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

• Autore: Suthren Hirst Jacqueline
• Pubblicazione: London, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 181.482
• Soggetto topico: Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: S am ℗Đkara's Advaita Veda nta
• ISBN: 1-280-30917-2; 9786610309177; 0-203-00192-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450693803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.