Essays on Indian Philosophy / / Shri Krishna Saksena.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Saksena, Shri Krishna,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)

Indian philosophy is perhaps the earliest record of man's philosophical thought, with a history spanning more than four thousand years. Its diversities and complexities have often been misunderstood and misinterpreted.The author's purpose in these essays, selected from a variety of publications, is to clarify for the non-Indian reader some of the prevalent misinterpretations about Indian philosophical approach, mysticism, theism, and materialism. The author also discusses the exact place of authority in Indian logic and epistemology, and whether testimony should or should not be recognized as a valid means of knowledge. He examines the serious confusion between Hinduism and Hindu philosophy and gives the reasons for this confusion.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Story of Indian Philosophy -- Basic Tenets of Indian Philosophy -- Testimony in Indian Philosophy -- Hinduism -- Hinduism and Hindu Philosophy -- The Jain Religion -- Some Riddles in the Behavior of Gods and Sages in the Epics and Puranas -- Autobiography of a Yogi -- Jainism -- Svapramanatva and Svaprakasatva: An Inconsistency in Kumarila's Philosophy -- The Nature of Buddhi according to Sankhya-Yoga -- The Individual in Social Thought and Practice in India -- Professor Zaehner and the Comparison of Religions -- Comparison between the Eastern and Western Portraits of Man in Our Time