[INDOLOGY] Sources on Hermenuetics in Indology

[Andrew Ollett]

Dear all,

Apart from seconding Professor Zydenbos' recommendation of Wilhelm
Halbfass' work, I might note that "hermeneutics" in the sense of "a science
of interpretation" can be and has been applied to several Indian
traditions, above all Mīmāṁsā, for which Pollock, McCrea, Patil, etc. have
provided the near-equivalent of "hermeneutics" when talking about it in
English, but also, e.g., Buddhist works like the *Vyākhyāyukti*. If you are
looking for work that explicitly brings together Gadamerian hermeneutics
and Indian traditions, there is the work of Francis X D'Sa (e.g., "Mīmāṃsā
and Hermeneutics: The Hermeneutic Concern of the Mīmāṃsā" in WZKS 1992),
Purushottama Bilimoria (e.g., "Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought" in *Being
and Text*, 2008) and Othmar Gächter (e.g., *Hermeneutics and Language in
Pūrva Mīmāṃsā*, Delhi 1983).

Andrew

On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM Robert Zydenbos via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> The great classic of hermeneutics in Indology is the famous book by
> Wilhelm Halbfass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Halbfass): *Indien
> und Europa, Perspektiven ihrer geistigen Begegnung* ("India and Europe.
> Perspectives of their inner encounter", 1981), translated and slightly
> extended as *India and Europe: An Essay in Understanding* (1988; a
> different edition has the subtitle "An Essay in Philosophical
> Understanding"). I have always recommended this book to all my students.
>
> RZ
>
>
> Samyak Modi via INDOLOGY schreef op 2024-11-20 01:31:
>
> Dear Indologists,
>
> Namaste,
>
> Are there any books or journal articles on applying hermeneutics in the
> Indological context, and what are the most commonly applied hermeneutical
> perspectives in the field?
>
> I would be very grateful if PDFs of the relevant literature could be
> shared.
>
> Thank you
>
> Regards,
>
> Samyak Modi
>
>
>
>
> --
> Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos / ಪ್ರೊ. ಡಾ. ರೊಬೆರ್ತ್ ಜೆಯ್ದೆನ್ಬೊಸ್ (retd.)
> Institute of Indology and Tibetology
> Department of Asian Studies
> Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich – LMU)
> Germany
>
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> https://zydenbos.userweb.mwn.de/gendersprache
>
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