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SAMKARA?S ADVAITA VEDANTA IBD

ROUTLEDGE
04 / 2006
9780415406017
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Sinopsis

Samkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This bookáserves asáan introduction to SamkaraâÇÖs thought which takes this as a central theme. The author develops an innovative approach based on SamkaraâÇÖs ways of interpreting sacred texts and creatively examines the profound interrelationship between sacred text, content and method in SamkaraâÇÖs thought. The main focus of the book is on SamkaraâÇÖs teaching method. This method is, for Samkara, based on the UpanishadsâÇÖ own, it is to be employed by Advaitin teachers to draw pupils skilfully towards that realisation which is beyond all words. Consequently, this book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Indian philosophy, but to all those interested in the relation between language and that which is held to transcend it.

PVP
104,29