This book presents a close reading of four Indian narratives from different time periods (epic, Upanicadic, pre-modern and contemporary): Ekalavya's story from the Mahbhrata(MBh 1.123.1-39), the story of Prajpati, Indra and Virochana from the Chndogya Upanisad(CU 8.7.1-8.12.5), the story of Zankara in the King's body from the Zankaradigvijaya, and A.R. Murugadoss's Hindi film Ghajini(2008), respectively. These stories are thematically juxtaposed with Pta?jala-yoga, namely Pata?jali's Yogasktraand its vast commentarial body. The sktras reveal hidden philosophical layers. The stories, on the other hand, contribute to the clarification of philosophical junctions in the Yogasktra. Through sktras and stories, the author explores the question of self-identity, with emphasis on the role of memory and the place of body in identity-formation. Each of the stories diagnoses the connection between self-identity and (at least a sense of) freedom.
Employing cutting-edge methodology, crossing the boundaries of literary theory, story-telling, and philosophical reflection, this book presents fresh interpretations of Indian thought. It is useful to specialists in Asian philosophy and culture.
Introduction: Stories and Sktras
1. Truth versus Truthfulness in the MahbhrataStory of Ekalavya
2. Is Mokca Pleasant? An Alternative Discourse on Freedom in the 8th chapter of the Chndogya-Upanicad
3. Shankara in the King's Body: Knowing by Living Through
4. Memory, Forgetting, Self-identity: Philosophical Inscriptions in A.R. Murugadoss' Ghajini
Daniel Raveh is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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