The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies

Author: Karl H. Potter

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 9788120803091

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This volume provides a detailed resume of current knowledge about the classical Indian Philosophical systems of Nyaya and Vaisesika in their earlier stages, i.e. covering the literature from their inception in the sutras of Gautama and Kanada before the time of Gangesa (about A.D. 1350). The summaries are arranged in relative chronolo-gical order to assist the reader in tracing the development of the syncretic school,s thought. Scholars around the world-India, Japan, American-have collaborated in the undertaking. The summaries in the volume serve as a tool for introducing Indian thought into their courses on problems of Philosophy, history of thought, etc. and guide the students for further study.

The Āśrama System
The Āśrama System

Author: Patrick Olivelle

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 019508327X

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The lesser known and explored of the two pillars of Hinduism--Ä Å›rama and vará1‡a--Ä Å›rama is the name given to a system of four distinct and legitimate ways of leading a religious life: as a celibate student, a married householder, a forest hermit, and a world renouncer. In this, the first full-length study of the Ä Å›rama system, Olivelle uncovers its origin and traces its subsequent history. He examines in depth its relationship to other institutional and doctrinal aspects of the Brahmanical world and its position within Brahmanical theology, and assesses its significance within the history of Indian religion. Throughout, he argues that the Ä Å›rama system is primarily a theological construct and that the system and its history should be carefully distinguished from the socio-religious institutions comprehended by the system and from their respective histories.

The Dharma's Gatekeepers
The Dharma's Gatekeepers

Author: Jonathan C. Gold

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2008-06-05

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780791471661

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A study of the seminal Tibetan Buddhist work, Gateway to Learning.

The Raghupañcikā of Vallabhadeva Being the Earliest Commentary on the Raghuvaṃśa of Kālidāsa
The Raghupañcikā of Vallabhadeva Being the Earliest Commentary on the Raghuvaṃśa of Kālidāsa

Author: Csaba Dezső

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9004721746

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For more than a millennium, Kālidāsa’s poem “Lineage of the Raghus” (Raghuvaṃśa) has been acknowledged as one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit literature. Thousands of manuscripts transmit it, and dozens of pre-modern commentaries expound the text. This is the second volume (out of three) of the earliest surviving commentary, that of the tenth-century Kashmirian Vallabhadeva. The text that he had before him of Kālidāsa’s poems differs in many places from that printed in other editions, which generally follow the readings of the commentator Mallinātha, who wrote four centuries later. Notes discuss the text and report the readings of three other hitherto unpublished commentaries that predate Mallinātha, namely those of Śrīnātha, Vaidyaśrīgarbha and Dakṣiṇāvartanātha.

Problems and Perspectives in Religious Discourse
Problems and Perspectives in Religious Discourse

Author: John A. Grimes

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780791417911

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Religious discourse uses ordinary language in an extraordinary way. This book surveys Western and Indian discussions of the nature and aspects of religious discourse. It presents the first cross-cultural elucidation of Advaita Vedānta as religious discourse.

A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization
A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization

Author: Niharranjan Ray

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 9788125018711

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A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization aims at familiarising its readers with the various aspects that go into the making of the history of Indian civilisation. The arrangement of the material in the chapters and selections conform to a rationally conceived and planned scheme of history. The contents of the book presents an extensive view of Indian life and thought.

To See the Buddha
To See the Buddha

Author: Malcolm David Eckel

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1994-12-19

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780691037738

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Boston University Professor Malcolm David Eckel takes us on a contemporary quest to discover the essential meaning behind the Buddha's many representations. Eckel shows that the dimensions of early Indian Buddhism--popular art, conventional piety, and critical philosophy--all work together to express the same religious yearning for the fullness of emptiness that Buddha conveys.

Around Abhinavagupta
Around Abhinavagupta

Author: Eli Franco

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 3643906978

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Abhinavagupta is undoubtedly the most famous Kashmirian medieval intellectual: his decisive contributions to Indian aesthetics, Saiva theology, and metaphysics, and to the philosophy of the subtle and original Pratyabhijna system, are well known. Yet so far his works have often been studied without fully taking into account the specific historical, social, artistic, religious, and philosophical context in which they are embedded. The purpose of this book is to show that this intellectual background is no less exceptional than Abhinavagupta himself. (Series: Leipzig Studies on the Culture and History of South and Central Asia / Leipziger Studien zu Kultur und Geschichte Sud- und Zentralasiens, Vol. 6) [Subject: History, Abhinavagupta, India Studies, Religious Studies]

The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume III
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume III

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Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0691173850

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This is the third volume of a planned seven-volume translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama, his wife, and his brother on their wanderings. The book contains the narrative center of the epic, the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana. It provides a profound meditation on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine. The present translation seeks to provide a readable and trustworthy English version of the poem. It is accompanied by a full commentary elucidating the philological, aesthetic, and cultural problems of the text. Extensive use is made in the annotations of the numerous commentaries on the Ramayana. The substantial introduction to this volume aims to supply a historical context for an appreciation of the poem and a critical reading exploring the ideological components of the work. The volumes of this work will present the entire Ramayana, translated for the first time on the basis of the critical edition (Oriental Institute, Baroda).