Explorations in Indian Philosophy

Foreword DURING my recent research visit to Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune I met a bright young Sanskrit student who had just submitted his doctoral thesis on Advaita Vedanta. After a couple of discussions he was really keen to show me his thesis. The thesis was a newly edited Sanskrit text along with translation and annotations and some philosophical discussion about the content of the text. It was a good work, however I was not too happy to see a two-page bibliography in an almost three-hundred page thesis. When I asked the student why he had not considered reading or referring to some crucial secondary sources, for instance, what Bina Gupta or Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad ventured into or what Stephen H. Phillips or Jonardon Ganeri were "doing" or what a certain Michael Comans or Sthaneshwar Timalsina thought about the problematics of the Advaita Vedanta, he showed complete disdain saying he was not interested in their works. In a somewhat shy, but audacious tone he said he was interested in the Sanskrit text alone.

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