A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 5: Southern School of Saivism

The work appears in five volumes. Vol. I comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz.., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools. Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the Principal Dualistic and Pluralistic Systems such as the philosophy of the Pancaratra, Bhaskara, Yamuna, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Vijnanabhiksu and philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas. Vol. IV deals with the Bhagavata Purana, Madhva and his School, Vallabha, Caitanya, Jiva Gosvami and Baladeva Vidyabhusana. Vol. V treats the Southern Schools of Saivism, viz., Saiva Siddhanta, Vira Saivism, philosophy of Srikantha. Saiva Philosophy in the Puranas and in some important texts.

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In the words of the Oxford Journal ‘the collection of data, editing and the interpretation of every school of thought is a feat unparalleled in the field of history of philosophy.’

About the Author(s)

Late Prof. Surendranath Dasgupta, C.I.F., I.E.S., Ph.D. (Cal.et Cantab.), D.Litt. (Hony, Rome), was the Principal, Government Sanskrit Collage, Calcutta and King George 5th Professor of Mental and Moral Science, Calcutta University. He represented Cambridge University at the Congress of Philosophy in Paris in 1921 and the Calcutta University at the International Congress of Philosophy at Naples in 1924 and at Harvard in 1926. He represented India at the International congress of religion in London in 1936 and in Paris in 1939. Among his several works a few are mentioned: A study of Patanjali, Yoga Philosophy in Relation to Other System of Indian Thoughts, Yoga as Philosophy and Religion, Hindu Mysticism, Indian Idealism, Philosophical Essays, A History of Sanskrit Literature and Religion and Rational Outlook.