Classical Indian Philosophy

A Reader

Deepak Sarma (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2011
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-13399-9 (ISBN)

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Deepak Sarma completes the first outline in more than fifty years of India's key philosophical traditions, inventively sourcing seminal texts and clarifying language, positions, and issues. Organized by tradition, the volume covers six schools of orthodox Hindu philosophy: Mimamsa (the study of the earlier Vedas, later incorporated into Vedanta), Vedanta (the study of the later Vedas, including the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads), Sankhya (a form of self-nature dualism), Yoga (a practical outgrowth of Sankhya), and Nyaya and Vaisesika (two forms of realism). It also discusses Jain philosophy and the Mahayana Buddhist schools of Madhyamaka and Yogacara. Sarma maps theories of knowledge, perception, ontology, religion, and salvation, and he details central concepts, such as the pramanas (means of knowledge), pratyaksa (perception), drayvas (types of being), moksa (liberation), and nirvana. Selections and accompanying materials inspire a reassessment of long-held presuppositions and modes of thought, and accessible translations prove the modern relevance of these enduring works.

Deepak Sarma is an associate professor of religious studies at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of An Introduction to Madhva Vedanta and Epistemologies and The Limitations of Philosophical Inquiry: Doctrine in Madhva Vedanta and editor of Hinduism: A Reader.

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Nastika (Heterodox) Schools 1. Carvaka 2. Buddhism 3. Yogacara Buddhism 4. Madhyamaka Buddhism 5. Jainism Part II. Five astika (Orthodox) Schools 6. Nyaya 7. Vaiaeaika 8. Saakhya 9. Yoga 10. Mamaasa Part III. Schools of Vedanta 11. Advaita Vedanta 12. Viaiaadvaita Vedanta 13. Madhva Vedanta General Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.4.2011
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10	0-231-13399-5 / 0231133995
ISBN-13	978-0-231-13399-9 / 9780231133999
Zustand	Neuware