Papers by Mayuri Dihingia
Buddhism, the fourth largest world religion has become a subject of study in recent era. This pap... more Buddhism, the fourth largest world religion has become a subject of study in recent era. This paper shall examine the role of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in the renaissance of Buddhism in India and how Buddhism initiated by the Sakyamuni Buddha have served as a means for the emancipation of the deprived caste from oppression at the hands of the upper caste Hindus. Buddhism being a rational religion have thrown open the doors for all sentient being irrespective of one’s caste, creed, gender and so on. The Buddha stated -“One does not become a Brahmin by birth. One does not become an outcast by birth. One becomes a Brahmin by act. One becomes an outcast by act.”(Suttanipata, pp. 641) Ambedkar after his research in Buddhism became a devotee of the Buddha as he was impressed by His teachings based on the right to live and equality among human beings and was in opposition of an unjust, caste-based superstitious Indian society. The Buddha’s teaching termed as ‘Dhamma’ is not merely a compos...
Bodhi-Chakra, The Journal of Buddhist History and Culture, Vol. IX, 2019
Kanpur Philosophers, a UGC CARE listed and an Internationally Peer Reviewed Journal, Vol. VIII, Issue I(summer), 2021
Very few scholars study Ancient Indian thought articulated in Sanskrit in the period of 14th and ... more Very few scholars study Ancient Indian thought articulated in Sanskrit in the period of 14th and 15th century CE India. They do insulate their researches from religious and philosophical ideas. This article focuses primarily on a Sanskrit text ‘Puruṣaparīkṣā’ composed by Kavikokil Vidyāpati, a famous text that is perhaps written under instructions from Rājā Siva Śimha of the 15th century Mithila. A historical-critical examination of the Puruṣaparīkṣā shows that Vidyāpati was probably the first intellectual of eastern India who recognized the significance of socio-political and philosophical issues such as ‘what is Puruṣārtha?’ , ‘who is Puruṣa?’, ‘what is Dharma?’ etc., in a situation of crisis due to the internal conflict of sectarian/regional ideologies as well as aggression of Islamic politico-religious power. Certainly, he drew ideas and authority from an earlier Sanskrit literary and Indian philosophical tradition but composed them in common flavor. This paper tries to examine how Vidyāpati treated Puruṣārtha(Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha) as a part of a singular domain of socio-political order.
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Papers by Mayuri Dihingia