The birth of indology as an Islamic science
Al-Biruni's treatise on yoga psychology
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Word Count
57,000 words, Guess
Page Count
228 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139789004290297
- ISBN-139789004305540
- ISBN-10900429029X
- ISBN-109004305548
- Library of Congress Control Number2015032417
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number918590818
- Better World Books9789004290297
- Open LibraryOL30399211M
Classifications
- DDC181/.452
- LCCB132.Y6 K655 2015
- LCCBL1238.52
and 1 more
- LCCB132.Y6 K655 2016
Description
In 'The birth of indology as an Islamic science' Mario Kozah closely examines the pioneering contribution by Biruni (d. ca. 1048) to the study of comparative religion in his major work on India. Kozah concludes that a process of Islamisation is employed through a meticulous systematization of Hindu beliefs into one Indian religion, preceding by almost a millennium the earliest definitions of Hinduism by nineteenth-century European Orientalists. This formulation of Hinduism draws on Biruni's interpretation of Yoga psychology articulated in the 'Kitab Batanjal', his Arabic translation of the 'Yoga-Sutra' of Patañjali. Biruni's Islamic reading of Hinduism relies on certain common denominators that he identifies as being of fundamental importance. In the case of Hinduism he identifies metempsychosis as its unifying banner.
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Series Statement
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science: text and studies -- v. 97
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