Where Do Those Beautiful Ladies and Wolf’s Footprints Lead Us? The Mādhyamikas on Two Cārvāka/Lok...

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" Where Do Those Beautiful Ladies and Wolf’s Footprints Lead Us? The Mādhyamikas on Two Cārvāka/Lokāyata Stanzas "
Krishna Del Toso

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064384
Doc. No	:	LA108013
Call No	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340077‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Krishna Del Toso
Title & Author	:	Where Do Those Beautiful Ladies and Wolf’s Footprints Lead Us? The Mādhyamikas on Two Cārvāka/Lokāyata Stanzas [Article]\ Krishna Del Toso
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Annali Sezione Orientale
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	79/1-2
Page No	:	205–235
Abstract	:	With the present study an analysis in three parts is provided of the Buddhist reception of two Cārvāka/Lokāyata stanzas, abbreviated as “wolf’s footprint” and the “beautiful lady”. These stanzas seem to be conceptually related to each other, having the common aim to emphasize the idea that one should rely only upon what is or can be perceived. Consequently, from here it is concluded that any perspective concerning the existence of an afterlife or of a moral retribution of our actions, since these things cannot be directly perceived, should be abandoned. The first part of the article is a study of the occurrences of the two stanzas in the Buddhist sources, taking into account also new material, recently discovered, together with a comparison with the Jain sources. The second and third parts discuss respectively Avalokitavrata’s and Jayānanda’s interpretations of the stanzas, offering also for the first time to the reader a translation and analysis of their versions of the “wolf’s footprint” tale, so far studied only from Jain sources.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Cārvakā
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jain
Descriptor	:	Lokāyata
Descriptor	:	Madhyamaka
Descriptor	:	textual analysis
Descriptor	:	textual reception
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340077‬