A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2

by Surendranath Dasgupta | 1932 | 241,887 words | ISBN-13: 9788120804081

Summary: Volume 2 completes studies in the Sankara School of Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools.

This is the second 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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Contents of this online book ( + / - )

The full text of the A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

+ Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)

. Part 1 - The World-Appearance

. Part 2 - Thought and its Object in Buddhism and in Vedānta

. Part 3 - Śaṅkara’s Defence of Vedānta

. Part 4 - Teachers and Pupils in Vedānta

. Part 5 - Vedānta Doctrine of Soul and the Buddhist Doctrine of Soullessness

. Part 6 - Vedāntic Cosmology

. Part 7 - Śaṅkara and his School

. Part 8 - Maṇḍana, Sureśvara and Viśvarūpa

. Part 9 - Maṇḍana (a.d. 800)

. Part 10 - Sureśvara (a.d. 800)

. Part 11 - Padmapāda (a.d. 820)

. Part 12 - Vācaspati Miśra (a.d. 840)

. Part 13 - Sarvajñātma Muni (a.d. 900)

. Part 14 - Ānandabodha Yati

. Part 15 - Mahā-vidyā and the Development of Logical Formalism

. Part 16 - Vedānta Dialectic of Śrīharṣa (a.d. 1150)

. Part 17 - Application of the Dialectic to the Different Categories and Concepts

. Part 18 - Citsukha’s Interpretations of the Concepts of Śaṅkara Vedānta

. Part 19 - The Dialectic of Nāgārjuna and the Vedānta Dialectic

. Part 20 - Dialectical criticisms of Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla (a.d. 760)

. Part 21 - Dialectic of Śaṅkara and Ānandajñāna

. Part 22 - Philosophy of the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa (a.d. 1200)

. Part 23 - Vimuktātman (a.d. 1200)

. Part 24 - Rāmādvaya (a.d. 1300)

. Part 25 - Vidyāraṇya (a.d. 1350)

. Part 26 - Nṛsiṃhāśrama Muni (a.d. 1500)

. Part 27 - Appaya Dīkṣita (a.d. 1550)

. Part 28 - Prakāśānanda (a.d. 1550—1600)

. Part 29 - Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (a.d. 1500)

+ Chapter XII - The Philosophy of the Yogavāsiṣṭha

. Part 1 - Introduction of the Yogavāsiṣṭha Theme

. Part 2 - The Ultimate Entity

. Part 3 - Origination

. Part 4 - Karma, Manas and the Categories

. Part 5 - The World-Appearance

. Part 6 - Nature of Agency (Kartṛtva) and the Illusion of World Creation

. Part 7 - The Stage of the Saint (Jīvan-mukta)

. Part 8 - Energy of Free-will (Pauruṣa)

. Part 9 - Prāṇa and its Control

. Part 10 - Stages of Progress

. Part 11 - Methods of Right Conduct

. Part 12 - Yoga-vāsiṣṭha, Śaṅkara Vedānta and Buddhist Vijñānavāda

+ Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools

. Part 1 - Āyurveda and the Atharva-veda

. Part 2 - Bones in the Atharva-veda and Āyurveda

. Part 3 - Organs in the Atharva-veda and Āyurveda

. Part 4 - Practice of Medicine in the Atharva-veda

. Part 5 - The Foetus and the Subtle Body

. Part 6 - Foetal Development

. Part 7 - Growth and Disease

. Part 8 - Vāyu, Pitta and Kapha

. Part 9 - Head and Heart

. Part 10 - The Circulatory and the Nervous System

. Part 11 - The Theory of Rasas and their Chemistry

. Part 12 - The Psychological Views and other Ontological Categories

. Part 13 - Logical Speculations and Terms relating to Academic Dispute

. Part 14 - Did Logic Originate in the Discussions of Āyurveda Physicians

. Part 15 - Āyurveda Ethics

. Part 16 - Springs of action in the Caraka-samhitā

. Part 17 - Good Life in Caraka

. Part 18 - Āyurveda Literature

+ Chapter XIV - The Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gītā

. Part 1 - The Gītā Literature

. Part 2 - Gītā and Yoga

. Part 3 - Sāṃkhya and Yoga in the Gītā

. Part 4 - Sāṃkhya Philosophy in the Gītā

. Part 5 - Avyakta and Brahman

. Part 6 - Conception of Sacrificial Duties in the Gītā

. Part 7 - Sense-control in the Gītā

. Part 8 - The Ethics of the Gītā and the Buddhist Ethics

. Part 9 - Analysis of Action

. Part 10 - Eschatology

. Part 11 - God and Man

. Part 12 - Viṣṇu, Vasudeva and Kṛṣṇa

. Part 12 - Bhāgavata and the Bhagavad-gita

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