A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 1In this benchmark five-volume study, originally published between 1922 and 1955, Surendranath Dasgupta examines the principal schools of thought that define Indian philosophy. A unifying force greater than art, literature, religion, or science, Professor Dasgupta describes philosophy as the most important achievement of Indian thought, arguing that an understanding of its history is necessary to appreciate the significance and potentialities of India's complex culture. Volume I offers an examination of the Vedas and the Brahmanas, the earlier Upanisads, and the six systems of Indian philosophy. |
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Contents
THE VEDAS BRAHMANAS AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY J The Vedas and their antiquity | 10 |
Classification of the Vedic literature | 11 |
The Samhitas | 13 |
The Aranyakas | 14 |
The Vedic gods | 16 |
Polytheism Henotheism and Monotheism | 17 |
Growth of a Monotheistic tendency Prajapati Visvakarma | 19 |
Brahma | 20 |
Samkhya and Yoga Literature | 212 |
An Early School of Samkhya | 213 |
Samkhya karika Samkhya sutra Vacaspati Misra and Vijnana Bhiksu | 222 |
Yoga and Patafijali | 232 |
The Samkhya and the Yoga doctrine of Soul or Purusa | 238 |
Thought and Matter | 241 |
Feelings the Ultimate Substances | 243 |
The Gunas | 245 |
Sacrifice the First Rudiments of the Law of Karma | 21 |
CosmogonyMythological and_ Philosophical | 23 |
Eschatology the Doctrine of Atman | 25 |
Conclusion | 26 |
CHAPTER III | 28 |
The names of the Upanisads NonBrahmanic influence | 30 |
Brahmanas and the Early Upanisads | 31 |
The meaning of the word Upanisad | 38 |
Revival of Upanisad studies in modern times | 39 |
The Upanisads and their interpretations | 41 |
the struggle and the failures | 42 |
Unknowability of Brahman and the Negative Method | 44 |
The Atman doctrine | 45 |
Place of Brahman in the Upanisads | 48 |
The World | 51 |
The WorldSoul | 52 |
Doctrine of Transmigration | 53 |
Emancipation | 58 |
CHAPTER IV | 62 |
Growth of the Philosophic Literature | 65 |
The Indian systems of Philosophy | 67 |
Some fundamental points of agreement | 71 |
The Doctrine of Mukti | 74 |
The Doctrine of Soul | 75 |
Unity in Indian Sadhana philosophical religious and ethical endeavours | 77 |
CHAPTER V | 78 |
his Life | 81 |
Early Buddhist Literature | 82 |
The Doctrine of Causal Connection of early Buddhism | 84 |
The Khandhas | 93 |
Avijja and Asava | 99 |
Slla and Samadhi | 100 |
Kamma | 106 |
Upanisads and Buddhism | 109 |
The Schools of Theravada Buddhism | 112 |
Mahayanism | 125 |
The Tathata Philosophy of Asvaghosa 80 a d | 129 |
The Madhyamika or the Sunyavada schoolNihilism | 138 |
Uncompromising Idealism or the School of Vijnanavada Buddhism | 145 |
Sautrantika theory of Perception | 151 |
Sautrantika theory of Inference | 155 |
The Doctrine of Momentariness | 158 |
The Doctrine of Momentariness and the Doctrine of Causal Efficiency Arthakriyakaritva | 163 |
Some Ontological Problems on which the Different Indian Systems diverged | 164 |
Brief Survey of the Evolution of Buddhist Thought | 166 |
CHAPTER VI | 169 |
Two Sects of Jainism 17 | 170 |
The Canonical and other Literature of the Jains | 171 |
Some General Characteristics of the Jains | 172 |
Life of Mahavlra | 173 |
The Doctrine of Relative Pluralism Anekantavada | 175 |
The Doctrine of Nayas | 176 |
THE KAPILA AND THE PATANJALA SAMKHYA YOGA PAGE | 177 |
The Doctrine of Syadvada | 179 |
Knowledge its value for us | 181 |
Theory of Perception | 183 |
NonPerceptual knowledge | 185 |
Knowledge as Revelation | 186 |
The Jlvas | 189 |
Karma Theory 19 | 190 |
Karma Asrava and Nirjara | 192 |
Pudgala | 195 |
Dharma Adharma Akasa | 197 |
Kala and Samaya | 198 |
Jaina Cosmography | 199 |
Jaina Atheism | 203 |
Moksa emancipation | 207 |
A Review | 208 |
The Germs of Samkhya in the Upanisads | 211 |
Pralaya and the disturbance of the Prakrti Equilibrium | 247 |
Mahat and Ahamkara | 248 |
The Tanmatras and the Paramanus | 251 |
Principle of Causation and Conservation of Energy | 254 |
Change as the formation of new collocations | 255 |
Causation as Satkaryavada the theory that the effect potentially exists before it is generated by the movement of the cause 257 | 257 |
Samkhya Atheism and Yoga Theism | 258 |
Buddhi and Purusa | 259 |
The Cognitive Process and some characteristics of Citta | 261 |
Sorrow and its Dissolution | 265 |
Citta | 268 |
Yoga Purificatory Practices Parikarma | 270 |
The Yoga Meditation | 271 |
CHAPTER VIII | 274 |
Nyaya and Vaisesika sutras | 276 |
Does Vaisesika represent an old school of Mimamsa? | 280 |
Philosophy in the Vaisesika sutras | 285 |
Philosophy in the Nyaya sutras | 295 |
Philosophy of Nyaya sutras and Vaisesika sutras | 301 |
The Vaisesika and Nyaya Literature | 305 |
The main doctrine of the NyayaVaisesika Philosophy | 310 |
Dravya Guna Karma Samanya Visesa Sama | 313 |
The Theory of Causation | 319 |
Dissolution Pralaya and Creation Srsti | 323 |
Proof of the Existence of IsVara | 325 |
The NyayaVaisesika Physics | 326 |
The Origin of Knowledge Pramana | 330 |
The four Pramanas of Nyaya | 332 |
Perception Pratyaksa | 333 |
Inference | 343 |
Upamana and Sabda | 355 |
The necessity of the Acquirement of debating devices for the seeker of Salvation | 360 |
The Doctrine of Soul | 362 |
vara and Salvation | 363 |
A Comparative Review | 367 |
The Mimamsa Literature | 369 |
The Paratahpramanya doctrine of Nyaya and the Svatahpramanya doctrine of Mimamsa | 372 |
The place of Senseorgans in Perception | 375 |
Indeterminate and Determinate Perception | 378 |
Some Ontological Problems connected with the Doctrine of Per ception | 379 |
The Nature of Knowledge | 382 |
The Psychology of Illusion | 384 |
Inference | 387 |
Upamana Arthapatti | 391 |
Sabdapramana | 394 |
The Pramana of Nonperception anupalabdhi | 397 |
Self Salvation and God | 399 |
Mimamsa as Philosophy and Mimamsa as Ritualism | 403 |
CHAPTER X | 406 |
a Review | 408 |
Vedanta Literature | 418 |
Vedanta in Gaudapada | 420 |
Vedanta and Safikara 788820 A D | 429 |
The main idea of the Vedanta philosophy | 439 |
In what sense is the worldappearance false? | 443 |
The nature of the worldappearance phenomena | 445 |
The Definition of Ajnana nescience | 452 |
Ajnana established by Perception and Inference | 454 |
Locus and Object of Ajnana Ahamkara and Antahkarana 457 | 457 |
Anirvacyavada and the Vedanta dialectic | 461 |
The Theory of Causation | 465 |
Vedanta theory of Perception and Inference | 470 |
Atman Jlva IsVara Ekajlvavada and Drstisrstivada | 474 |
Vedanta theory of Illusion | 485 |
Vedanta Ethics and Vedanta Emancipation | 489 |
Vedanta and other Indian systems | 492 |
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Common terms and phrases
according action admitted appear associated atoms attain becomes believed birth body Brahman buddhi Buddhist called cause characteristics cognition colour comes commentary connection consciousness consists death definite depend desire determinate doctrine effect elements essence eternal existence experience explain feeling fire five follow four gives gods gunas Hindu holds ideas ignorance important Indian inference interpretation Jains karma kinds knowledge known later lead living manifested matter means mind nature never Nyaya object original particular past perceived perception permanent person philosophy pleasure positive present probably produced pure purusa qualities reality reason reference regarded relation represent result Samkhya says schools seems sense separate similar smoke sorrow soul stage substance sutras things thought tion translation true truth universe Upanisads Vaisesika validity Vedas Vedic virtue whole Yoga
Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Indian Philosophy: Volume 1 Volume 1 of A History of Indian Philosophy, Surendranath Dasgupta |
| Authors | Surendranath Dasgupta, Dasgupta |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1922 |
| ISBN | 0521047781, 9780521047784 |
| Length | 528 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / General |
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