A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 2In 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 II continues the examination of the Sankara school of Vedanta begun in Volume I, and also addresses the philosophy of the Yoga-Vasistha, speculations in the medical schools, and the philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Thought and its Object in Buddhism and in Vedanta | 13 |
Sarikaras Defence of VedSnta Philosophy of Badarayana and Bhartrprapaftca | 36 |
Teachers and Pupils in Vedanta | 46 |
Vedanta Doctrine of Soul and the Buddhist Doctrine of Soullessness | 58 |
Vedantic Cosmology | 73 |
Sarikara and his School | 77 |
Mandana Suresvara and VisvarQpa | 82 |
The Stage of the Saint Jlvanmukta | 245 |
Energy of Freewill Paurusa | 252 |
Prana and its Control | 256 |
Stages of Progress | 264 |
Methods of Right Conduct | 267 |
Yogavasiftha Sankara Vedanta and Buddhist Vijfianavada | 268 |
CHAPTER XIII | 273 |
Bones in the AtharvaVeda and Ayurveda | 284 |
Mandana a d 800 | 87 |
Suresvara a d 800 | 98 |
Padmapada a d 820 | 102 |
VScaspati Misra a d 840 | 106 |
Sarvajfiatma Muni a d 900 m | 111 |
Anandabodha Yati eleventh or twelfth century a d | 116 |
MahSvidya and the Development of Logical Formalism | 118 |
Vedanta Dialectic of Sriharsa a d 1150 | 125 |
Application of the Dialectic to the Different Categories and Concepts | 133 |
The Dialectic of Nagarjuna and the Vedanta Dialectic | 163 |
Dialectical Criticisms of Santaraksita and Kamalala a d 760 as forerunners of Vedanta Dialectics | 171 |
6 Criticism of Isvara | 176 |
c Refutation of the Soul Theory | 178 |
d Refutation of the Mimamsa Theory of the Self | 179 |
e Refutation of the Samkhya View of the Self | 181 |
g Refutation of the Theory of the Persistence of Existing Entities | 182 |
h Refutation of Criticisms of the Nonpermanency of Entities | 185 |
t Refutation of the Nyaya Vaisesika Categories | 187 |
Dialectic of ahkara and Anandajfiana | 189 |
Philosophy of the PrakapSrthavivarana a d 1200 | 196 |
Vimuktatman a d 1200 | 198 |
Ramadvaya a d 1300 | 204 |
Vidyaranya a d 1350 | 214 |
Nrsimhasrama Muni a d 1500 | 216 |
Appaya Dlk?ita a d 1550 | 218 |
Prakananda a d 15501600 | 220 |
MadhusQdana SarasvatI a d 1500 | 225 |
CHAPTER XII | 228 |
The Ultimate Entity | 232 |
Origination | 235 |
Karma Manas and the Categories | 237 |
The WorldAppearance | 240 |
Nature of Agency Kartrtva and the Illusion of World Creation | 242 |
Organs in the AtharvaVeda and Ayurveda | 288 |
Practice of Medicine in the AtharvaVeda | 293 |
The Foetus and the Subtle Body | 302 |
Foetal Development | 312 |
Growth and Disease | 319 |
Vayu Pitta and Kapha | 325 |
Head and Heart | 340 |
The Circulatory and the Nervous System | 344 |
The Nervous System of the Tantras | 352 |
The Theory of Rasas and their Chemistry | 357 |
The Psychological Views and other Ontological Categories | 366 |
Logical Speculations and Terms relating to Academic Dispute | 373 |
Logic Originate in the Discussions of Ayurveda Physicians? | 392 |
Ayurveda Ethics | 402 |
Springs of Action in the CarakasamhitS | 411 |
Good Life in Caraka | 418 |
Ayurveda Literature | 423 |
CHAPTER XIV | 437 |
Glta and Yoga | 449 |
SSmkhya and Yoga in the Glta | 455 |
Samkhya Philosophy in the GltS | 461 |
Avyakta and Brahman | 470 |
Conception of Sacrificial Duties in the GltS | 479 |
Sensecontrol in the GltS | 488 |
The Ethics of the GltS and the Buddhist Ethics | 493 |
Analysis of Action | 515 |
Eschatology | 517 |
God and Man | 523 |
Visnu Vasudeva and Krsna | 535 |
BhSgavata and the Bhagavadglta | 545 |
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