Searching for the Hidden “One”: Muslim and Early European Interpretations of the Indian Upaniṣads
The Upaniṣads are commonly regarded as the ultimate summary of the Indian Weltanschauung. This high esteem is the result of a rather convoluted history of reception in different cultural environments. The article draws on their first interpretations in the Muslim and the European horizon, which are...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2018
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Numen
Jahr: 2018, Band: 65, Heft: 1, Seiten: 28-61 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Upanishaden
/ Orientalismus (Kulturwissenschaften)
/ Esoterik
/ Islamische Literatur
/ Sufismus
/ Das Verborgene
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Interreligiöse Beziehungen BJ Islam BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Hinduism
Upaniṣads
Mughal Empire
Sufi
Western esotericism
sacred texts
history of reception of Indian religion
orientalism
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Upaniṣads are commonly regarded as the ultimate summary of the Indian Weltanschauung. This high esteem is the result of a rather convoluted history of reception in different cultural environments. The article draws on their first interpretations in the Muslim and the European horizon, which are closely interconnected by a fascinating story of translation, namely the Sirr-i akbar of the Mughal prince Dārā Shukūh (1615–1659) and the Oupnek’hat by A. H. Anquetil-Duperron (1731–1805). As will be argued, both mediators have a comparable attitude towards the Indian corpus, and their search for the “one” (= God = Allah) is deeply rooted in perceptions of a single “sacred book” containing the ultimate expression of the truth, which is the object of a “hidden” transmission undetected so far. The goal of this article is to present the common features of their approaches based on a detailed historical examination of the available material. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Enthält: | In: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341487 |