A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 3The work appears in five volumes. Vol. I comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz.., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools. Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the Principal Dualistic and Pluralistic Systems such as the philosophy of the Pancaratra, Bhaskara, Yamuna, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Vijnanabhiksu and philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas. Vol. IV deals with the Bhagavata Purana, Madhva and his School, Vallabha, Caitanya, Jiva Gosvami and Baladeva Vidyabhusana. Vol. V treats the Southern Schools of Saivism, viz., Saiva Siddhanta, Vira Saivism, philosophy of Srikantha. Saiva Philosophy in the Puranas and in some important texts. In the words of the Oxford Journal 'the collection of data, editing and the interpretation of every school of thought is a feat unparalleled in the field of history of philosophy.' |
Contents
CHAPTER | xv |
Refutation of Sankaras avidyā | 2 |
The Philosophy of Bhaskaras Bhāṣya | 9 |
The Pañcarǎtra Literature | 31 |
CHAPTER XVII | 42 |
12 | 56 |
The Philosophy of the Ārvārs | 69 |
Ārvōrs and Śrivaiṣṇavas on certain points of controversy in religious | 85 |
Dialectical criticism against the Sankara School | 304 |
Vätsya Varada | 349 |
Rāmānujadāsa alias Mahācārya | 361 |
Yamunas doctrine of Soul contrasted with those or others | 416 |
b Refutation of the Sankara Theory of Illusion in its various Aspects | 422 |
Criticism of the views of Rāmānuja and Bhāskara | 429 |
The Reality of the World | 435 |
CHAPTER XXII | 445 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 94 |
The Aragiyas from Näthamuni to Rāmānuja | 119 |
The Influence of the Arvärs on the followers of Rāmānuja | 139 |
Error and Doubt according to Venkatanatha | 210 |
Perception in the light of elucidation by the later members of | 220 |
Epistemology of the Rămănuja School according to Meghanādāri | 235 |
The Doctrine of Selfvalidity of Knowledge | 247 |
g The Nature of the Senses according to Venkatanatha | 280 |
j The Nature of Soul according to Venkatanatha | 286 |
k The Nature of Emancipation according to Venkaţanātha | 292 |
The Brahman and the World according to Vijñānāmṛtabhāṣya | 457 |
BrahmaExperience and Experience | 465 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 496 |
Visņu Purāṇa | 505 |
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