Classical Indian Philosophy A Reader

Name: Classical Indian Philosophy A Reader
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ISBN: 9780231133999

ISBN-10: 0231133995

ISBN-13: 9780231133999

Edition: 2011

Authors: Deepak Sarma

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Deepak Sarma completes the first outline in more than fifty years of India's key philosophical traditions, inventively sourcing seminal texts and clarifying language, positions, and issues. Organized by tradition, the volume covers six schools of orthodox Hindu philosophy: Mimamsa (the study of the earlier Vedas, later incorporated into Vedanta), Vedanta (the study of the later Vedas, including the Bhagavad Gitaand the Upanishads), Sankhya (a form of self-nature dualism), Yoga (a practical outgrowth of Sankhya), and Nyaya and Vaisesika (two forms of realism). It also discusses Jain philosophy and the Mahayana Buddhist schools of Madhyamaka and Yogacara. Sarma maps theories of knowledge,…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Nastika (Heterodox) Schools



Carvaka


From Madhavacarya's Sarvadarsana-samgraha


Samkaracarya's Sarvasiddhanta-samgraha



Buddhism


Dharmacakrapravartana Sutra



Yogacara Buddhism


Vasubandhu's Vimsatika Karika and Vrtti



Madhyamaka Buddhism


Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani



Jainism


From Hemacandra's Yogasdstra


From Samantabhadra's Aptamimamsa



Five Astika (Orthodox) Schools



Nyaya


From Gautama's Nyaya Sutras


From Uddyotakara's Nyaya-varttika



Vaisesika


Kanada's Vaisesika Sutras


From Sridhara's Nyaya-kandali



Samkhya


Isvarakrsna's Samkhya-karika



Yoga


Pataï¿½jali's Yoga Sutras



Mimamsa


From Sabara's Sabara-bhasya



Schools of Vedanta



Advaita Vedanta


From Samkaracarya's Brahma Sutra-bhasya



Visistadvaita Vedanta


From Ramanujacarya's Vedarthasamgraha



Madhva Vedanta


Madhvacarya's Mayavadakhandana


Madhvacarya's Upadhikhandana


From Madhvacarya's Visnutattva(vi)nirnaya


General Bibliography


Index