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Indian Philosophy A Counter Perspective

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ISBN-10: 0195626419

ISBN-13: 9780195626414

Edition: 1991

Authors: Daya Krishna

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Most writings on Indian philosophy assume that its central concern is with moska, that the Vedas along with the Upanishadic texts are at its root and that it consists of six orthodox systems knowns as Mimamasa, Vedanta, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya, and Yoga, on the one hand and three unorthodox systems: Buddhism, Jainism and Carvaka, on the other. Besides these, they accept generally the theory of Karma and the theory of Purusartha as parts of what the Indian tradition thinks about human action. The essays in this volume question these assumptions and show that there is little ground for accepting them. A new counter-perspective is presented for the articulation of the Indian philosophical…    
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List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/23/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Daya Krishna (1924-2007) was one of the most original minds of contemporary India. He served as pro-Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan University, and was a trailblazer in juxtaposing Indian and Western philosophies and opening up new vistas of thought. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Council for Philosophical Research. An interdisciplinary thinker and a prolific writer, Daya Krishna has authored numerous works, a partial list of which includes Prolegomena to Any Future Historiography of Culture and Civilizations (2005); Developments in Indian Philosophy from the Eighteenth Century Onwards (2001); New Perspectives in Indian Philosophy (2000); Bhakti: A Contemporary…    

Preface
Acknowledgements
Three Myths about Indian Philosophyp. 3
Three Conceptions of Indian Philosophyp. 16
Indian Philosophy and Moksa: Revisiting an old Controversyp. 35
The Vedic Corpus: Some Questionsp. 63
The Upanisads--What are They?p. 95
The Text of the Nyaya-Sutras--Some Problemsp. 110
Is Isvarakrsna's Samkhya-Karika Really Samkhyan?p. 144
Adhyasa--A Non-Advaitic Beginning in Samkara Vedantap. 156
Vedanta--Does it Really Mean Anything?p. 163
Yajna and the Doctrine of Karma--A Contradiction in Indian thought about Actionp. 172
The Myth of the Purusarthasp. 189
Indexp. 207
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