| Description |
xxvi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Indian thought, 0924-8986 ; v. 3 |
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Indian thought and culture ; v. 3
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. What is Brahmasutra? -- Ch. 2. Brahmatattva -- Ch. 3. Srstitattva -- Ch. 4. Mayatattva -- Ch. 5. Desakalatattva -- Ch. 6. Jivatattva -- Ch. 7. Karmatattva -- Ch. 8. Upasanatattva -- Ch. 9. Avataratattva -- Ch. 10. The Bhagavata -- Ch. 11. The Epilogue -- Sutra Index -- Sloka Index |
| Summary |
Sri Rampada Chattopadhyay in this volume attempts such a novel reading. His basic thesis is: the Bhagavata Purana or Srimad Bhagavata, a key scripture in Vaisnava theology, was the best available commentary on the original BS--i.e.: as Professor Matilal explains in his Preface, in order to understand the theistic and devotional nature of religious philosophy that underlies the teachings of Vedanta, one has to depend upon the theological teachings of the Bhagavata. Chattopadhyay draws on these teachings to correlate with issues pondered upon in the Upanisads, and their subsequent influence on Vedanta, the BS in particular. He follows the traditional pattern of commenting on each section and chapter according to which the sutras have been divided. While copiously elucidating on the Vaisnava approach, he engages in criticisms of Sankara and other Vedanta commentators on BS. The book is of immense importance to scholars and students in this late phase of Indian thought |
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Brahmasutras [BS] is a corpus classicus of Vedanta. Although an interpretation of the central teachings of Upanisads, BS has itself been a subject of numerous hermeneutical forays. It somehow suited the Orientalist and Hindu scholars since early 19th century to promote one interpretation of this seminal text, viz., from the monistic view of Advaita. Radically different trajectories of Hindu cultural self-understanding were by and large ignored: one re-interpretative attempt comes from the Vaisnava followers of Sri Caintanya |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [282]-283) and indexes |
| Subject |
Bādarāyaṇa. Brahmasūtra.
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Vedanta.
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| LC no. |
91047654 |
| ISBN |
9004095705 (alk. paper) |
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