A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4

Indian Pluralism

by Surendranath Dasgupta | 1949 | 186,278 words | ISBN-13: 9788120804081

Summary: Vol. IV deals with the Bhagavata Purana, Madhva and his School, Vallabha, Caitanya, Jiva Gosvami and Baladeva Vidyabhusana.

This is the fourth 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 4 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 XXIV - The Bhāgavata-purāṇa

. Part 1 - The Bhāgavata-purāṇa (introduction)

. Part 2 - Dharma

. Part 3 - Brahman, Paramātman, Bhagavat and Parameśvara

. Part 4 - Kapila’s philosophy in the Bhāgavata-purāṇa

. Part 5 - Eschatology

+ Chapter XXV - Madhva and his School

. Part 1 - Madhva’s Life

. Part 2 - Succession List of Madhva Gurus

. Part 3 - Important Madhva Works

. Part 4 - Teachers and Writers of the Madhva School

. Part 5 - Rāmānuja and Madhva

+ Chapter XXVI - Madhva’s Interpretation of the Brahma-sūtras

. Part 1 - Introduction

. Part 2 - Madhva’s interpretation of Brahma-sūtra I. 1. 1

. Part 3 - Madhva’s interpretation of Brahma-sūtra I. 1. 2

. Part 4 - Madhva’s interpretation of Brahma-sūtra I. 1. 3-4

. Part 5 - Madhva’s interpretation of important topics of the Brahma-sūtras

+ Chapter XXVII - A General Review of the Philosophy of Madhva

. Part 1 - Madhva’s Ontology

. Part 2 - Pramānas (ways of valid knowledge)

. Part 3 - Svataḥ-prāmāṇya (self-validity of knowledge)

. Part 4 - Illusion and Doubt

. Part 5 - Defence of Pluralism (bheda)

+ Chapter XXVIII - Madhva Logic

. Part 1 - Perception (pratyakṣa)

. Part 2 - Inference (anumāna)

. Part 3 - Tarka (ratiocination)

. Part 4 - Concomitance (vyāpti)

. Part 5 - Epistemological Process in Inference

. Part 6 - Various Considerations regarding Inference

. Part 7 - Testimony

+ Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists

. Part 1 - Vyāsa-tīrtha, Madhusūdana and Rāmācārya on the Falsity of the World

. Part 2 - Nature of Knowledge

. Part 3 - The World as Illusion

. Part 4 - A Refutation of the definition of Avidyā (nescience)

. Part 5 - Perception of ajñāna (ignorance)

. Part 6 - Inference of ajñāna

. Part 7 - The theory of Avidyā refuted

. Part 8 - Ajñāna and Ego-hood (ahaṃkāra)

. Part 9 - Indefinability of World-appearance

. Part 10 - Nature of Brahman

. Part 11 - Refutation of Brahman as material and instrumental cause

. Part 12 - Liberation (mokṣa)

+ Chapter XXXI - The Philosophy of Vallabha

. Part 1 - Vallabha’s Interpretation of the Brahma-sūtra

. Part 2 - The nature of Brahman

. Part 3 - The Categories

. Part 4 - The Pramāṇas

. Part 5 - Concept of bhakti

. Part 6 - Topics of Vallabha Vedānta as explained by Vallabha’s followers

. Part 7 - Viṭṭhala’s Interpretation of Vallabha’s Ideas

. Part 8 - Life of Vallabha (1481-1533)

. Part 9 - Works of Vallabha and his Disciples

. Part 10 - Viṣṇusvāmin

+ Chapter XXXII - Caitanya and his Followers

. Part 1 - Caitanya’s Biographers

. Part 2 - The Life of Caitanya

. Part 3 - Emotionalism of Caitanya

. Part 4 - Gleanings from the Caitanya-caritāmṛta

. Part 5 - Some Companions of Caitanya

+ Chapter XXXIII - The Philosophy of Jiva Gosvāmī and Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇā

. Part 1 - Jīva Gosvāmī’s Ontology

. Part 2 - Status of the World

. Part 3 - God and His Powers

. Part 4 - God’s Relation to His Devotees

. Part 5 - Nature of bhakti

. Part 6 - Ultimate Realization

. Part 7 - The Joy of bhakti

. Part 8 - The Philosophy of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa

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