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The Isavasyopanishad, or the Samihitopanishad as it is known to distinguish it form the other Upanishads, comprises of 18 verses and falls into four sections. The Isavasyopanishad belongs to the Vajasaneyi school of Yajurveda. It deals with the problem of the material causality of the world and of man’s relation thereto. This is considered one of the most beautiful Upanishads both in thought and in expression. The Isavasyopanishad explores our relationship ...
This work is based upon the lectures which Prof. Hiriyanna delivered for many years at the Mysore University. Thought primarily intended for students, it is hoped that the book may also be of use to others who are interested in the Indian solutions of familiar philosophical problems. Its foremost aim has been to give a connected and, so far as possible within the limits of a single volume. After an introductory chapter summarizing its distinctive features, Indian ...
The present work is a simpler and shorter account of the authorís previously published Outline of Indian Philosophy. Therefore, in accordance with the aim kept in view in writing, it leaves out many of the details included in the previous one. The difference between them, however, does not consist merely in these omissions: There is also variation in the treatment of some topics, as, for instance, in the first two chapters dealing with early Indian ...
The beginnings of Indian Philosophy take us very far back to about the middle of the second millennium before Christ. The speculative activity begun so early was continued till a century or two ago, so that the history that is narrated in the book covers a period of over thirty centuries. During this long period, Indian thought developed practically unaffected by outside influence; and the extent as well a she importance of its achievements will be evident when ...
For decades, Prof. Hiriyanna's Art experience has been a lamp which has provided illumination to many a serious student of Indian aesthetics. A contemporary of the late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, he was steeped in Indian philosophy and his writing was characterised by a careful economy of phrase--a model of precision and lucidity. He was the first among the pioneers to establish meaningfully the relationship of philosophy, aesthetics and life. Prof. Hiriyanna pointed ...
The Vedanta-Sara is often prescribed as a text - book for University students, and it is mainly for their use that the present edition has been prepared. The text is divided into paragraphs to mark the chief topics considered, all further differentiations of the subject-matter being indicated by a double vertical line or stop. The analysis of the contents given in the beginning will, it is hoped, be helpful in the study of the book.