Indian Philosophy: A Counter PerspectiveMost writings on Indian Philosophy assume that its central concern is with moksa, that the Vedas along with the Upanisadic texts are at the root of it and that it consists of six orthodox systems known as Mimamasa, Vedanta, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya and Yoga, on the one hand and three unorthodox systems: Buddhism, Jainism and Carvaka, on the other. Besides these, they accept generally the theory of Karma and the theory of Purusartha as parts of what the Indian tradition thinks about human action. The essays in this volume question these assumptions and show that there is little ground for accepting them. A new counter-perspective is thus prepared for the a articulation of the Indian philosophical tradition which breaks the traditional frame in which it has usually been presented. |
Contents
Three Myths about Indian Philosophy | 11 |
Some Questions | 81 |
The UpanisadsWhat are They? | 107 |
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Acāryas accepted according action adhyāsa Advaita Vedānta Aitareya Aranyaka artha Atharvaveda authoritative authority awareness basic Bhattacharyya Brahma-Sutras Brāhmaṇa Catalogus Catalogorum character commentary conception concerned context dharma discussion distinction Encyclopedia of Indian essential example fact Gītā Gonda Ibid independent Indian philosophy Indian thought Indian tradition intellectual interpretation kāma Kāṇḍa kārikā karma Keith Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda latter liberation Mahābhārata Mantras manuscript means melodies mokṣa nature niḥśreyasa notion Nyāya Nyaya-Sutras Nyāyasūcīnibandha Nyāyasūtroddhāra object ontological Pandit perhaps philosophical position philosophical tradition Potter prakṛti problem published purușa puruṣārthas question Rāmānuja Ṛc reality realization referred regarded relation respect Ṛgveda ritual sacrifice śākhās Sāma Samaveda Samkara Samkhya Sanskrit Sastri Sāyaṇa scholars schools of Indian seems sense so-called spiritual śruti Sukla Yajurveda sung supposed sūtras Taittiriya Samhita term theory of karma thinkers total number treated ultimate Upanisads usually Vācaspati Miśra Vaiśeṣika variant readings Vedāntin Vedas Vedic corpus Vivarana Vṛtti writes written yajña