Veröffentlichungen zu den Sprachen und Kulturen Südasiens

The ninth volume of the "Materialien zur Geschichte der Rāmānuja-Schule" tries for the first time to systematically investigate Rāmānuja's philosophical-theological teaching on the Ātmā as a sentient subject, which in his work is dealt with in various places and in the context of various issues. The investigation has revealed that Rāmānuja adopts the reflections on the Ātmā as are taught by Yāmunamuni in his Ātmasiddhiḥ, although these teachings have not been fully worked out. However, in...

Der achte Teil der „Materialien zur Geschichte der Rāmānuja-Schule“ ist der Lehre der Schule vor Veṅkaṭanātha (14. Jh. n. Chr.) Hingehen des Menschen nach dem Tode zu Brahma und der Vorstellung vom bleibenden Heilszustand des Menschen gewidmet. Der erste Teil der Studie stellt diese Lehre in der bereits voll entwickelten Form dar, die sie gründend auf den autoritativen Aussagen der Upaṇaden von Rāmānuja (11. Jh. n. Chr.) in der Brahmasūtrentradition erhalten hat. Charakteristisch für Rāmānujas...

Since the beginnings of the literature tradition, three languages have been used in Sri Lanka for particular purposes until contemporary times, namely in addition to Singhalese, Pāli for religious Buddhist literature and Sanskrit above all for secular works, especially scientific texts (medicine, astronomy, iconography, etc.). Singhalese could be used for all types of literature. In addition to these, Tamil, the language of the neighboring Indian population and a minority on the island, and...

The seventh volume of the “Materialien zur Geschichte der Rāmānuja-Schule” makes a first attempt to describe the emergence of the spiritual practice of taking refuge (prapattiḥ, śaraṇāgatiḥ). Its development probably already started at the beginning of the first millennium, namely with an ethic principle of the Dharma literature according to which helpless persons seeking shelter should be given protection under all circumstances. This principle is found as a principle of knightly ethics in...

The sixth volume of the “Materialien zur Geschichte der Rāmānuja-Schule” deals with the development of a theology of the Goddess (Lakṣmī/Śrī) in the Rāmānuja school in the period between Rāmānuja and Veṅkaṭanātha. The study examines all extant texts of the school’s Sanskrit tradition that contain teachings on the Goddess, presenting the specific passages in Sanskrit and in their first German translation, and attempts to understand the statements of the texts in their historical context and...

In this fifth volume of the ”Materialien zur Geschichte der Ramanuja-Schule“ the growth of the Ramanuja school’s characteristic teachings of the eternal vibhuti of God is described, from the rudiments to their classical form (Venkatanatha, ca. 14th century A. D.) and their continuing effect on Œ rinivasacarya and Narayanamuni (ca. 16th century A. D.), using the few Sanskrit texts still preserved: From a description of the beginnings of these teachings in the Bhagavadgita, in which the concept...

This book investigates all passages in the first parts of the Pali canon that refer to the teaching of the five “branches” of a person that should be distanced. 449 passages mentioning the series rupa, vedana, san~n~a, san.khara and vin~n~ana (translated as “body”, “feeling”, “ideation”, “impulses” and “sensation”) or hinting at them by means of the terms upada nakkhandha or khandha are recorded. All passages that are not repetitions are critically edited and translated into English. If the...

Die in diesem Teil der Materialien zur Geschichte der Ramanuja-Schule" vorgelegte Untersuchung zur Lehre vom 'Inneren Lenker' (Antaryami) ist der Versuch, die Entfaltung dieses Theologems in enger Anlehnung an die überlieferten Texte philologisch-historisch nachzuzeichnen und dieses selbst in seinem theologischen Gehalt zu erschließen. Behandelt wird die entsprechende Lehre bei Sankara (ca. 800 n. Chr.), in der Subalopanisad, im Bhedabhedavada Bhaskaras (um 900 n.Chr.) und deren Rezeption von...