Vedanta Without Maya?: A Debate on Saptavidha-Anupapatti

edited by Godabarisha Mishra

ISBN 10: 812083979X / ISBN 13: 9788120839793

Published by Motilal Banarsidass, 2015

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Saptavidha-anupapatti represents a live-debate in the traditions of Vedanta initiated by Ramanujacarya. The central issue of this debate is to examine whether maya-avidya, postulated by Advaita-vedant, is philosophically sustainable, logically viable, and experientially reliable. While Sankara builds up the superstructure of Advaita on the basis of this concept, Ramanuja vociferously reacts to its philosophical ingenuity. This dispute between the Advaita and Visistadvaita schools with seven objections, which forms the manor theme of this book, has been going on for more than a millennium and is alive even today among Vedanta scholars. The volume contains, besides historical as well as philosophical explorations of the concept of maya-avidya, the arguments and counter arguments, formulation and counter-formulation to accommodate and reject the corresponding philosophical predilections of both the above schools by some of the preeminent philosophical minds of Indian philosophy of our times. Seller Inventory # 116299

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Title: Vedanta Without Maya?: A Debate on ...

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

The polemics among various philosophical schools is both unending and also a wonderful way for adherents to become clearer on their particular doctrine. Each school makes certain presuppositions upon which the school s philosophy is based. Advaita Vedanta philosophy is based upon its key concept of avidya/maya. Given its definition of avidya/maya everything else unfolds, consistently and coherently. Visistadvaita Vedanta, employing its key concepts of aprtak siddhi, challenges Advaita s doctrine. The same holds true for Dvaita Vedanta and its key concept of bheda.

About the Author:

Godabarisha Mishra is the Chairman of the school of Philosophy and Religious thought at the University of Madras. Formerly woked as an editor at the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, Chennai, he also served as the Member Secretary of Indian Council of Philolosphical Research, New Delhi.