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Lalla of Kashmir
Lalla, or Lal Děd, was a medieval female ascetic from Kashmir. Lalla has been known by many names, each signaling a way in which she has been...
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Seeing in the Dark: of Epistemic Culture and Abhidharma in the Long Fifth Century C.E.
Abhidharma, the genre of knowledge concerned with putting into systematic shape what the Buddha taught, can seem a forbidding subject. In this essay,...
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After the Unsilence of the Birds: Remembering Aśvaghoṣa’s Sundarī
Once encountered in Beautiful Nanda, Aśvaghoṣa’s Sundarī is unforgettable. It is easy, then, to forget that we are given to see and hear her only in...
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Ratnakīrti and the Extent of Inner Space: an Essay on Yogācāra and the Threat of Genuine Solipsism
Though perhaps a dubious honor, Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 550–650 C.E.) is the first philosopher in any tradition to explicitly recognize the...