I am deeply grateful to all the scholars who very kindly helped me with this.
Sincerely, Howard > On Jan 4, 2023, at 8:59 AM, Madhav Deshpande <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Howard, > > To include both aspects, you may wish to call the journal > पूर्वोत्तरपक्षसमुच्चय:. Just a suggestion. Best, > > Madhav > > Madhav M. Deshpande > Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA > Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies > Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India > > [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 4:34 AM Howard Resnick <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Dear Scholars, >> >> Some friends of mine plan to publish a journal on Vaiṣṇava polemics and >> apologetics, both internal and external, and they want to name the journal >> Pūrva-pakṣa, which MW renders as "the first objection to an assertion in any >> discussion, the prima facie view or argument in any question.” >> >> Since these scholars want to refute, or at least problematize, philosophical >> and theological objections to their own traditional doctrines, I thought the >> title inappropriate. My view has been that pūrva-pakṣa simply refers to a >> view or argument that one hopes to refute. It does not refer both to the >> opposing view, and also to one’s refutation of that view. >> >> Have I understood this correctly? >> >> Many thanks, >> Howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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