Presents Vedamta Dindimah Duly Translated With A Commentary By The Author - An Easy Manual On Advaita And Ascribed By Some To Sankara - Proclaims The Truth Of Vedanta In Clear Terms. 8 Small Chapters - Including Pre-View, Foreword - Introduction - Preface - Erc.

Critical and comparative study of the Vedāntakaustubhaprabhā of Keśavakāśmīri Bhaṭṭācārya, commentary on Vedāntakaustubha of Śrīnivāsācārya, treatise on Vedanta.

vol. 1. Vairāgya-prakaraṇa, Mumukṣu-prakaraṇa, Utpatti-prakaraṇa -- vol. 2. Sthiti-prakaraṇa, Upadeśa-prakaraṇa -- vol. 3. Nirvāṇa-prakaraṇa (pūrvārdha) -- vol. 4. Nirvāṇa prakaraṇa (utarārdha).

Verse commentary, with supercommentary, on Brahmasūtra, basic work of the Vedanta school in Indic philosophy by Bādarāyaṇa, representing the viewpoint of Dvaita school; includes aphorisms of Brahmasūtra.

Classical commentary with supercommentaries, on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, work on Vedanta philosophy.

Study of Vivekacūḍāmaṇi of Śaṅkarācārya, work on Vedanta philosophy.

Classical verse work, with commentary by Ānandabodhendrasarasvatī, expounding early Advaita philosophy.

Ancient work, with Bhānūprabhā, Sanskrit commentary of Gaṅgādharendrasarasvatī on Vedanta philosophy.

Study of Siddhāntabindu of Madhusūdana Sarasvatī, commentary on Daśaślokī of Śaṅkarācārya, work on Vedanta philosophy.

Study of the philosophy of Yogavāsiṣṭharāmāyaṇa, work on Vedanta philosophy.

Study of Upaśamaprakaraṇa of Yogavāśiṣṭharāmāyaṇa, work on Vedanta philosophy.

Commentary on the Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, aphoristic work on Vedanta philosophy.

Commentary, with text, on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtra, basic work of the Vedanta school in Hindu philosophy.

Classical commentary on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, work on Vedanta philosophy; includes translation in Gujarati.

Commentary on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, basic work of the Vedanta School in Hindu philosophy.

Commentary with 11 supercommentaries, on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, work on Vedanta philosophy.

Commentary on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, classical work on Vedanta philosophy.

Classical commentar, with translation and notes on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, classical work on Vedanta philosophy.

On Vedanta philosophy; critical edition with Hindi translation.

On Vedanta philosophy; includes translation in Malayalam.

Interpretation of Śaṅkarācārya's Brahmasūtrabhāṣyam; includes original text.

Exhaustive study of the Vedanta philosophy of Bādarāyaṇa and philosophy of Sanskrit language grammar of Pāṇini.

Commentary with supercommentaries on R̥gveda, setting forth the Dvaita point of view in Hindu philosophy.

Classical commentary on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, basic text of Vedanta philosophy; includes Gujarati translation and notes.

Collection of 15 works of Śaṅkarācārya; includes commentary in Malayalam.

Study on the concept of illusion in Indic philosophy with special references to Bhāmatī of Vācaspatimiśra, fl. 976-1000, supercpmmentary on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa.

Commentary on Bādarāyana's Brahmasūtra; Advaita viewpoint.

Supercommentary on Jayatīrtha's R̥gbhāṣyaṭīkā, which in turn is a supercommentary on Madhva's R̥gbhāṣya, setting forth the Dvaita point of view in Hindu philosophy.

Critical study, with text and commentary of Vedāntasiddhāntamuktāvalī of Prakāśānanda, 16th cent., of Vendānta philosophy.

Classical commentary on Brahmasūtra of Bādarāyaṇa, with Malayalam translation.

In support of Tātparyacandrikā of Vyāsatīrtha, 1460-1539, supercommentary on Tattvaprakāśikā of Jayatīrtha, d. 1268, commentary of the 1st and 2nd chapters in Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtra, presenting the Dvaita point of view in Hindu philosophy.

Treatise, with Sanskrit commentary and Hindi translation on the fundamentals of Hindu philosophy.

In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:A History of Early Vedānta Philosophy, Part TwoAndrew O. FortA History of Early Vedānta Philosophy, Part Two. By Hajime Nakamura. Translated by Hajime Nakamura, Trevor Leggett, et al.. Edited by Sengaku Mayeda. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2004. Pp. xxi + 842. Hardcover $58.95.First, to address the exact nature of this volume: the bulk of A History of Early Vedānta Philosophy, Part Twoby Hajime Nakamura was part (...) of Nakamura's doctoral thesis submitted to Tokyo University in 1942, with, as the front flap states, "many additions and revisions done by the author himself." Part 1 was published by Motilal Banarsidass in 1976. For those interested, that first volume includes four parts: the chronology and significance of early Vedānta philosophy, early Vedānta philosophy as seen by other Indian (particularly Buddhist) thinkers and schools, scholars before the Brahmasūtra, and the nature and content of the Brahmasūtraitself. Part 2 is thus rather overdue, although various portions of this volume were published in the 1960s and 1970s. Hence, we should be grateful that the English-speaking world finally has more of the vast erudition of this titan of scholarship on Hindu thought, yet acknowledge that this is as much a pioneering historical document in Advaita research as a contribution to current knowledge.Despite this reservation, let us begin with fulsome praise: how many scholars in any discipline from any period can rival Hajime Nakamura? Even in his dissertation, he shows wide familiarity with Hindu and Buddhist thought, having consulted sources in Sanskrit, Pāli, Prakrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, English, German, and probably others. Who, ever again, would have the courage, or the linguistic skills, to attempt a book called Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples?Truly this was a jñānasāgara!Still, one must say that the present volume has shortcomings beyond age: it is not particularly well-organized or "user-friendly," not always well-focused, and sometimes repetitious. The translations, while clear, are generally not graceful. And in the decades since the bulk of this was written, much additional scholarship on key figures and texts discussed therein has been published, and new theoretical conceptualizations have arisen to aid our understandings. Depending on one's view, this text reveals the notable absence of (or freedom from) contemporary scholarly currents of postcolonial, postmodern, or feminist critique, nor does it reflect the move to greater social history often apparent today. It is also surprisingly noncomparative, given the author's later work. This, then, is mostly a traditional history of the development of ideas by one of the pitāmahasof classical Indian scholarship.The book is divided into four basic sections. First are remarks on the life, works, and ideas of post- Brahmasūtrabut pre-Śaṅkara thinkers such as Upavarṣa, Bodhāyana (who influenced Rāmānuja), and Bhartṛprapañca (whom Śaṅkara and Sureśvara opposed, particularly on jñānakarma-samuccaya), with frequent comparisons of their thinking with that of Śaṅkara. This section well traces the basic time and lineage of key thinkers, and nicely unpacks their views and later influence. [End Page 480]Next is an extended consideration of Gauḍapāda's Māṇḍükyakārikās, which is probably the most important pre-Śaṅkara Advaita work. Nakamura describes and offers extensive analysis of each chapter (prakaraṇa)and its characteristics separately, particularly the thought (on consciousness states, māyā, ajātivāda, and Buddhist ideas, respectively) and practices ( ommeditation, Self-realization, asparśayoga, etc.) distinctive to each. He clearly shows the differences in doctrine and application among the chapters, and between them and the Māndūkya Upaniṣad. Nakamura raises the questions of the text's authorship, sacrality, unity, and extent of Buddhist influence, which had already been debated by many scholars at that time, and yet this section shows its age; while even-handedly summarizing the discussion to that point, and offering his own judiciously reasoned conclusions (most importantly, that they are four independently composed treatises), his conclusions are neither groundbreaking nor today near to the last word. In fact, I was reminded of reading through those debates as I was... (shrink)

Ian Hacking has defined himself as a philosopher in the analytic tradition. However, he has also recognized the profound influence that Michel Foucault had on much of his work. In this article I analyse the specific imprint of certain works by Foucault—in particular Les mots et les choses—in two of Hacking’s early works: Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? and The Emergence of Probability. I propose that these texts not only share a debt of Foucauldian thought, but (...) also are part of what I believe is Hacking’s central project: the analysis of the historical and situated conditions of possibility for the emergence of concepts and of objects, inspired also by the French philosopher’s thought. (shrink)

Classical treatises on the Advaita and Dvaita school in Hindu philosophy; a study.