A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy

xxxi, 684 pp. Features significant works from the Vedic and Epic periods, the Heterodox and Orthodox systems, and contemporary Indian thought. CONTENTS: Preface; General Introduction; THE VEDIC PERIOD: The Vedas; The Upanishads; THE EPIC PERIOD: Introduction; The Bhagavad-Gita; The Mahabharata; The Laws of Manu; Kautilya's Artha-Sastra; THE HETERODOX SYSTEMS: Carvaka; Jainism; Buddhism; THE ORTHODOX SYSTEMS: Introduction; Nyaya; Vaisesika; Samkhya; Yoga; Purva Mimamsa; Vedanta; Samkara; Ramanuja; Madhva; CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT: Sri Aurobindo; Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.