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This volume, the fifth in the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, is devoted to the philosophy of the grammarians. The introductory essay is intended to set their school in its context and to summarize the main grammarian teachings. The summaries of primary sources that follow the introduction aim at making available the substance of the main philosophical ideas contained in these works, so that philosophers who are unable to read the original Sanskrit and who ...
Modem Western approach to India often have focussed on metaphysics at the expense of ethics, leading many to see Hinduism as only concerned with the esoteric and the ortherworldly. The chapters of this book offer case study explorations that are selected and presented to invite comparisons with the modem West. Such comparisons will help to remove the apparent otherworldly nature of Hindu thought from the minds of Western readers, as well as give depth and new ...
The Study of Modern Indian responses to the challenge of pluralism reveals the out-come of 2500 years of experience in this 'living laboratory' of religious encounter, and offers wisdom to the modern West in its relatively recent encounter with this challenge. A remarkable team of scholars joins forces in this book to examine how religious pluralism actually functions in India. It focuses on both the responses from within Hinduism and of other religious pluralism ...
The experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performance and sound. One in a trilogy of books that include Diana Eck's Darsan: Seeing the Divine in India and Susan L. Schwartz's Rasa: Performing the Divine in India. Mantra presents an introduction to the use of sound--mantra--in the practice of Indian religion. Mantra--in the form of prayers, rituals, and chants--permeates the practice of Indian religion in both temple and home ...