The Books Sānk and Pātanğal A Socio-cultural History of al-Bīrūnī's Interpretations of Sāṅkhya and Yoga

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9004548534
• ISBN-13: 978-9004680302
• Thông tin xuất bản: Brill, 2024
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 460753
• Chủ đề: 1. early Ghaznavids; 2. early translation processes; 3. history of Gandhara and Panjab; 4. India Islam; 5. Indian philosophy

Tóm tắt

Al-Bīrūnī (ca. 973-1050) was an innovative encyclopaedist thinker. He is particularly known to have investigated into India of his time. Yet, his life and the circumstances of his encounter with Indian languages, culture and sciences are still shrouded in mystery and legends. This research brings to light elements of his intellectual journey based on well-grounded analysis so as to contextualise al-Bīrūnī's work of transmission of Indian philosophies into Arabic. Thanks to a theoretical framework rooted in a multidisciplinary approach, including Translation Studies, it enables to comprehend the full scope of his work and to analyse deeply his motives and choices of interpretation.