A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3

by Surendranath Dasgupta | 1940 | 232,512 words | ISBN-13: 9788120804081

Summary: Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the principal dualistic and pluralistic systems such as the philosophy of the Pancaratra. Bhaskara, Yamuna, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Vijnanabhiksu and philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas.

This is the third 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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The full text of the A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 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 XV - The Bhāskara School of Philosophy

. Part 1 - Date of Bhāskara

. Part 2 - Bhāskara and Śaṅkara

. Part 3 - The Philosophy of Bhāskara’s Bhāṣya

+ Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra

. Part 1 - Antiquity of the Pañcarātra

. Part 2 - The Position of the Pañcarātra Literature

. Part 3 - The Pañcarātra Literature

. Part 4 - Philosophy of the Jayākhya and other Saṃhitās

. Part 5 - Philosophy of the Ahirbudhnya-saṃhitā

+ Chapter XVII - The Āḻvārs

. Part 1 - The Chronology of the Āḻvārs

. Part 2 - The Philosophy of the Āḻvārs

. Part 3 - Āḻvārs and Śrī-vaiṣṇavas on certain points of controversy in religious dogmas

+ Chapter XVIII - An Historical and Literary Survey of the Viśiṣṭādvaita School of Thought

. Part 1 - The Aḻagiyas from Nāthamuni to Rāmānuja

. Part 2 - Rāmānuja

. Part 3 - The Precursors of the Viśiṣṭādvaita Philosophy

. Part 4 - Rāmānuja Literature

. Part 5 - The Influence of the Āḻvārs on the followers of Rāmānuja

+ Chapter XIX - The Philosophy of Yāmunācārya

. Yāmuna (Introduction)

. Part 1 - Yāmuna’s doctrine of Soul contrasted with those of others

. Part 2 - God and the World

. Part 2 - God And The World

. Part 3 - God according to Rāmānuja, Veṅkaṭanātha and Lokācārya

. Part 4 - Viśiṣṭādvaita doctrine of Soul according to Rāmānuja and Veṅkaṭanātha

. Part 5 - Acit or Primeval Matter: the Prakṛti and its modifications

+ Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought

. Part 1 - Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja on the nature of Reality as qualified or unqualified

. Part 2 - Refutation of Śaṅkara’s avidyā

. Part 3 - Rāmānuja’s theory of Illusion—All knowledge is Real

. Part 4 - Failure of theistic proofs

. Part 5 - Bhāskara and Rāmānuja

. Part 6 - Ontological position of Rāmānuja’s Philosophy

. Part 7 - Veṅkaṭanātha’s treatment of pramāṇa

. Part 8 - Veṅkaṭanātha’s treatment of Doubt

. Part 9 - Error and Doubt according to Veṅkaṭanātha

. Part 10 - Perception in the light of elucidation by the later members of the Rāmānuja School

. Part 11 - Veṅkaṭanātha’s treatment of Inference

. Part 12 - Epistemology of the Rāmānuja School according to Meghanādāri and others

. Part 13 - The Doctrine of Self-validity of Knowledge

. Part 14 - The Ontological categories of the Rāmānuja School according to Veṅkaṭanātha

. Part 15 - Dialectical criticism against the Śaṅkara School

. Part 15 - God in the Rāmānuja School

. Part 16 - Meghanādāri

. Part 17 - Rāmānujācārya II alias Vādi-Haṃsa-Navāmvuda

. Part 18 - Rāmānujadāsa alias Mahācārya

. Part 19 - Prapatti Doctrine as expounded in Śrīvacana-bhūṣaṇa of Lokācārya

. Part 20 - Kastūrī Raṅgācārya

. Part 21 - Śaila Śrīnivāsa

. Part 22 - Raṅgācārya

+ Chapter XXI - The Nimbārka School of Philosophy

. Part 1 - Teachers and Pupils of the Nimbārka School

. Part 2 - A General Idea of Nimbārka’s Philosophy

. Part 3 - Controversy with the Monists by Mādhava Mukunda

. Part 4 - The Pramāṇas according to Mādhava Mukunda

. Part 5 - Criticism of the views of Rāmānuja and Bhāskara

. Part 6 - The Reality of the World

. Part 7 - Vanamālī Miśra

+ Chapter XXII - The Philosophy of Vijñāna Bhikṣu

. Part 1 - A General Idea of Vijñāna Bhikṣu’s Philosophy

. Part 2 - The Brahman and the World according to Vijñānāmṛta-bhāṣya

. Part 3 - The Individual

. Part 4 - Brahma-Experience and Experience

. Part 5 - Self-Luminosity and Ignorance

. Part 6 - Relation of Sāṃkhya and Vedānta according to Bhikṣu

. Part 7 - Māyā and Pradhāna

. Part 8 - Bhikṣu’s criticism of the Sāṃkhya and Yoga

. Part 9 - Īśvara-gītā, its Philosophy as expounded by Vijñāna Bhikṣu

Chapter XXIII - Philosophical Speculations of Some of the Selected Purāṇas

Appendix I - The Lokāyata, Nāstika and Cārvāka

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