The Navya-nyāya Doctrine of Negation
The Navya-nyāya Doctrine of Negation

Author: Bimal Krishna Matilal

Publisher: Cambridge Harvard University Press 1968

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13:

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The Navya-nyaya ("New Method") school of logic has exerted a profound influence on Indian philosophy since the twelfth century. In this system, with its hierarchy of abstractions rather than of classes, the doctrine of negation is crucial. Bimal Krishnal Matilal expounds Navya-nyaya theory by systematically translating its arguments into the language of Western logic. He also provides texts and literal translations of two standard works on negation, one each from the orthodox and the radical wings of the school, and a detailed commentary of his own upon them.

Logic, Language and Reality
Logic, Language and Reality

Author: Bimal Krishna Matilal

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 8120800087

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The word 'philosophy' as well as the conjuring expression 'Indian philosophy' has meant different things to different people-endeavours and activities, old and new, grave and frivolous, edifying and banal, esoteric and exoteric. In this book, the author has chosen deliberately a very dominant trend of the classical (Sanskrit) philosophical literature as his subject of study. The age of the material used here demands both philological scholarship and philosophical amplification. Classical pramanasastras usually deal with the theory of knowledge, the nature of inference and language, and the related questions of ontology and semantics. Several important concepts and theories have been singled out for critical analysis and clarification in modern terms so that the results may be intelligible to modern students of both Sanskrit and philosophy. It is hoped that such an attempt will kindle the enthusiasm of young scholars in the field and inspire them to proceed in this comparatively new area of research and explore further and more interesting possibilities.

Nāgārjuna's Refutation of Logic (Nyāya)
Nāgārjuna's Refutation of Logic (Nyāya)

Author: Nāgārjuna

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9788120809208

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The Silpa Prakasais an important addition to the existing literature on Indian Silpa Texts. the text goes into a great detail of the architecture, the iconography and the symbolism of all the parts of the temple. Its unique contribution lies in the description of Yantras or symbolic diagrams underlying the architecture as well as sculpture. This edition will be extremely valuable for understanding not only temple construction but the entire symbolism underlying the unique temples of Orissa.

The Dialectical Method of Nāgārjuna
The Dialectical Method of Nāgārjuna

Author: Nāgārjuna

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9788120802155

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Lost in India, this text was fortunately discovered by Rahula Sankrtyayana in a Tibetan monastery.

Nothingness in Asian Philosophy
Nothingness in Asian Philosophy

Author: Jeeloo Liu

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-13

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1317683846

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A variety of crucial and still most relevant ideas about nothingness or emptiness have gained profound philosophical prominence in the history and development of a number of South and East Asian traditions—including in Buddhism, Daoism, Neo-Confucianism, Hinduism, Korean philosophy, and the Japanese Kyoto School. These traditions share the insight that in order to explain both the great mysteries and mundane facts about our experience, ideas of "nothingness" must play a primary role. This collection of essays brings together the work of twenty of the world’s prominent scholars of Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist, Neo-Confucian, Japanese and Korean thought to illuminate fascinating philosophical conceptualizations of "nothingness" in both classical and modern Asian traditions. The unique collection offers new work from accomplished scholars and provides a coherent, panoramic view of the most significant ways that "nothingness" plays crucial roles in Asian philosophy. It includes both traditional and contemporary formulations, sometimes putting Asian traditions into dialogue with one another and sometimes with classical and modern Western thought. The result is a book of immense value for students and researchers in Asian and comparative philosophy. Chapter 20 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Religious Truth
Religious Truth

Author: Robert Cummings Neville

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780791447772

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Explores religious truth in a range of world religions and discusses the issue and philosophical implications of comparison itself.

Metaphysics
Metaphysics

Author: Roy W. Perrett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 113570273X

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First Published in 2001. Part of the Indian Philosophy collection of readings, this volume focuses on Metaphysics. The complement to pramdna theory is prameya theory. Wherea s th e pramdnas are the means of knowledge, the prameyas are the knowables. cognizable entities which constitute the world. With respect to the number and kinds of such entities, there was a very wide variety of opinion among classical Indian philosophers. Moreover, since according to most Indian systems knowledge of reality is at least a necessary condition for liberation , these metaphysical disputes were taken to be of practical as well as theoretical import.

A Survey of Hinduism
A Survey of Hinduism

Author: Klaus K. Klostermaier

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 734

ISBN-13: 9780791421093

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This revision reflects recent developments and events in India. In particular, a new Part has been added entitled "The Meeting of East and West in India" which contains a new chapter on Mahatma Gandhi. There is also a new chapter on the position of women in Hinduism. In addition to the added chapters, the entire book has been rewritten with many new illustrations and maps. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the Hindu tradition, dealing with the history of Hinduism, the sacred writings of the Hindus, the Hindu worldview, and the specifics of the major branches of Hinduism--Vaisnavism, S aivism, and S aktism. It also focuses on the geographical ties of Hinduism with the land of India, the social order created by Hinduism, and the various systems of Hindu thought. Klostermaier describes the new development of Hinduism in the 19th and 20th centuries, including present-day political Hinduism and the efforts to turn Hinduism into a modern-world religion. A unique feature of this book is its treatment of Hinduism in a topical fashion, rather than by chronological description of the development of Hinduism or by summary of the literature. The complexities of Hindu life and thought are thus made real to the reader. Hindus will recognize it as their own tradition.