A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
One of the main advantages of dealing with worldviews other than the one you grew up in is the fact that you are exposed to doubts and alternatives. One of such cases regards the nebulous category of religion (to which Continue reading Alternative theisms and atheisms (part 1)
To my knowledge, Veṅkaṭanātha’s Seśvaramīmāṃsā (henceforth SM) has been commented upon only once in Sanskrit, namely in the 20th c. by Abhinava Deśika Vīrarāghavācārya. Vīrarāghavācārya continues Veṅkaṭanātha’s agenda in reinterpreting Mīmāṃsā tenets in a Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta way.
I received the following message from Prof. Manjushree Hegde, of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Univerisity: I write to you on behalf of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. I’d like to inform you that we offer a Masters program in (Indian and Western) Continue reading Studying Indian Philosophy in India: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
At a certain point in the history of Mīmāṃsā (and, consequently, of Vedānta), the discussion of the reasons for undertaking the study of Mīmāṃsā becomes a primary topic of investigation. When did this exactly happen? The space dedicated to the Continue reading Why should one study the meaning of the Veda? I.e., why studying Mīmāṃsā? (It is hard to present your research program to the public)
(I received the following post from Sikander Gilani, who is a Philosophy PhD student at Austin. They will surely be happy to read your questions or feedback below.) Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika holds that there are self substances that bear psychological properties and Continue reading Nyāya on selves (A guest post by Sikander Gilani)
Sangeetha Menon from Bangalore, NIAS, and Marzenna Jakubczak have asked me to promote a call for PhD students positions. All young scholars who are interested in Kashmir Saivism or Indigenous Healing Practices are welcome to apply. The application, as can Continue reading Call for PhD positions, Bengaluru
A reader wrote me: I would like to know whether there is a similar term in Indian philosophy (sanskrit) for ‘Intelligence’. Can we equate it with the term prajñānam? The problem with such questions (I do not know about you, Continue reading Is there a Sanskrit word for “intelligence” (or any other word)?
I gave some more thoughts to the topic of whether we should translate the titles of Sanskrit works. As you might remember, braodly speaking, many of our US colleagues started translating them and most of our Japanese, Indian and European Continue reading On translating the titles of Sanskrit works
In case you have not noticed it yet, the Daya Krishna open library is now online. You can read more about it here, whereas the link to the library is here. Don’t forget to check it and enjoy the audio Continue reading Open resources on Daya Krishna
This post is the European continuation of Andrew Nicholson’s one. Andrew is also the one who prompted me to write a European list. Indian philosophy is taught in at least two different places in Europe: