Gerhard Oberhammer and his investigation principles of Vishishta-Advaita religious texts

Abstract

The paper deals with philosophical principles of Gerhard Oberhammer’s hermeneutics and his analysis of Ramanauja’s “Sharanagatigadya”. The consideration of his hermeneutics and its applying to this certain text allows us to conclude that adequate understanding of this “soteriological” text can be discovered only on the base of Oberhammer’s hermeneutics.

Keywords

• Оберхаммер
• вишишта-адвайта
• веданта
• герменевтика религии
• сотериология
• «Шаранагатигадья»
• Рамануджа
• трансцендентальное