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Sjödin, Anna-Pya, DocentORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-5425-6605
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Sjödin, A.-P. (2021). Vaiśeṣika. In: Stewart Goetz & Charles Taliaferro (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion: . John Wiley & Sons
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vaiśeṣika
2021 (English)In: The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion / [ed] Stewart Goetz & Charles Taliaferro, John Wiley & Sons, 2021Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The Hindu Vaiśeṣika philosophers' main concerns in relation to liberation from rebirth are knowing (jñāna) and acting (karma). In connection to this, ideas of a disembodied self (ātman) as eternal, noncognizing, and uncreated are important factors within their thought. They furthermore purport a creator god who is responsible for a world wherein the selves could be liberated. The actions required are performance of religious duties and refraining from unethical behavior. Through the practice of yoga a human being can attain a mindset suitable for such actions. The Vaiśeṣikas' main interests are to describe the bodily self, its capacity for knowledge, and what this self should know, hence epistemology and ontology are central aspects of their philosophizing.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2021
Keywords
Vaisesika, Hindu philosophy of religion
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-43845 (URN)10.1002/9781119009924.eopr0401 (DOI)9781119010951 (ISBN)9781119009924 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-11-25 Created: 2021-11-25 Last updated: 2021-11-25Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2021). Vems yoga är det?: Att äga tanke och praktik. In: Karin Jarnkvist och Carola Nordbäck (Ed.), Kritiska studier av kulturarv och museala praktiker: en tvärvetenskaplig mötesplats (pp. 27-35). Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vems yoga är det?: Att äga tanke och praktik
2021 (Swedish)In: Kritiska studier av kulturarv och museala praktiker: en tvärvetenskaplig mötesplats / [ed] Karin Jarnkvist och Carola Nordbäck, Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet , 2021, p. 27-35Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet, 2021
Series
Genusvetenskap på Mittuniversitetet, Working papers ; 15
Keywords
yoga, kulturarvsstudier
National Category
Other Humanities
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-43573 (URN)978-91-89341-16-6 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-11-01 Created: 2021-11-01 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2020). Att låta många röster tala: nyansering av perspektiv på hinduism i undervisning. Religion & Livsfrågor (3), 9-11
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att låta många röster tala: nyansering av perspektiv på hinduism i undervisning
2020 (Swedish)In: Religion & Livsfrågor, ISSN 0348-8918, no 3, p. 9-11Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Föreningen lärare i religionskunskap, 2020
Keywords
Undervisning, Hinduism
National Category
Religious Studies Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41836 (URN)
Available from: 2021-04-12 Created: 2021-04-12 Last updated: 2021-04-12Bibliographically approved
Wiktorin, P. & Sjödin, A.-P. (2020). Undervisning om hindusim och buddhism. Religion & Livsfrågor (3), 4-6
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Undervisning om hindusim och buddhism
2020 (Swedish)In: Religion & Livsfrågor, ISSN 0347-2159, no 3, p. 4-6Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Föreningen Lärare i Religionskunskap, 2020
Keywords
religionsdidaktik, hinduismer, buddhismer
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41723 (URN)
Available from: 2021-03-23 Created: 2021-03-23 Last updated: 2021-04-12Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2017). Understanding Indian philosophical traditions. In: History of Indian Philosophy: (pp. 545-553). Taylor and Francis
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Understanding Indian philosophical traditions
2017 (English)In: History of Indian Philosophy, Taylor and Francis , 2017, p. 545-553Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter presents and criticizes three influential scholars’ ideas about how “Indian philosophy” and “Indian philosophical tradition” can be understood: Krishna Daya, Jitendranath Mohanty, and Wilhelm Halbfass. They have all reacted upon how Indian philosophy seldom is understood as proper philosophy within Western academia. I will argue for an extended way of apprehending tradition through the notion of philosophy by showing how the idea of siddhānta functions as a discursive and individualized activity of philosophizing within the Nyāya-Vaiṣeśika school. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor and Francis, 2017
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-33630 (URN)10.4324/9781315666792 (DOI)2-s2.0-85044887575 (Scopus ID)9781317356189 (ISBN)9780415309769 (ISBN)
Available from: 2018-05-15 Created: 2018-05-15 Last updated: 2018-05-15Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2016). Book Review: Classical Vaiśeṣika in Indian Philosophy: On Knowing and What is to Be Known. By ShashiPrabha Kumar. [Review]. Journal of Hindu Studies, 9(3), 375-377
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Book Review: Classical Vaiśeṣika in Indian Philosophy: On Knowing and What is to Be Known. By ShashiPrabha Kumar.
2016 (English)In: Journal of Hindu Studies, ISSN 1756-4255, E-ISSN 1756-4263, Vol. 9, no 3, p. 375-377Article, book review (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-29503 (URN)10.1093/jhs/hiw031 (DOI)000398454400011 ()
Available from: 2016-12-12 Created: 2016-12-12 Last updated: 2017-06-09Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2016). Hinduism: ritualer och levnadsregler (1ed.). In: Kerstin von Brömssen, Olof Frank & Christina Osbeck (Ed.), Religioner, livsåskådningar och etik: (pp. 55-66). Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Hinduism: ritualer och levnadsregler
2016 (Swedish)In: Religioner, livsåskådningar och etik / [ed] Kerstin von Brömssen, Olof Frank & Christina Osbeck, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2016, 1, p. 55-66Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Detta kapitel tar upp några generella drag i hinduismens ritualer och levnadsregler men betonar också mångfalden i den hinduism som utövas idag. Den första delen behandlar ritualer och de platser som de utförs på. Den andra tar upp olika föreställningar om hur en hindu ska leva sitt liv och hur dessa ideer förmedlas.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2016 Edition: 1
Keywords
Hinduism, ritualer, religiösa rum, religiösa regler
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-29438 (URN)9789140692658 (ISBN)
Note

Läromedel för Universitet/högskola

Available from: 2016-12-06 Created: 2016-12-06 Last updated: 2021-11-15Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2016). Skapare och upprätthållare av alla dessa världar: människosyner och uppfattningar om gudar och gudinnor inom hinduismen. In: Olof Frank & Mikael Stenmark (Ed.), Att undervisa om gudsuppfattningar och människosyner: (pp. 137-154). Stockholm: Liber
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Skapare och upprätthållare av alla dessa världar: människosyner och uppfattningar om gudar och gudinnor inom hinduismen
2016 (Swedish)In: Att undervisa om gudsuppfattningar och människosyner / [ed] Olof Frank & Mikael Stenmark, Stockholm: Liber, 2016, p. 137-154Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

I detta kapitel undersöker jag hur två olika hinduiska föreställ-ningar kring vad människan är och vilken kapacitet och vilka verktyg hon har för att förändra sig själv. För det första hur människan träder fram som en skapande agent i världen i de tidiga Upaniṣaderna och för det an-dra hur hon framställs som stående i en personlig relation till en särskild gud eller gudinna i hängivenhetspoesin. Därigenomberör jag också kopplingen mellan guds- och gudinne-uppfattningar och män-niskosyn. Jag börjar i historien, hur dessa två bilder växer fram och vad de innebär. Genom texter som är centrala inom hinduismen  exemplifierar jag och tydliggör hur människan gestaltas, både i relation till sin egen kreativa kapacitet och till de gudar och gudinnor som är alltigenom närvarande för många hinduer i dagens Indien. Avslutningsvis tar jag upp temat ”kast, genus och sexualitet” för att belysa aspekter av dessa människosyner som ofta är frånvarande i läroböcker om hinduism.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Liber, 2016
Keywords
Hinduism, Människosyner, Upanishad, Bhaktipoesi
National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-29437 (URN)978-91-47-11185-5 (ISBN)
Note

Kapitel i lärobok för universitet/högskola

Available from: 2016-12-06 Created: 2016-12-06 Last updated: 2016-12-07Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2016). Understanding atman in Praśastapadabhasya with the reading of Vyomaśiva and Śridhara. Journal of Hindu Studies, 9(1), 84-110
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Understanding atman in Praśastapadabhasya with the reading of Vyomaśiva and Śridhara
2016 (English)In: Journal of Hindu Studies, ISSN 1756-4255, E-ISSN 1756-4263, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 84-110Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The analysis in this article is driven by a question concerning how self (atman) has been thought by Vaiśesika philosophers within the Vaiśesikasutra commentarial tradition. That is to say, how the category of self is expressed, and how the thinking on self is structured, in Praśastapadabhasya, and in its commentaries Nyayakandala and Vyomavata. The idea of self is discussed within three main aspects: first, cognition and action; secondly, incentive and action; and lastly, merit, demerit, and liberation. The article shows how these interrelated factors are used in order to delineate a self that could be understood in two ways, bodily and disembodied. It is furthermore shown how the bodily self is in focus for these philosophers insofar as it is the key to the possibility of liberation (moksa) through the categories of acting and knowing.

National Category
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Specific Literatures
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-28493 (URN)10.1093/jhs/hiw012 (DOI)000379746400004 ()2-s2.0-84976897458 (Scopus ID)
Note

Article

Available from: 2016-07-22 Created: 2016-07-21 Last updated: 2017-11-28Bibliographically approved
Sjödin, A.-P. (2015). Lord over this whole world: Agency and Philosophy in Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1ed.). In: Peter Jackson & Anna-Pya Sjödin (Ed.), Philosophy and the End of Sacrifice: Disengaging Ritual in Ancient India, Greece and Beyond. Equinox Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lord over this whole world: Agency and Philosophy in Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
2015 (English)In: Philosophy and the End of Sacrifice: Disengaging Ritual in Ancient India, Greece and Beyond / [ed] Peter Jackson & Anna-Pya Sjödin, Equinox Publishing, 2015, 1Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The article concerns in what way thinking the sacrifice could be understood as ordering

thinking the human being as agent and in turn thinking the human being as knower. That is,

how it could be possible to conceive of a relationship or connection between sacrifice and

philosophy within Upaniadic thought.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Equinox Publishing, 2015 Edition: 1
Series
The Study of Religion in a Global Context ; 1
Keywords
Sacrifice and Agency, Early Upanisad, philosophy
National Category
History of Religions
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-24358 (URN)9781781791240 (ISBN)
Available from: 2015-02-10 Created: 2015-02-10 Last updated: 2015-04-17Bibliographically approved
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