The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha : or Review Of The Different Systems Of Hindu Philosophy [Hardcover]

Name : The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha : or Review Of The Different Systems Of Hindu Philosophy [Hardcover]

Author : Madhava Acharya, Translator : E. B. Cowell, A. E. Gough

Book Format : Hardcover

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121292672

Language : English

Pages : 201-300 Pages

Publish Year : 2023

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About The Book : The Sarvadarsanasamgraha of Madhavacarya is an interesting specimen of author herein presents the synopsis of sixteen - Carvaka, Bauddha, Jaina, Ramanuja, Purnaprajna, Pasupata, Saiva, Pratyabhijna, Rasesvara, Vaisesika, Nyaya, Jaiminiya, Paniniya, Samkhya, Patanjala and Advaita - philosophical systems current in the fourteenth- century south India in their most important tenets and maintains the principal arguments by which their followers were endeavoured to maintain them. In course of his sketches of these systems, Madhavacarya frequently explains at length obscure details of these different systems. Sarvadarsanamgraha presents all these Darsanas from the Vedantic point of view. These had attracted to their study the noblest minds in India throughout the medieval period of its history. There were numerous sects of Bauddha, Jaina and Hindu philosophical systems and we come across many of them in this book. This present retypeset edition is quite reader-friendly as we have made a few changes to this edition as value-adds and by incorporating the present-day diacritics. This English translation of Sarvadarsana-samgraha must evoke keen interest among scholars of philosophy, and researchers and students of philosophy across the globe. About The Author : Madhava Acharya (1199-1278), Madhvacharya was born on the west coast of Karnataka state in 13th-century India.

Country of Origin : India