Ramanujan A.K. Есть ли индийское мышление (Contrib. Индийский Soc.23, 1989) М. , Ramanujan A.K. Is there an Indian way of thinking (Contrib. Indian Soc.23, 1989)(T)(21s)_M

Ramanujan A.K. Есть ли индийское мышление (Contrib. Индийский Soc.23, 1989) М.

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Cites: Neither in the Tamil poem nor in the upanisadic passages (e.g., the
Horse), does the Levi-Straussian opposition of nature-culture make sense;
we see that the opposition itself is culture-bound...
The same kind of contextual sensitiveness is shown in medical matters:
in preparing a herbal medicine, in diagnosis and in prescription...
Roland remarks thut
Indians develop a 'radar' conscience that orients them to others, makes
them say things'that are appropriate to person and context...
When the gods,
given to pleasure hear it, they hear it as the first syllable of damyata,
'control'...
Did the breath of the mistress
have breasts and long hair?
Is there an Indian way of thinking? An informal essay / 55
Or did the master's breath
wear sacred thread?
Did the outcaste, last in line,
hold with his outgoing breath
the stick of his tribe?
What do the fools of this world know
of the snares you set,
O Ramanatha?
Dasimayya, 10th century
(Ramanujan 1973)
In European culture, one might mention Plato's rebellion against (even
the limited) Athenian democracy...
The highly contex-
tualised Hindu systems are generalised into 'a Hindu view of life' by
apologues like Radhakrishnan for the benefit of both the Western and
modern Indian readers...
My purpose here is not to evaluate but to grope toward a description of
the two kinds of emphases...