Abstract

The work appears in five volumes, Vol. 1 comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. Vol. II completes studies in the Sankara School of Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools; Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the principal dualistic and pluralistic systems such as the philosophy of the Pancaratra, Bhaskara, Yamuna, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Vijnananbhiksu and philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas. Vol. IV deals with the Bhagavata Purana, Madhva and his School, Vallabha, Caitanya, Jiva Gosvami and Baladeva Vidyabhusana. Vol. V treats the sounthern schools of Saivism, viz., Saiva Siddanta, Vira Saivism, philosophy of Srikantha, Saiva Philosophy in the Puranas and in some important texts.