A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1

by Surendranath Dasgupta | 1922 | 212,082 words | ISBN-13: 9788120804081

Summary: Volume I comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz.., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta.

This is the first of five volumes, that were originally published between 1922 and 1955. In these volumes, Surendranath Dasgupta examines the principal schools of thought that define Indian philosophy.

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Transliteration Note

Chapter I - Introductory

+ Chapter II - The Vedas, Brāhmaṇas And Their Philosophy

. Part 1 - The Vedas and their antiquity

. Part 2 - The place of the Vedas in the Hindu mind

. Part 3 - Classification of the Vedic literature

. Part 4 - The Saṃhitās

. Part 5 - The Brāhmaṇas

. Part 6 - The Āraṇyakas

. Part 7 - The Ṛg-Veda, its civilization

. Part 8 - The Vedic Gods

. Part 9 - Brahma

. Part 10 - Sacrifice; the First Rudiments of the Law of Karma

. Part 11 - Cosmogony—Mythological and philosophical

. Part 12 - Eschatology—the Doctrine of Atman

. Part 13 - Conclusion

+ Chapter III - The Earlier Upaniṣads (700 B.c.— 600 B.c.)

. Part 1 - The place of the Upaniṣads in Vedic literature

. Part 2 - The names of the Upaniṣads; Non-Brahmanic influence

. Part 3 - Brāhmaṇas and the Early Upaniṣads

. Part 4 - Revival of Upaniṣad studies in modern times

. Part 5 - The Upaniṣads and their interpretations

. Part 6 - The quest after Brahman: the struggle and the failures

. Part 7 - Unknowability of Brahman and the Negative Method

. Part 8 - The Ātman doctrine

. Part 9 - Place of Brahman in the Upaniṣads

. Part 10 - The World

. Part 11 - The World-Soul

. Part 12 - The Theory of Causation

. Part 13 - Doctrine of Transmigration

. Part 14 - Emancipation

+ Chapter IV - General Observations On The Systems Of Indian Philosophy

. Part 1 - In what Sense is a History of Indian Philosophy possible?

. Part 2 - Growth of the Philosophic Literature

. Part 3 - The Indian Systems of Philosophy

. Part 4 - Some fundamental Points of Agreement

. Part 5 - The Pessimistic Attitude towards the World

. Part 6 - Unity in Indian Sādhana

+ Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy

. Part 1 - The State of Philosophy in India before the Buddha

. Part 2 - Buddha: his Life

. Part 3 - Early Buddhist Literature

. Part 4 - The Doctrine of Causal Connection of early Buddhism

. Part 5 - The Khandhas

. Part 6 - Avijjā and Āsava

. Part 7 - Sīla and Samādhi

. Part 8 - Kamma

. Part 9 - Upaniṣads and Buddhism

. Part 10 - The Schools of Theravada Buddhism

. Part 11 - Mahāyānism

. Part 12 - The Mādhyamika or the Śūnyavāda school.—Nihilism

. Part 13 - Uncompromising Idealism or the School of Vijñānavāda Buddhism

. Part 14 - Sautrāntika Theory of Perception

. Part 15 - Sautrāntika theory of Inference

. Part 16 - The Doctrine of Momentariness

. Part 17 - The Doctrine of Momentariness and the Doctrine of Causal Efficiency (Arthakriyākāritva)

. Part 18 - Some Ontological Problems on which the Different Indian Systems Diverged

. Part 19 - Brief survey of the evolution of Buddhist Thought

+ Chapter VI - The Jaina Philosophy

. Part 1 - The Origin of Jainism

. Part 2 - Two Sects of Jainism

. Part 3 - The Canonical and other Literature of the Jains

. Part 4 - Some General Characteristics of the Jains

. Part 5 - Life of Mahāvīra

. Part 6 - The Fundamental Ideas of Jaina Ontology

. Part 7 - The Doctrine of Relative Pluralism (anekāntavāda)

. Part 8 - The Doctrine of Nayas

. Part 9 - The Doctrine of Syādvāda

. Part 10 - Knowledge, its value for us

. Part 11 - Theory of Perception

. Part 12 - Non-Perceptual Knowledge

. Part 13 - Knowledge as Revelation

. Part 14 - The Jīvas

. Part 15 - Karma Theory

. Part 16 - Karma, Āsrava and Nirjarā

. Part 17 - Pudgala

. Part 18 - Dharma, Adharma, Akāśa

. Part 19 - Kāla and Samaya

. Part 20 - Jaina Cosmography

. Part 21 - Jaina Yoga

. Part 22 - Jaina Atheism

. Part 23 - Mokṣa (emancipation)

+ Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)

. Part 1 - A Review (of Kapila and Sāṃkhya)

. Part 2 - The Germs of Sāṃkhya in the Upaniṣads

. Part 3 - Sāṃkhya and Yoga Literature

. Part 4 - An Early School of Sāṃkhya

. Part 5 - Sāṃkhya kārikā, Sāṃkhya sūtra, Vācaspati Miśra and Vijñāna Bhiksu

. Part 6 - Yoga and Patañjali

. Part 7 - The Sāṃkhya and the Yoga Doctrine of Soul or Puruṣa

. Part 8 - Thought and Matter

. Part 9 - Feelings, the Ultimate Substances

. Part 10 - The Guṇas

. Part 11 - Prakṛti and its Evolution

. Part 12 - Pralaya and the disturbance of the Prakṛti Equilibrium

. Part 13 - Mahat and Ahaṃkāra

. Part 14 - The Tanmātras and the Paramāṇus

. Part 15 - Principle of Causation and Conservation of Energy

. Part 16 - Change as the formation of new collocations

. Part 17 - Causation as Satkāryavāda

. Part 18 - Sāṃkhya Atheism and Yoga Theism

. Part 19 - Buddhi and Puruṣa

. Part 20 - The Cognitive Process and some characteristics of Citta

. Part 21 - Sorrow and its Dissolution

. Part 22 - Citta

. Part 23 - Yoga Purificatory Practices (Parikarma)

. Part 24 - The Yoga Meditation

+ Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy

. Part 1 - Criticism of Buddhism and Sāṃkhya from the Nyāya standpoint

. Part 2 - Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika sūtras

. Part 3 - Does Vaiśeṣika represent an Old School of Mīmāṃsā?

. Part 4 - Philosophy in the Vaiśeṣika sūtras

. Part 5 - Philosophy in the Nyāya sūtras

. Part 6 - Caraka, Nyāya sūtras and Vaiśeṣika sūtras

. Part 7 - The Vaiśeṣika and Nyāya Literature

. Part 8 - The main doctrine of the Nyaya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy

. Part 9 - The six Padārthas: Dravya, Guṇa, Karma, Sāmānya, Viśeṣa, Samavāya

. Part 10 - The Theory of Causation

. Part 11 - Dissolution (Pralaya) and Creation (Srṣṭi)

. Part 12 - Proof of the Existence of Īśvara

. Part 13 - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Physics

. Part 14 - The Origin of Knowledge (Pramāṇa)

. Part 15 - The four Pramāṇas of Nyāya

. Part 16 - Perception (Pratyakṣa)

. Part 17 - Inference (anumāna)

. Part 18 - Upamāna and Sabda

. Part 19 - Negation in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika

. Part 20 - Acquirement of debating devices

. Part 21 - The doctrine of Soul

. Part 22 - Īśvara and Salvation

+ Chapter IX - Mīmāṃsā Philosophy

. Part 1 - A Comparative Review

. Part 2 - The Mīmāṃsā Literature

. Part 3 - The Parataḥ-prāmāṇya and Svataḥ-prāmāṇya doctrine

. Part 4 - The place of sense organs in perception

. Part 5 - Indeterminate and determinate perception

. Part 6 - Some Ontological Problems connected with the Doctrine of Perception

. Part 7 - The nature of knowledge

. Part 8 - The Psychology of Illusion

. Part 9 - Inference

. Part 10 - Upamana, Arthapatti

. Part 11 - Śabda-pramāṇa

. Part 12 - The Pramāṇa of Non-perception (anupalabdhi)

. Part 13 - Self, Salvation, God

. Part 14 - Mīmāṃsā as philosophy and Mīmāṃsā as ritualism

+ Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta

. Part 1 - Comprehension of the philosophical Issues more essential than the Dialectic of controversy

. Part 2 - The philosophical situation (a review)

. Part 3 - Vedānta Literature

. Part 4 - Vedānta in Gauḍapāda

. Part 5 - Vedānta and Śaṅkara (788-820 A.D.)

. Part 6 - The main idea of the Vedānta philosophy

. Part 7 - In what sense is the world-appearance false?

. Part 8 - The nature of the world-appearance, phenomena

. Part 9 - The Definition of Ajñāna (nescience)

. Part 10 - Ajñāna established by Perception and Inference

. Part 11 - Locus and Object of Ajñāna, Ahaṃkāra, and Antaḥkaraṇa

. Part 12 - Anirvācyavāda and the Vedānta Dialectic

. Part 13 - The Theory of Causation

. Part 14 - Vedānta theory of Perception and Inference

. Part 15 - Ātman, Jīva, Īśvara, Ekajīvavāda and Dṛṣṭisṛṣṭivāda

. Part 16 - Vedānta Theory of Illusion

. Part 17 - Vedānta Ethics and Vedānta Emancipation

. Part 18 - Vedānta and other Indian Systems

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