Abstract: Whence Fear comes? A Few Notes about the Origin of Fear in Indian Thought The paper examines the Vedic sources of fear in ancient Indian thought. First a connection to traditional Indian grammar (vyākaraṇa: Aṣṭādhyāyī 1,4,24-25) offers a plausible explanation for the origin of fear. Further hints for tracing the sources of fear are traced in some specific upaniṣad-s, namely Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Chāndogya, Taittirīya, with a possible reference to aesthetic context (Nāṭyaśāstra). Particular attention is dedicated to the commentary by the philosopher Śaṅkara to a pivotal passage from Bṛhadāraṇyaka-upaniṣad (1,4,2). Two types of fear are hypothesized: a empirical one and a metaphysical one, possibly in parallel with the gradation of soteriological knowledge, distinguished as inferior and superior (apara, para) in the vedantic milieu. Keywords: Hinduism, Vedānta, Śaṅkara, Upaniṣad

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PELISSERO, Alberto
2014-01-01

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Abstract: Whence Fear comes? A Few Notes about the Origin of Fear in Indian Thought The paper examines the Vedic sources of fear in ancient Indian thought. First a connection to traditional Indian grammar (vyākaraṇa: Aṣṭādhyāyī 1,4,24-25) offers a plausible explanation for the origin of fear. Further hints for tracing the sources of fear are traced in some specific upaniṣad-s, namely Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Chāndogya, Taittirīya, with a possible reference to aesthetic context (Nāṭyaśāstra). Particular attention is dedicated to the commentary by the philosopher Śaṅkara to a pivotal passage from Bṛhadāraṇyaka-upaniṣad (1,4,2). Two types of fear are hypothesized: a empirical one and a metaphysical one, possibly in parallel with the gradation of soteriological knowledge, distinguished as inferior and superior (apara, para) in the vedantic milieu. Keywords: Hinduism, Vedānta, Śaṅkara, Upaniṣad
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Hinduismo; Vedanta; Sankara; Upanisad
Alberto Pelissero
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