Philosophy In Classical India Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies

Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies

Its complete isolation from oceanic influences as also its geographical insularity have no doubt contributed to evolving its own cultural pattern with the contribution of warring tribes of this as well as the neighbouring areas in the past

argues for a theory of sound and adapts an empiricist view of causality very much in the spirit of modern scientific enquiry

Most of the data from interviews are derived from conversations I had with people together with a language assistant

Philosophy In Classical India Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House Special Centre for Sanskrit StudiesRecent years have seen the beginning of a radical reassessment of the philosophical literature of ancient and classical India. The analytical techniques of contemporary philosophy are being deployed towards fresh and original interpretations of the texts. This rational, rather than mystical, approach towards Indian philosophical theory has resulted in a need for a work which explains afresh its central methods, concepts and devices. This book meets