The Theology of Ramanuja: Realism and ReligionThis is the first attempt to understand Ramanuja in the context of his religious and philosophical tradition. It is the only work which establishes his indebtedness to his immediate predecessor Yamuna and which identifies his actual opponents. It is accordingly a contribution to the wider history of classical Indian thought and not just a consideration of a single individual and his tradition. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Some Aspects of Advaita Metaphysics | 9 |
2 Rāmānujas Realistic Metaphysics and Epistemology | 27 |
3 A Panentheistic Theology | 69 |
4 Exegeses of the Mahāvākya Tat tvam asi | 95 |
5 Exegeses of the Mahāvākya Satyam jñānam anantam Brahma | 111 |
Appendix | 129 |
Notes | 135 |
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action Advaitic Advaitin agent aham atman attributes avidya awareness Bhagavad Gītā Bhartṛhari bhavati body Brahman causal class-property co-referentiality cognition concept conscious and non-conscious consciousness context defining definition denote dependent Devadatta Dharmakirti differentiated Dignāga distinct divine dravya essence essential property Evam existence experience expressed external ibid identified identity individual substances inherence Inner intrinsic jāti jīva karma Kumārila lakṣaṇā Lipner mahāvākya Maṇḍana Maṇḍana Miśra manifest means of knowledge mental Mīmāmsakas mind-independent Miśra modes Naiyāyikas nature non-conscious entities object ontology op.cit padartha Padmapāda particular Patañjali perception Prakāśātman primary sense proper form qualities Rāmānuja reality referent reflexive relation ritual S.Bh Sankara sarvam satyam says scripture soul specific Śrī śruti statement structure substrate substrative cause superimposition Supreme svabhāva svarūpa syāt tasya Tat tvam Tat tvam asi Tathā Tatra texts theory thing thought Udayana unity universe Upaniṣad Veda Vedantic Vedic Veds vṛttiḥ words Yamuna Yathā