Explorations in Indian Philosophy

Rajendran Chettiarthodi

• Publisher: D.K. Printworld
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9788124610350
• eBook ISBN: 9788124611296
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Eastern Philosophy

Any discourse on Indian philosophy has to be taken out of the box in which it was confined for ages using obsolete methods for evaluating thinking patterns. In the traditional way of analysing Indian philosophy there was an inimical approach to each other between the philosophers and the philologists, and between the Sanskrit tradition-oriented philosophers and modern English/vernacular-based philosophers. This friction is evident in the hesitation of the traditionalists in giving philosophers like Daya Krishna and K.C. Bhattacharyya their due share.
The twelve essays in this volume address many a question about the characteristics of Indian philosophical traditions and Indian-ness. Indian philosophy is essentially not Sanskrit based alone, there is a significant contribution to it from the South Asian languages and English, and the cultures of the subcontinent. It attempts to provide provocative insights in sharing the author's penetrative acumen both in his traditional and modern approaches to South Asian intellectual systems. It therefore addresses the prejudice between the East and the West, and traditional and modern, and the concerns of South Asian diaspora in the Western countries.
As far as this anthology is concerned, the icing on the cake is the Foreword by Dr Mrinal Kaul, who critically analyses the major developments taken place in the realm of Indian philosophy in the last few decades, critically appreciating the contents.

Table of contents

• Foreword by Mrinal Kaul
• Preface
• 1. Comparative Philosophy: Problems and Approaches
• 2. Countering Epistemological Scepticism: The Bhāṭṭa View of Counter Argument as Represented in Mānameyodaya
• 3. Inference as a Means of Valid Knowledge in Indian Epistemological Tradition
• 4. The Impact of Navya-Nyāya on Sanskrit Poetics with Special Reference to Jagannātha Paṇḍita
• 5. Nyāya and Other Systems of Indian Philosophy
• 6. The Hermeneutics of Śaṅkara: Some Methodological Musings
• 7. Kerala’s Vedāntic Heritage
• 8. Contribution of Kerala to Mīmāṁsā Philosophy
• 9. Influence of Pūrva-Mīmāṁsā on Alaṁkāraśastra
• 10. Influence of Buddhist Philosophy on Mahima Bhaṭṭa
• 11. References to Buddhist Philosophy in Dhvanyāloka
• 12. Influence of Nyāya–Vāiśeṣika Philosophy on Alaṁkāraśāstra
• Bibliography
• Index