CHAPTER X

THE S’A@NKARA SCHOOL OF VEDÂNTA

 

1 Comprehension of the Philosophical Issues more essential than the Dialectic of Controversy………………………………406

2 The philosophical situation: a Review……………………..408

3 Vedânta Literature………………………………………418

4 Vedânta in Gau@dapâda……………………………………420

5 Vedânta and Sa@nkara (788-820 A.D.)……………………….429

6 The main idea of the Vedânta philosophy……………………439

7 In what sense is the world-appearance false?……………….443

8 The nature of the world-appearance, phenomena………………445

9 The Definition of Ajñâna (nescience)………………………452

10 Ajñâna established by Perception and Inference…………….454

11 Locus and Object of Ajñâna, Aha@mkâra and Anta@hkara@na…….457

12 Anirvâcyavâda and the Vedânta dialectic…………………..461

13 The Theory of Causation…………………………………465

14 Vedânta theory of Perception and Inference………………..470

15 Âtman, Jîva, Is’vara, Ekajîvavâda and D@r@s@tis@r@s@tivâda….474

16 Vedânta theory of Illusion………………………………485

17 Vedânta Ethics and Vedânta Emancipation…………………..489

18 Vedânta and other Indian systems…………………………492

 

INDEX……………………………………………………495

 

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