CHAPTER X. The S'a@nkara School of Vedânta

THE S'A@NKARA SCHOOL OF VEDÂNTA

1 Comprehension of the Philosophical Issues more essential than the Dialectic of Controversy....................................406 2 The philosophical situation: a Review..........................408 3 Vedânta Literature.............................................418 4 Vedânta in Gau@dapâda..........................................420 5 Vedânta and Sa@nkara (788-820 A.D.)............................429 6 The main idea of the Vedânta philosophy........................439 7 In what sense is the world-appearance false?...................443 8 The nature of the world-appearance, phenomena..................445 9 The Definition of Ajñâna (nescience)...........................452 10 Ajñâna established by Perception and Inference................454 11 Locus and Object of Ajñâna, Aha@mkâra and Anta@hkara@na.......457 12 Anirvâcyavâda and the Vedânta dialectic.......................461 13 The Theory of Causation.......................................465 14 Vedânta theory of Perception and Inference....................470 15 Âtman, Jîva, Is'vara, Ekajîvavâda and D@r@s@tis@r@s@tivâda....474 16 Vedânta theory of Illusion....................................485 17 Vedânta Ethics and Vedânta Emancipation.......................489 18 Vedânta and other Indian systems..............................492

INDEX............................................................495