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142066 UE Nagarjuna’s Sixty Verses of Arguments (Yuktisastikakarika) (2022W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 29.08.2022 08:00 to We 28.09.2022 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2022 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Di 11:00-12:30, SR 2 Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde (Universitätscampus, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7, 1090 Wien), ab 18.10.
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The Yuktiṣaṣṭikā is considered one of Nāgārjuna’s authentic works. The text is not available in its original Sanskrit. However, Lindtner (1982) had already identified 12 of altogether 60 verses from various sources. Ye Shaoyong (2014) could recover another 37 verses on the basis of quotations found in newly discovered Sanskrit manuscripts from Tibet. Prof Ye also discovered and edited a Sanskrit fragment of Candrakīrti’s commentary, which covers verses 25-34. We are thus able to read most of the Tibetan against the backdrop of its Sanskrit original.
Assessment and permitted materials
The assessment is based on:
Essay 50%
Class participation 30%
Presentation in class 20%
Essay 50%
Class participation 30%
Presentation in class 20%
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
From a linguistic point of view, this Madhyamaka material does not pose too many problems. The reading class is suitable for students with four semesters of Sanskrit and/or Tibetan. Students who know only Tibetan are also welcome.
Examination topics
Lindtner, Christian: Nagarjuniana. Studies in the Writings and Philosophy of Nāgārjuna. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982.
Reading list
Yuktiṣaṣṭikākārikā. Ed. by Li, Xuezhu and Ye, Shao yong. Shanghai: Zhong xi shu ju, 2014
Scherrer-Schaub, Cristina: Yuktiṣaṣṭikāvṛtti : Commentaire à la soixantaine sur le raisonnement ou Du vrai enseignement de la causalité par le Maître indien Candrakīrti. Bruxelles: Institut Belge des Hautes Études Chinoises. 1991
Scherrer-Schaub, Cristina: Yuktiṣaṣṭikāvṛtti : Commentaire à la soixantaine sur le raisonnement ou Du vrai enseignement de la causalité par le Maître indien Candrakīrti. Bruxelles: Institut Belge des Hautes Études Chinoises. 1991
Association in the course directory
BA17b, MATB3b
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