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Podcast: New Books in Medieval History
Episode: Charles Goodman, "The Tattvasaį¹graha Of ÅÄntarakį¹£ita: Selected Metaphysical Chapters" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Description: The Tattvasaį¹graha of ÅÄntarakį¹£ita: Selected Metaphysical ChaptersĀ (Oxford University Press, 2022) collects excerpts from a massive encyclopedic work of the late period of Buddhism in India. Translator Charles Goodman has selected sections of this Sanskrit text which cover debates over the existence of prime matter, God, and an immaterial soul, as well as controversies around the cause and effect,Ā karma, and Jain perspectivalism. Within these chapters, through a translation of the verses of theĀ Tattvasaį¹grahaĀ as well as the canonical commentary theĀ Tattvasaį¹grahapaƱjikÄĀ by KamalaÅila, the book showcases Buddhists debates with a wide range of interlocutors. Å...