Works by Patrick Olivelle
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- The Four Feet of Legal Procedure and the Origins of Jurisprudence in Ancient India.Patrick Olivelle &Mark McClish -2021 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 135 (1):33.The well-known classification of legal procedure into “four feet” presents certain conceptual problems for the Indian legal tradition that various Smṛtikāras and commentators have attempted to resolve in different and sometimes contradictory ways. These difficulties arise because the four feet originally referred in Indian legal theory to four distinct, hierarchical legal domains rather than procedural means for reaching a verdict. The earliest attested discussion of the four feet, found in Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra, indicates that early legal theorists understood the greater legal (...) order as being comprised of four hierarchical domains and that these domains were ordered by the state as expressed in the original formulation of the four feet. Among the four legal domains, that of vyavahāra was developed by the state itself as a realm of public, transactional law meant to address disputes that could not be resolved in other legal forums. From this we can conclude that the origin of Indian jurisprudence lies with state efforts to formalize and enforce the laws of public transactions. The reinterpretation of the four feet by later jurists was motivated perhaps by resistance to one of the fundamental relationships expressed in the four feet, namely that royal authority possessed the greatest legal authority, independent of Brāhmaṇical law. (shrink)
- The Semantic History of Dharma the Middle and Late Vedic Periods.Patrick Olivelle -2004 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 32 (5-6):491-511.
- Hindu Tantrism.Patrick Olivelle,Sanjukta Gupta,Dirk Jan Hoens &Teun Goudriaan -1982 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 102 (1):229.No categories
- Living Liberation in Hindu Thought.Patrick Olivelle,Andrew O. Fort &Patricia Y. Mumme -1997 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 117 (3):575.
- Introduction.Patrick Olivelle -2004 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 32 (5-6):421-422.
- The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism.Patrick Olivelle &Johannes Bronkhorst -1995 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (1):162.No categories
- Unfaithful transmitters.Patrick Olivelle -1998 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 26 (2):173-187.
- Contributions to the Semantic History of SaṃnyāsaContributions to the Semantic History of Samnyasa.Patrick Olivelle -1981 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 101 (3):265.
- Sadhus of India: The Sociological View.Patrick Olivelle &B. D. Tripathi -1979 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 99 (2):359.No categories
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and RenunciationSamnyasa Upanisads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation.J. L. Brockington &Patrick Olivelle -1993 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 113 (2):323.
- The Āśrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious InstitutionThe Asrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution.Rachel Fell McDermott &Patrick Olivelle -1995 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (2):355.No categories
- Abhaksya and abhojya: An Exploration in Dietary Language.Patrick Olivelle -2002 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 122 (2):345-354.No categories
- Aśvaghoṣa’s Apologia: Brahmanical Ideology and Female Allure.Patrick Olivelle -2019 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 47 (2):257-268.The question I pose in this paper is simple but crucial: Why did Aśvaghoṣa present Brahmanism as the backdrop for the emergence of Buddhism? In both his epic poems, he presents Brahmanism as the obvious and natural condition of society and kings, in the same way that it is depicted in the Brahmanical writings themselves. It has become increasingly clear that Brahmanical texts present ideologically motivated programs for social engineering rather than accurate descriptions of social reality. If social reality did (...) not obligate Aśvaghoṣa to adopt this posture, then why did Aśvaghoṣa buy into this ideological position of Brahmanism? Why did he not describe the social reality underlying Buddhism in a way similar to Aśoka? While attempting to explore these questions, I will analyze Aśvaghoṣa’s arguments against some central theological positions of Brahmanism: First, there is the theological argument that a person must turn to asceticism only after he has raised a family and performed his other religious obligations spelt out in the trivarga and the āśrama system. Second, there is the issue of kāma, both within the trivarga and within the common conception of a householder’s life. The paper will attempt to analyze the way Aśvaghoṣa in his two epic poems deals with these two areas, one more strictly theological and the other dealing with themes of sex, eroticism, and conjugal love, all of which present obstacles to the Buddhist path of liberation that runs through the celibate monastery. (shrink)
- Advaitāmoda, by Vāsudevśāstrī Abhyankar: A Study of Advaita and ViśiṣṭadvaitaAdvaitamoda, by Vasudevsastri Abhyankar: A Study of Advaita and Visistadvaita.Patrick Olivelle,Michael Comans,Vāsudevśāstrī Abhyankar &Vasudevsastri Abhyankar -1991 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 111 (1):174.
- Ashoka in Ancient India. By Nayanjot Lahiri.Patrick Olivelle -2021 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 137 (1).
- Asceticism in Buddhism and Brahmanism: A Comparative Study.Patrick Olivelle &Ryokai Shiraishi -1998 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 118 (1):124.No categories
- Dimensions of Renunciation in Advaita VedāntaDimensions of Renunciation in Advaita Vedanta.Patrick Olivelle &Kapil N. Tiwari -1982 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 102 (1):227.
- Devī-Māhātmya: The Crystallization of the Goddess TraditionDevi-Mahatmya: The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition.Patrick Olivelle &Thomas B. Coburn -1987 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 107 (4):773.No categories
- Food in india.Patrick Olivelle -1995 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 23 (3):367-380.
- From trivarga to puruṣārtha: A Chapter in Indian Moral Philosophy.Patrick Olivelle -2021 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 139 (2):381.This paper explores the history of two central categories of ancient Indian moral philosophy: trivarga and puruṣārtha. After an exhaustive analysis of the textual evidence from the earliest times until the middle of the first millennium CE, the paper concludes that the classificatory term trivarga requires an implicit referent and that its reference is artha in the sense of things that are beneficial. The term puruṣārtha, furthermore, is an elaboration of artha as the referent of trivarga: something that is beneficial (...) to a human being. The term artha in the compound puruṣārtha does not mean aim or goal, even though that meaning may occasionally seep into it in actual usage especially in later texts. Within this compound artha has the same meaning it has in Mīmāṃsā and Kauṭilya: something that is beneficial, as opposed to anartha: something that is detrimental. The expression puruṣārtha is rare with reference to the trivarga in the early literature until at least the middle of the first millennium CE. Its absence in the comprehensive lexicon, the Amarakośa, which records the trivarga and caturvarga, shows its marginal status in the Sanskrit vocabulary relating to trivarga. For the authors of the ancient Indian texts, the three concepts—dharma,artha,kāma—comprehended by trivarga do not constitute goals or aims of human life, as they are so often depicted in modern scholarship. They represent three major domains of human activities and pursuits that are beneficial to persons who perform them. (shrink)No categories
- Gṛhastha: the householder in ancient Indian religious culture.Patrick Olivelle (ed.) -2019 - New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.For scholars of ancient Indian religions, the wandering mendicants who left home and family for a celibate life and the search for liberation represent an enigma. The Vedic religion, centered on the married household, had no place for such a figure. Much has been written about the Indian ascetic but hardly any scholarly attention has been paid to the married householder with wife and children, generally referred to in Sanskrit as grhastha: "the stay-at-home." The institution of the householder is viewed (...) implicitly as posing little historical problems with regard to its origin or meaning. This volume problematizes the figure of the householder within ancient Indian culture and religion. It shows that the term grhastha is a neologism and is understandable only in its opposition to the ascetic who goes away from home (pravrajita). Through a thorough and comprehensive analysis of a wide range of inscriptions and texts, ranging from the Vedas, Dharmasastras, Epics, and belle lettres to Buddhist and Jain texts and texts on governance and erotics, this volume analyses the meanings, functions, and roles of the householder from the earliest times unti about the fifth century CE. The central finding of these studies is that the householder bearing the name grhastha is not simply a married man with a family but someone dedicated to the same or similar goals as an ascetic while remaining at home and performing the economic and ritual duties incumbent on him. The grhastha is thus not a generic householder, for whom there are many other Sanskrit terms, but a religiously charged concept that is intended as a full-fledged and even superior alternative to the concept of a religious renouncer. (shrink)
- Inklusivismus: Eine indische Denkform.Patrick Olivelle &Gerhard Oberhammer -1986 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 106 (4):867.No categories
- Jīvanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-VedāntaJivanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedanta.Patrick Olivelle &Andrew O. Fort -2000 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (1):135.
- Kāṇphaṭā: Untersuchungen zu Kult, Mythologie und Geschichte Śivaitischer Tantriker in NepalKanphata: Untersuchungen zu Kult, Mythologie und Geschichte Sivaitischer Tantriker in Nepal.Patrick Olivelle,Günter Unbescheid &Gunter Unbescheid -1984 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 104 (4):781.No categories
- L'autorité du Veda selon les Nyāya-VaiśeṣikasL'autorite du Veda selon les Nyaya-Vaisesikas.Patrick Olivelle &George Chemparathy -1987 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 107 (2):364.No categories
- Manu and the Arthaśāstra, A Study in Śāstric Intertextuality.Patrick Olivelle -2004 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 32 (2/3):281-291.
- Material Culture and Philology: Semantics of Mining in Ancient India.Patrick Olivelle -2012 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 132 (1):23.No categories
- Meditation in Śaṅkara's VedāntaMeditation in Sankara's Vedanta.Patrick Olivelle &Jonathan Bader -1992 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 112 (4):659.
- Mokṣa in Jainism, According to UmāsvātiMoksa in Jainism, According to Umasvati.Patrick Olivelle &Robert J. Zydenbos -1985 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 105 (4):804.
- Neo-Hindu Views of Christianity.Patrick Olivelle &Arvind Sharma -1990 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 110 (4):737.
- Pancatantra: The Book of India's Folk Wisdom.Patrick Olivelle -2009 - Oxford University Press UK.The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other work of Indian literature has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories has become as popular in India itself. The Pancatantra teaches the principles of good government and public policy through the medium of animal stories, providing a window on to ancient Indian society. Its positive attitude towards (...) life and its advocacy of ambition, enterprise, and drive are a salutary antidote to the pious pronouncements about the passivity and other-worldliness of ancient Indian society and religion. (shrink)
- Reimagining Asoka: Memory and History.Patrick Olivelle,Janice Leoshko &Himanshu Prabha Ray (eds.) -2012 - Oxford University Press India.This volume explores on the material, social, and ideological aspects of Asoka's reign in light of advances made in archaeology, epigraphy, and numismatics. Thematically divided into three parts, the first to pillars and rocks, which bear his inscriptions. The second part examines the interconnectedness of the edicts, their monumentality, and the different concept of kingship they conveyed. The third part analyses the making of the cultural memory of Asoka and raises pertinent questions crucial for understanding the relationship between the past (...) and the present. The essays outline the importance of Asoka not only for the Indian nation-state but also for the entire Buddhist world of South and South-east Asia. Moving away from conventional periodization of Indian history, it raises important questions on the beginning of history and archaeology in the modern period. The book examines the extent to which nineteenth century initiatives have affected the study of Asoka and his reign. (shrink)No categories
- Structure and Composition of the MÄnava DharmaÅÄstra.Patrick Olivelle -2002 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 30 (6):535-574.
- Sacrifier et donner à voir en pays Malabar: les fêtes de temple au Kerala : étude anthropologiqueSacrifier et donner a voir en pays Malabar: les fetes de temple au Kerala : etude anthropologique.Patrick Olivelle &Gilles Tarabout -1989 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 109 (2):325.No categories
- Saṃnyāsa: Quellenstudien zur Askese im Hinduismus. I-Untersuchungen über die Saṃnyāsa-UpaniṣadsSamnyasa: Quellenstudien zur Askese im Hinduismus. I-Untersuchungen uber die Samnyasa-Upanisads.Patrick Olivelle &Joachim Friedrich Sprockhoff -1979 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 99 (2):358.No categories
- The Concept of God in the Bhagavad Gita.Patrick Olivelle -1964 -International Philosophical Quarterly 4 (4):514-540.No categories
- The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana: A Reconsideration of Classical YogaThe Integrity of the Yoga Darsana: A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga.Patrick Olivelle &Ian Whicher -2001 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 121 (4):679.
- Tapta Mārga: Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic IndiaTapta Marga: Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic India.Patrick Olivelle &Walter O. Kaelber -1991 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 111 (2):414.No categories
- The Structure of the World in Udayana's Realism: A Study of the Lakṣaṇāvalī and the KiraṇāvalīThe Structure of the World in Udayana's Realism: A Study of the Laksanavali and the Kiranavali.Patrick Olivelle -1984 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 104 (3):604.No categories
- When Texts Conceal: Why Vedic Recitation Is Forbidden at Certain Times and Places.Patrick Olivelle -2006 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 126 (3):305-322.No categories
- Young Śvetaketu: A Literary Study of an Upaniṣadic StoryYoung Svetaketu: A Literary Study of an Upanisadic Story.Patrick Olivelle -1999 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 119 (1):46.No categories
- Vāsudevāśrama Yatidharmaprakāśa: A Treatise on World RenunciationVasudevasrama Yatidharmaprakasa: A Treatise on World Renunciation.Sheldon Pollock &Patrick Olivelle -1980 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 100 (1):48.No categories
- The Early Upanisads: Annotated Text and TranslationThe Upanisads.Frederick M. Smith,Patrick Olivelle &Valerie J. Roebuck -2002 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 122 (1):156.No categories
- Amrtā: Women and indian technologies of immortality. [REVIEW]Patrick Olivelle -1997 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 25 (5):427-449.
- Book Review. [REVIEW]Patrick Olivelle -1987 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 107 (2):364-365.No categoriesExport citation
Bookmark - Dharmaskandhāḥ and Brahmasaṃsthaḥ: A Study of Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.1Dharmaskandhah and Brahmasamsthah: A Study of Chandogya Upanisad 2.23.1. [REVIEW]Patrick Olivelle -1996 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 116 (2):205.No categories
- Sanskrit commentators and the transmission of texts: Haradatta on āpastamba dharmasūtra. [REVIEW]Patrick Olivelle -1999 -Journal of Indian Philosophy 27 (6):551-574.
- Vom Mokṣopāya-Śāstra zum Yogavāsiṣṭha-Mahārāmāyaṇa: Philologische Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungs- und Überlief-erungsgeschichte eines indischen Lehrwerks mit Anspruch auf HeilsrelevanzBhāskarakaṇṭhas Mokṣopāya-Ṭīkā, 2. Prakaraṇa (Mumukṣuvya-vahāra)Bhāskarakaṇṭhas Mokṣopāya-Ṭīkā: Die Fragmente des 3. (Utpatti-) PrakaraṇaVom Moksopaya-Sastra zum Yogavasistha-Maharamayana: Philologische Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungs- und Uberlief-erungsgeschichte eines indischen Lehrwerks mit Anspruch auf HeilsrelevanzBhaskarakanthas Moksopaya-Tika, 2. Prakarana (Mumuksuvya-vahara)Bhaskarakanthas Moksopaya-Tika: Die Fragmente des 3. (Utpatti-) Prakarana. [REVIEW]Patrick Olivelle &Walter Slaje -1997 -Journal of the American Oriental Society 117 (1):204.No categories
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