Acknowledgments ............................................... vii
Introduction .................................................... 1
1 Indian Buddhist Sūtra Commentaries ........................... 4
2 Normativity and Positivist Presuppositions in the Study of
Indian Buddhism .............................................. 7
3 The Structure of the Book ................................... 12
One Models of Speaking: Buddhas and Monks ..................... 14
1 Speaking as a Buddha: In Praise of Perfection ............... 16
2 Speaking as a Monk: Speech Protocols in the
Prātimokṣasūtra ............................................. 36
3 Concluding Remarks .......................................... 44
Two Models of Instruction: Preachers Perfect and Imperfect .... 45
1 The "Bhāṇaka System" ........................................ 46
2 The Preacher "in Theory": Models of Teaching ................ 49
3 The Preacher "in Practice": The Teaching of Models .......... 68
4 Concluding Remarks .......................................... 78
Three Models of Argument: Epistemology and Interpretation ..... 81
1 The Pramāṇas: A Brief Sketch ................................ 83
2 The Pramāṇas: Means of Correct Interpretation? .............. 86
3 Concluding Remarks .......................................... 95
Four Models of Explication: Commentarial Guides ............... 98
1 On the Vyākhyāyukti ........................................ 100
2 The Five Aspects ........................................... 105
3 Concluding Remarks ......................................... 120
Conclusion .................................................... 123
Appendix A The Vyākhyāyukti, Book I .......................... 129
Appendix B The Abhidharmasamuccayabhāṣya (Excerpt) ........... 153
Appendix C The *Vivaraṇasaṃgrahaṇī ........................... 167
Notes ......................................................... 213
Bibliography .................................................. 259
Index of Texts ................................................ 287
Index ......................................................... 291
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