A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 3In this benchmark five-volume study, originally published between 1922 and 1955, Surendranath Dasgupta examines the principal schools of thought that define Indian philosophy. A unifying force greater than art, literature, religion, or science, Professor Dasgupta describes philosophy as the most important achievement of Indian thought, arguing that an understanding of its history is necessary to appreciate the significance and potentialities of India's complex culture. Volume III offers an examination of the Bhaskara school of philosophy, the Pancaratra, the Arvars, the Visistadvaita school of thought, the philosophy of Yamunacarya, the Ramanuja school of thought, Nimbarka's philosophy, the philosophy of Vijnana Bhiksu, and the philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas. |
Contents
CHAPTER | xv |
CHAPTER XVI | 12 |
The Pancaratra Literature | 21 |
Philosophy of the Ahirbudhnyasamhita | 34 |
CHAPTER XVII | 63 |
The Philosophy of the Arvars | 69 |
Arvars and rlvaisnavas on certain points of controversy in religious | 85 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 94 |
RangacSrya | 395 |
CHAPTER XXI | 399 |
A General Idea of Nimbarkas Philosophy | 404 |
Controversy with the Monists by Madhava Mukunda | 416 |
b Refutation of the Sankara Theory of Illusion in its various Aspects | 422 |
c Refutation of the Sankarite View of Ajndna | 424 |
The Pramnas according to Madhava Mukunda | 426 |
Criticism of the views of Ramanuja and Bhaskara | 429 |
Ramanuja | 100 |
Ramanuja Literature | 114 |
The Influence of the Ajvars on the followers of Ramanuja | 134 |
God and the World | 152 |
Visistadvaita doctrine of Soul according to Ramanuja and Veft | 159 |
Refutation of Sankaras avidya | 175 |
Failure of theistic proofs | 189 |
Ontological position of Ramanujas Philosophy | 195 |
Venkatanathas treatment of Pramaryx | 201 |
Venkatanathas treatment of Doubt | 207 |
Perception in the light of elucidation by the later members of | 220 |
Epistemology of the Ramanuja School according to Meghanadari | 235 |
The Doctrine of Selfvalidity of Knowledge | 247 |
of Prakrti | 256 |
e Refutation of the Buddhist Doctrine of Momentariness | 268 |
God in the Ramanuja School | 296 |
Dialectical criticism against the isankara School 34 | 346 |
Ramanujacarya II alias VadiHamsaNavamvuda | 352 |
RSmanujadasa alias Mahacarya | 361 |
Prapatti Doctrine as expounded in Srlvacanabhufana of Lokacirya | 374 |
KasturlRangacarya | 383 |
The Reality of the World | 435 |
Vanamall MUra | 440 |
CHAPTER XXII | 445 |
The Brahman and the World according to Vijnanamrtabhasya | 454 |
The Individual | 460 |
BrahmaExperience and Experience | 465 |
SelfLuminosity and Ignorance | 468 |
Relation of Samkhya and Vedanta according to Bhiksu | 471 |
Maya and Pradhana | 476 |
Bhiksus criticism of the Samkhya and Yoga | 479 |
Isvaragltd its Philosophy as expounded by Vijfiana Bhiksu | 482 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 496 |
Vipfu Purana | 497 |
Vdyu Purdrta | 502 |
Mdrkandeya Purdya | 506 |
Ndradlya Purna | 507 |
Kurma Purana | 509 |
APPENDIX TO VOLUME I | 512 |
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