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A Tree in Bloom or a Tree Stripped Bare: Ways of Seeing in Aśvaghoṣa’s Life of the Buddha
Both of Aśvaghoṣa’s poetical works conclude with somewhat apologetic statements regarding his use of kāvyato deliver the Buddha’s words. Previous...
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Reading Aśvaghoṣa Across Boundaries: An Introduction
The prominence and the importance of Aśvaghoṣa’s works and persona—to the understanding of the history of Sanskrit poetry, to the understanding of...
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Imagine Being a Preta: Early Indian Yogācāra Approaches to Intersubjectivity
The paper deals with the early Yogācāra strategies for explaining intersubjective agreement under a ‘mere representations’ view. Examining...
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Does Early Yogācāra Have a Theory of Meaning? Sthiramati’s Arguments on Metaphor in the Triṃśikā-bhāṣya
Can the early Yogācāra be said to present a systematic theory of meaning? The paper argues that Sthiramati’s bhāṣya on Vasubandhu’s Triṃśikā (Treatise...