The Sāṅkhya Philosophy
Author: S. G. M. Weerasinghe
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 406
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Author: S. G. M. Weerasinghe
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mikel Burley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-01-24
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 1134159773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSamkhya and Yoga are two of the oldest and most influential systems of classical Indian philosophy. This book provides a thorough analysis of the systems in order to fully understand Indian philosophy. Placing particular emphasis on the metaphysical schema which underlies both concepts, the author adeptly develops a new interpretation of the standard views on Samkhya and Yoga. Drawing upon existing sources and using insights from both Eastern and Western philosophy and religious practice, this comprehensive interpretation is respectful to the underlying spiritual purpose of the Indian systems. It serves to illuminate the relation between the theoretical and practical dimensions of Samkhya and Yoga. The book fills a gap in current scholarship and will be of interest to those concerned with Indology as well as philosophies in general and their similarities and differences with other traditions.
Author: Īśvarakr̥ṣṇa
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Published: 1894
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gerald James Larson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 690
ISBN-13: 1400853532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSamkhya is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, system of classical Indian philosophy. This book traces its history from the third or fourth century B. C. up through the twentieth century. The Encyclopedia as a whole will present the substance of the various Indian systems of thought to philosophers unable to read the Sanskrit and having difficulty in finding their way about in the translations (where such exist). This volume includes a lengthy introduction by Gerald James Larson, which discusses the history of Samkhya and its philosophical contours overall. The remainder of the book includes summaries in English of all extant Sanskrit texts of the system. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: Swami Abhedānanda
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 710
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788186336595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the spiritual aspirant, samkhya is the metaphysics of self-realization and yoga is the sadhana or means to achieve it.
Author: Swami Vivekananda
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 94
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew J. Nicholson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013-12-01
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0231149875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as "Hinduism" is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as ancient as some Hindus claim, it has its roots in innovations within South Asian philosophy from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. During this time, thinkers treated the philosophies of Vedanta, Samkhya, and Yoga, along with the worshippers of Visnu, Siva, and Sakti, as belonging to a single system of belief and practice. Instead of seeing such groups as separate and contradictory, they re-envisioned them as separate rivers leading to the ocean of Brahman, the ultimate reality. Drawing on the writings of philosophers from late medieval and early modern traditions, including Vijnanabhiksu, Madhava, and Madhusudana Sarasvati, Nicholson shows how influential thinkers portrayed Vedanta philosophy as the ultimate unifier of diverse belief systems. This project paved the way for the work of later Hindu reformers, such as Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, and Gandhi, whose teachings promoted the notion that all world religions belong to a single spiritual unity. In his study, Nicholson also critiques the way in which Eurocentric concepts—like monism and dualism, idealism and realism, theism and atheism, and orthodoxy and heterodoxy—have come to dominate modern discourses on Indian philosophy.
Author: A Berriedale Keith
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781015546318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: James Robert Ballantyne
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Published: 1852
Total Pages: 160
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