With an Introduction by M.N. Roy; xiv, 266p., Index, 23 cm. (Andhra University Philosophical Studies No. 8)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Preface to the Second Edition; Key to Transliteration; Introduction; Being and Thinking; Origins of Philosophy; The Vedas and Upanisads; The Bhagvad-Gita; The Carvakas; Jainism; Buddhism; Samkhya and Vaisesika; School of Vedanta.
DESCRIPTION
The first chapter demonstrates the socio-political, geographical and racial causes for the formation of human thinking, followed by a chapter on what philosophy is and the nature of the Indian philosophy. The Vedas and Upanisads, the Bhagavad Gita, and about five school of Vedanta, including Kasmir Saivism were discussed at length in different chapters. Another three chapters deal with Carvakas, Jainism and Buddhism; and one on Samkhya and Vaisesika. This book is unique in the sense that it contains a review in the conclusion; and M.N. Roy has evaluated the philosophical heritage in its introduction. M.N. Roy has remarked that the "chapters are of great importance methodologically, and as such constitutes the more valuable part of a commendable work of scholarship".
