The Books Sānk and Pātanğal A Socio-cultural History of al-Bīrūnī's Interpretations of Sāṅkhya and Yoga

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2024
• Subjects: early Ghaznavids; early translation processes; history of Gandhara and Panjab; India Islam; Indian philosophy; interactions India-Islam; Kitab al-Hind; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FK South Asia (Indian sub-continent)::1FKA India; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• ISBN: 9789004548534; 9789004680302
• Access: Open Access

Al-Bīrūnī (ca. 973-1050) was an innovative encyclopaedist thinker. He is particularly known to have investigated into India of his time. Yet, his life and the circumstances of his encounter with Indian languages, culture and sciences are still shrouded in mystery and legends. This research brings to light elements of his intellectual journey based on well-grounded analysis so as to contextualise al-Bīrūnī's work of transmission of Indian philosophies into Arabic. Thanks to a theoretical framework rooted in a multidisciplinary approach, including Translation Studies, it enables to comprehend the full scope of his work and to analyse deeply his motives and choices of interpretation.