks on the Lust and Gluttony of Ascetics and Buddhist Monks (2015) · cites this paper as Hiltebeitel 2006: 266-69

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Authors
Hiltebeitel, A.
Affiliations
George Washington University (US)
Corresponding author
Hiltebeitel, Alf
Venue
Journal of Indian Philosophy
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2006-06
Volume
34
Issue
3
Pages
229-286
ISSN
  • 0022-1791 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-0395
DOI
10.1007/s10781-005-5020-x
OpenAlex
W2145951988
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FWCI
7.69
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en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
Keywords
Aśvaghoṣa, Buddhacarita, close reading, critical reading, Sanskrit literature, Buddhist scriptures

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