Do you have to be one to know one? Madhvacarya, the founder of the
thirteenth century school of Vedanta, answered this question with a
resounding 'yes!' Madhvacarya's insistence that one must be a
Madhva to study Madhva Vedanta led him to employ various strategies
to exclude outsiders and unauthorized readers from accessing the
root texts of his tradition and from obtaining oral commentary from
living virtuosos. Deepak Sarma explores the degree to which
outsiders can understand and interpret the doctrine of the Madhva
school of Vedanta. The school is based on insider epistemology
which is so restrictive that few can learn its intricate doctrines.
This book reveals the complexity of studying traditions based on
insider epistemologies and encourages its audience to ponder both
the value and the hazards of granting any outsider the authority
and opportunity to derive important insights into a tradition as an
insider. The first analysis of the Madhva tradition, this work
contributes to the ongoing controversies regarding epistemic
authority and voice in religious studies.
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