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Gangesa's seminal work, the Tattvacintamani, is one of the most famous, as well as most difficult, works of Indian Philosophy and this Volume begins with the most exhaustive account of its contents hitherto available. Over a dozen different summarizers have collaborated in preparing this treatise which totals some 300 pages.\r\\n\r\\nThe volume reconstructs the development of Nyaya-Vaisesika through the next two centuries. Some fifty author's names are known to us from this period, and 36 of their works are summarized. The volume closes its reconstruction of literary history into the early 16th century, with Raghunatha Siromani, the great commentator on Gangesa's seminal works and one of the most innovative analytical philosophers and the world has known.\r\\n\r\\nAlthough this is but a brief attempt to cover the complex literature of this period, this Volume represents the basic elements of present-day understanding of the contributions of the philosophers discussed. A detailed introduction by the two Editors provides a bird's-eye view of the ideas expounded in the text. A total of 22 different scholars combine to render the gist of these materials available to the general public. Subsequent volumes in this series will take Nyaya-Vaisesika to the present. Contents: Preface, PART One: Introduction to the Philosophy of Navya-Nyaya, PART Two: Summaries of Works, Notes, Index.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eKarl H. Potter is professor of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington is Seattle, and is General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359215870315,"sku":"9788120808942","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Encyclopedia-Indian-Philosophy-VI.jpg?v=1780946830"},{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-indian-philosophies-the-philosophy-of-grammarians-vol-5-by-karl-h-potterauthor-harold-g-cowardauthor-mlbd-publications","title":"Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: the Philosophy of Grammarians - Vol. 5 - By Karl H. Potter(Author), Harold G. Coward(Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"This volume of the encyclopedia of Indian philosophies is devoted to the philosophy of the grammarians. The introductory essay summarizes the main philosophical ideas contained in the grammatical works. The summaries of the main sources that follow concentrate on the philosophical ideas contained there in, so that philosophers who are unable to read the original sanskrit can get an idea of the positions taken and arguments offered. Covered in this text are chapters on metaphysics, epistemology, word-meaning and sentence meaning, accounts of vedic literature like Yaska's Nirukta, Panini's Astadhyayi, Patanjali's Mahabhasya and 80 other accounts. An exhaustive bibliography of original and secondary writings on the philosophy of grammar is included. Cumulative Index is also given. Bhartrhari, Mandanamisra, Kondabhatta and Nagesa have been dealt with at length.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eKarl H. 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'Mimamsa', as used classically, has among its meanings that of an \"exploration\" or \"investigation\" of something. In the context of early Vedic thought, it can mean specifically a theory governing the origins, basic values, and assumptions about man, in particular about the type of actions a human should or should not perform, as suggested and sometimes spelled out in the Vedas.\r\\n\r\\nThe Vedas, the oldest extant literature of what is now considered Hinduism, generated a vast literature of their own. Some of this passed down to us in the form of brief pronouncements called sutras, which were presumably meant for memorization and were not always independently intelligible. These sutras in turn generated explanatory commentaries, and commentaries upon commentaries. The basic sutras of what came to be the Purva Mimamsa system were known as the Mimamsa-sutras or Purvamimamsasutras ('Purva' since another set of literature expounding a different understanding of ultimate things came to be recognized also as Mimamsa, specifically \"Uttara\" or later Mimamsa.) Initially the Purva Mimamsa had no special recognition of the subject matter of philosophy as understood in these volumes of our Encyclopedia, and would not warrant treatment as Indian philosophy in other systems developed ideas concerning the assumptions of rebirth, transmigration, and the possibility of attainment of final liberation, Purva Mimamsa also developed a philosophical system in response, beginning with further commentaries on their sutras and proceeding on to independent works, comprising a collection of texts which constitutes the philosophy being studied in the present Volume.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eKarl H. 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This volume, although entitled \"Kashmir Saivism\", does not deal with Nandikesvara and Rasesvara-Saivism beause of their paucity of significant philosophical materials. And Srikantha's philosophy has been dealt with in a separate volume of this Encyclopedia (volume 15), because of its affinity to Bedhabheda. For the most part, this volume follows common parlance and maps a lineage, mostly Pratyabhijna but also diverse, including such authors as Sivananda, Abhinavagupta, and Jayaratha.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eKarl H. Potter is professor of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington is Seattle, and is General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. 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This is followed by summaries of all the authentic Advaita works of these authors, together with those of Suresvara and Padmapada as well as a number of other works which have been attributed to samkara, Totaka and Hastamalaka. This volume is divided into two parts and is enriched with an elaborate introduction discussing briefly the history of the school, its theories of value, language and relations and its metaphysics and epistemology.\r\\n\r\\nContents Preface\r\\nPart one: Introduction to the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta\r\\nPART Two: Summaries of Works\r\\nNotes\r\\nIndex.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eKarl H. Potter is professor of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington is Seattle, and is General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Series containing 28 volumes.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359216001387,"sku":"9788120803107","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Encyclopedia-Indian-Philosophy-Vol.-III.jpg?v=1780946834"},{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-indian-philosophies-vol-9-buddhist-philosophy-from-350-to-600-ad-by-karl-h-potter-author-mlbd-publications","title":"Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies - Vol. 9: Buddhist Philosophy from 350 to 600 A.D. - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications","description":"This, the third Volume in this Encyclopedia to deal with Buddhist philosophy, takes the reader from the middle of the sixth. Many of the authors and texts treated here are not well known to the casual student of Buddhism. The most important author is clearly Dignaga, who is almost entirely responsible for turning Indian Buddhism toward an exhaustive analysis of epistemic considerations and in particular of inferential reasoning.\r\\n\r\\nBut other author whose works are summarized here deserve to be better known, in particular the rival Yogacara commentors Buddhapalita and Bhavya, the latter of whome in particular introduces for the first time into Buddhism contrasts between the viewpoint of his particular brand of Buddhism and all the other system of contemporary India and not just the Buddhists.\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eKarl H. Potter is professor of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington is Seattle, and is General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Series containing 28 volumes.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\\n\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\r\\n\r\\n''...valuable survey of an important period in the development of Buddhist thought.....has a helpful glossary doubling as Index.'' -----Journal of Royal Asiatic Society Vol: 15, No. 2, July 2005\r\\n\r\\n''This work is bound to be received as a very useful contribution to Buddhist Philosophy and a welcome addition to works of reference on Buddhism. Professor Karl Potter deserves all congratulations for this painstaking task.'' --- Lalji 'Shravak', Dept. of Foreign Languages, BHU, Varanasi, The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, Vol. 5, 2004.\r\\n\r\\n''This is an impressive and indispensable summary and it should find its way to the shelves of many libraries, serving as a comprehensive reference tool for all researchers and students of Indian Buddhist Philosophy, especially those not trained in Sanskrit\/ Pali.'' - --Audrius Beinorius, Centre of Oriental Studies Vilnius Univ, Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Vol. 5, 2004.\r\\n\r\\n''This work is bound to be received as a very useful contribution to Buddhist Philosophy and a welcome addition to works of reference on Buddhism. Professor Karl Potter deserves all congratulations for this painstaking task.'' --- Lalji 'Shravak', Dept. of Foreign Languages, BHU, Varanasi, The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, Vol. 5, 2004.\r\\n\r\\n''This is an impressive and indispensable summary and it should find its way to the shelves of many libraries, serving as a comprehensive reference tool for all researchers and students of Indian Buddhist Philosophy, especially those not trained in Sanskrit\/ Pali.'' ---Audrius Beinorius, Centre of Oriental Studies Vilnius Univ, Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Vol. 5, 2004.\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MLBD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53359216034155,"sku":"9788120819689","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/0445\/7067\/files\/Encyclopedia-Indian-Philosophy-IX.jpg?v=1780946835"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.mlbd.com\/collections\/best-selling-books.oembed?page=5","provider":"MLBD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}