G C Pande
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Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. It has different strands and is diverse in its spiritual and philosophical structures. In recent times, it has gained popularity especially in the West. Many of its aspects have attracted scholars from different disciplines—history, philosophy, literature and the arts.
This volume takes up aspects of Buddhism ranging from archaeology and the date of the Buddha to early Buddhist faith, Mahayana and ...
The perspective of historical interpretation here, as in the previous volumes of the PHISPC series, is interpretative pluralism. While it insists on the critical and rigorous examination of historical sources and the rule of evidence for all factual statements, it does not insist on any specific interpretative perspective: whether orientalist, nationalist, liberal, Marxist, modernist, or traditionalist – for history as a story can, perhaps, never be ...
The perspective of historical interpretation here, as in the previous volumes of the PHISPC series, is interpretative pluralism. While it insists on the critical and rigorous examination of historical sources and the rule of evidence for all factual statements, it does not insist on any specific interpretative perspective: whether orientalist, nationalist, liberal, Marxist, modernist, or traditionalist – for history as a story can, perhaps, never be ...
The volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India’s heritage and present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognise the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ...
The volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognise the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers whore are methodologically uniform or ...
The book in hand, Social Sustainability and Economic Development is a novel contribution of the 21 century which attempts to reveal the inherent contrasts of Indian polity and social organisation. It explains how the emerging social scene bears the seeds of a highly integrated and varied composition in socio-economic, cultural and political arena. The analysis throughout plunges deeply into lively discussions, with burning illustrations and vibrating facts from ...
The volumes of the Project of the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India’s heritage and present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically ...
Environmental Development and Management: Strategies and Policies is indeed a novel addition to the existing literature on the wider dimensions of the burning problem. It is an outcome of extensive research work by many collaborating experts in this field; and gathering, examining and analysing the data of observations on varying dimensions from different parts of the globe. It is timely, up to date and rigorously selective collection of precisely relevant ...
This book serves as a kit of equipments and designed to function as a reference, text, a handbook and as a research tool for analysts. It focuses on the rate theoretical and philosophical perspective, of research methods and painfully deletes the mathematical and statistical wings of the subject. With extended margins, the book contributes in sphere of identifying research concepts, designing stages and lay-out, fact-filtering process, ascertainment of precision, ...
In recent years the study of political history of ancient India has perceptibly declined. This problem has been critically analysed in the theme-paper written for this monograph by Professor S.R. Goyal, an eminent historian of international repute. In it he has shown that it is the political history of ‘traditional’ type that has declined, that the decline of ‘traditional’ political history has taken place in the West also and that scholars of this ...
The two volumes together may be described as search for the original ideational foundations of Indian culture. In one way this work recalls the tradition of Coomaraswamy but seeks to join it to the mainstream of critical history. It argues that the living continuity of Indian culture is rooted in a unique spiritual vision and social experience. Indian culture is neither the result of merely accidental happenings through the centuries, nor a mere palimpsest of ...
The Institute has launched a programme entitled "Dissemination of Knowledge" under which it publishes Occasional Papers on significant themes of Knowledge relevant to society, nation and humanity. This is the third paper of the series. Neuroscience, Consciousness and Philosophy by Professor G.C. Pande brings into focus neuroscience and consciousness, philosophy as the phenomenology of consciousness and yoga as the science of consciousness. Its ...