I use the term ``Philosophy in the Sanskrit cosmopolis& #39;& #39; (``Sanskrit philosophy" for short) in order to cover all philosophical texts produced in a world in which Sanskrit was a major intellectual player, even for authors who wrote in other languages. 1/6 #SanskritPhilosophy

The term ``Philosophy in the Sanskrit cosmopolis& #39;& #39; has been devised by me to avoid the shortcomings of ``Indian philosophy& #39;& #39; (about which see below) without taking recourse to ``South Asian philosophy& #39;& #39;. In fact, the latter should be a purely neutral geographical label, but: 2/6

a) Can geography really be neutral? b) The term obfuscates the fact that there was more than just a geographical commonality shared by most of the authors writing in that area. This commonality can be synthetically evoked by speaking of the ``Sanskrit cosmopolis& #39;& #39;. 3/6

The term is thus a parallel of ``Philosophy in the Islamicate" or ``Philosophy in the Islamic world" used as alternatives to ``Arabic philosophy& #39;& #39; (which would not include philosophy in other languages) and ``Islamic philosophy& #39;& #39; 4/6

(which would not include philosophy composed by authors who do not share Islamic faith).
I discussed my reasons for not using just ``Indian& #39;& #39; or ``Indic& #39;& #39; in an online discussion, here: https://tinyurl.com/rnhqaz5 .">https://tinyurl.com/rnhqaz5&q... 5/6

In a nutshell, I am afraid that ``Indian& #39;& #39; induces the false equation with the present day Republic of India, which is not co-extensive with the entire geographical South Asia, nor with the extension of the Sanskrit cosmopolis. 6/6