Record Nr.

UNISA990000877370203316

Autore

RAMA, Angel

Titolo

Las mascaras democraticas del modernismo / Angel Rama

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Montevideo : Fundación Angel Rama, 1985

Descrizione fisica

194 p ; 19 cm

Disciplina

860.

Soggetti

Letteratura e società - America Latina - Sec. 20

Collocazione

II.5. 2392(II sp A 124)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783989103321

Autore

Suthren Hirst Jacqueline

Titolo

S am ℗Đkara's Advaita Veda nta [[electronic resource] ] : a way of teaching / / J.G. Suthren Hirst

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005

ISBN

1-134-25441-5

1-280-30917-2

9786610309177

0-203-00192-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series

Disciplina

181.482

Soggetti

Advaita

Vedanta

Hindu philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE TEACHER HIMSELF; 2 THE NEED FOR THE TEACHING; 3 THE SOURCE OF THE TEACHING; 4 THE METHODS OF THE TEACHING; 5 THE CONTEXT OF THE TEACHING; 6 THE CONTEXT OF THE TEACHING; 7 THE LANGUAGE OF THE TEACHING; 8 THE END OF THE TEACHING; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 book serves as an introduction to Samkara's thought which takes this as a central theme. The author develops an innovative approach based on Samkara's ways of interpreting sacred texts and creatively examines the profound interrelationship between sacred text, content and method in Samkara's thought. The main focus of the book is on Samkara's te