Indian philosophy [3Vols Set]
By: Sinha, Jadunath.
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BookPublisher: New Delhi Motilal Banarsidass 1999Edition: 2nd rev.Description: 3v,(varioua pagings).ISBN: 812081603X(SET).Subject(s): Indian PhilosophyDDC classification: 181.4 | Si64i2 | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Vol info | url | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Contents : v.1. The major and miner Upanisads; Epics; Puranas; Gita, Carvaka, Vaisesika; Nayaya;Navya Nayaya; Mimamsa; Saddika -- v.2. Samkhya; Yoga; Jaina Early Buddhisms; Schools of Buddhism; Background of Vedanta; advaita; Bhagavad Gita; Bhagavata; Pancaratra; Ramanuja; Madhav; Nimbarka; Vallabha; Caitanya; Saivism & saktaism -- V.3. Bhaskara; Kasmira; Saiva; Pasupata; Saiva Siddhanta; Srikantha; vira Saiva; Post-Sankara Advaita.
The work deals with the subject comprehensively. The treatment closely follows the basic texts of the various schools, which is a unique feature of the work. These volumes deal with the evolution of religious and spiritual thought and philosophical speculation from the principal Upanisads to the Puranas and the Gitas through the Manusamhita and Ramayana and explains the ideas common to them. The book is based on the study of the original texts. It deals with the epistemology, logic, ontology, psychology, ethics and theology of the different systems, though it specializes in their ontology. It gives comprehensive accounts of the Carvaka, the Vaisesika, the Nyaya and the Navya Nyaya logic of Gangesa. It deals with Bhartrhariís linguistic monism as expounded in his Vakyapadiya (Brahma-kanda), which is a unique type of philosophy. The subject matter of Vol. I is the philosophies of the Upanisads, the Epics, the Puranas, the Gita, the Philosophies of the Carvakas, the Vaisesika, the Nyaya, the Navya Nyaya, the Mimamsa and the ›abdika of Bhartrhari. Vol. II deals with the philosophies of Samkhya, the Yoga, Jainism, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta and other Theistic Vedanta, Saivism, Saktism: while Vol. III contains the philosophies of Bhåskara, Saivism and different ›aiva schools and the problem of post Sankara Advaitavada. Dr. Jadunath Sinha's significant work on Indian Philosophy in three volumes deals with the subject comprehensively. His treatment closely follows the basic texts of the various schools, which is a unique feature of the work. The topics included in the volumes are as under: Volume I: The major and minor Upanisads; Epics; Puranas; Gita, Carvaka, Vaisesika; Nyaya; Navya Nyaya; Mimamsa; Sabdika. Volume II: Samkhya; Yoga; Jaina; Early Buddhism; Schools of Buddhism; Background of Vedanta; Advaita; Bhagavad Gita; Bhagavata; Pancaratra; Ramanuja; Madhva; Nimbarka; Vallabha; Caitanya; Saivism & Saktaism. Volume III: Bhaskara; Kasmira Saiva; Pasupata; Saiva Siddhanta; Srikantha; Vira Saiva; Post-Sankara Advaita.
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