Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophy: Visistadvaita Vedanta - Vol. 20 - By Stephen H. Phillips, Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications. The most famous name associated with the Visistadvaita philosophy of the Srivaisnavas is Ramanuja (1017-1137). The present volume of...

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies (Vol. 1) (2 Vols.): Bibliography - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications. \n \nThis constitutes the first volume of the series. It indicates the scope of the project and provides a list of sources...

All too frequently the term Vedanta is used when what is meant, whether recognized or not, is Advaita Vedanta and more specifically, the philosophical system associated with Sankaracarya. Yet in fact Vedanta, literally meaning "the concluding portions of the Veda",...

Confronted with a series of volumes called the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, one is likely to ask, what constitutes philosophy in the relevant sense? Introduction to understood as investigation of the nature of and path to liberation from rebirth (moksa;nirvana),...

Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies : Vol. 25 - By Karl H. Potter (Author) - MLBD Publications \n \nNyaya-Vaisesika in recent Times - Attaining liberation through knowledge and understanding of reality, but they approach this goal with distinct epistemological methods and...

The Hindu Tantras and are usually set in the form of a dialogue between the god Shiva and his consort Parvati, in which he explains to her the philosophy and myths underlying the Tantric ritual. They emphasize the goddess Shakti...

The present volume of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies takes up the history of Nyaya-Vaisesika where Volume Two left off, in the 14th century. With Gangesa we enter the literature that has come to be known as Navyanyaya, i.e., 'new...