Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1: The Philosophies of the Upanisads, the Epics, the Puranas, the Gita, and the Philosophies of the Carvakas, the Vaisesika, the Nyaya, the Navya Nyaya, the Mimamsa, and the Sabdika of Bhartrhari

The work in three volumes deals with the subject comprehensively. The treatment closely follows the basic texts of the various schools, which is a unique feature of the work. The first volume deals with the evolution of religious and spiritual thought and philosophical speculation from the principal Upanisads to the Puranas and the Gitas through the Manusamhita, the Ramayana, and the minor Upanisads, traces the germs of different systems to the Upanisads, explains the ideas common to them.

The book is based on the study of the original texts. It deals with the Epistemology, Logic, Ontology, Psychology, Ethics and Theology of the different systems, though it specializes in their Ontology. It gives comprehensive accounts of the Carvaka, the Vaisesika, the Nyaya, and the Navya Nyaya Logic of Ganesa. It deals with Bhartrhari’s linguistic monism as expounded in his Vakyapadiya (Brahmakanda), which is a unique type of philosophy.

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Late JADUNATH SINHA was the holder of the most covetable Roychand Premchand Scholarship. He taught philosophy at the colleges in Calcutta, Rajsahi, Dacca and Meerut. He wrote several books, tracts and reviews. Some of his works are: Indian Philosophy (6 Vols.), Indian Realism, Vaishnav Vedanta (5 Vols.), and Comparative Religions (4 Vols.)