The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Non-Duality in Indian Philosophy
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Non-Duality in Indian Philosophy
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Description
While the concept of non-duality is central to many religious and philosophical traditions, it has found some of its most sophisticated and diverse expressions in South Asia. Drawing on a rich body of sources across multiple languages, communities, and traditions, this handbook maps, for the first time, the wide-ranging forms and functions of non-duality in South Asian traditions.
Written by leading scholars, the volume brings together traditions often studied separately, including brahmanical, Buddhist, tantric, Sikh, Islamic, and vernacular movements. Its chapters examine non-duality not as a single doctrine, but as a flexible and contested category, articulated in ontological, cognitive, phenomenological, soteriological, devotional, ethical, and narrative contexts. The volume also introduces key concepts, technical vocabularies, and interpretive frameworks through which non-duality has been defined, debated, practiced, and reimagined.
By placing these traditions in conversation, the volume reorients the study of non-duality in premodern South Asia. It offers a comprehensive, accessible, and interdisciplinary resource for scholars, students, and readers interested in Indian philosophy, religion, literature, and the history of contemplative and devotional thought.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Mapping Non-Duality in Premodern South Asia
Jonathan Duquette & James Madaio
1 Non-duality in Early Mahayana Sutras: Prajñaparamita and Vimalakirtinirdesa
Matthew Orsborn
2 Non-duality in Early Indian Yogacara: The Case of the Tattvarthapa?ala
A. Calahan Morse
3 Non-duality in Indian Buddha-Nature Literature
Christopher V. Jones
4 Was Bhartrhari a Non-dualist thinker?
Marco Ferrante
5 The Non-dualism of Early Advaita Vedanta: Gaudapada and the Redeployment of Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy
Richard King
6 Non-duality in Dharmakirti
Birgit Kellner
7 'Accidental Duality' and 'Variety Within Non-duality': The Philosophy of Bhedabheda Vedanta
Aleksandar Uskokov
8 Samkara: A Pedagogical Strategy for Realising the Identity of atman and brahman
Jacqueline Suthren Hirst
9 Non-duality in the Pañcaratra Tradition
Marion Rastelli
10 Somananda and the Culmination of Saiva Philosophical Non-dualism
Raffaele Torella
11 Idealism and Realism: The Mirror and Agency in Abhinavagupta's Non-dualist Tantra
Loriliai Biernacki
12 How a Pot Knows John: A Comparison Between Two Advaita Models in Classical Indian Traditions
Francesco Sferra
13 The Varieties of Non-dualism in Late Indian Yogacara
Davey K. Tomlinson
14 The World Inside a Rock: Actuality and Virtuality in the Yogavasistha
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
15 Uniting Through Devotion: Ra¯ma¯nuja's Non-dualism of the Qualified God
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
16 Non-dualism in Saiva Mythology: The invocation stanzas of The Magic Jewel of Siva's Deeds
Judit Törzsök
17 The Dynamic Non-dualism of the Srividya
Silvia Schwarz Linder
18 'Unity' (aikya) in Venkatanatha's Thought
Marcus Schmücker
19 Inhabiting Non-duality: Vidyara?ya's Contemplative Phenomenology of Consciousness-Only
James Madaio
20 Non-duality and Social Ethics in Popular Practice: Devotional Hindu Cases in the Varkari Tradition of Western India
Jon Keune
21 Non-duality and Tamil Religious Thought
Eric Steinschneider
22 A Distinctive Category of Non-duality in Sikh Texts, Traditions, and Practices
Pashaura Singh
23 All is Dirt: Non-dualism and Devotion in Jiva Gosvamin's Theology
Rembert Lutjeharms
24 Madhusudana Sarasvati's Analytic Account of Non-Dualism
Michael T. Williams
25 The Sivadvaita Paradox: 'Siva the Fourth' (turiyasiva) in the Sivatattvaviveka
Jonathan Duquette
26 Embodied Non-duality: Entextualisation of the Body in the Amrtaratnavali of Mukundadasa
Glen A. Hayes
27 Non-duality in Mughal Sufi Poetry
Sajjad Rizvi
28 Bahr al-Ulum and the Oneness of Existence: Non-duality in Late Mughal
Philosophical Sufism
Ryan Brizendine
Product details
| Published | Feb 18 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 648 |
| ISBN | 9781350298347 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 10 x 7 inches |
| Series | Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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