Sainism in philosophical perspective/
K. Sivaraman
- Delhi : MBP, 2001.
- 687p. ; 24cm.
BOOK ONE INTRODUCTION Chapter I :* Introduction to the Philosophy of Saiva Siddhanta The Point of View Formative Concepts of ^aiva Siddhanta Meaning of Saiva Siddhanta Formative Factors of Saiva Siddh^ta Saiva Siddhanta Literature BOOK TWO ON GOD : PATI Chapter U : The Existence of God God as the Ground of Cosmic Dissolution The Knowledge of God's Existence God as Reality ; The Central Argument The world exists—^The world exists in time— Some arguments to show that the world is only effect—Parity of speech-world with the spoken Chapter III : God as Cause From the World to the World-Cause Accidental creation—Spontaneous crea tion—Spontaneous destruction—Preexistence of effect {satkarya-vada)— Modifications of asatkarya-vada. The World-cause as Agent Theory of new creation {arambha-vada)— Theory of self-becoming {pari^ama-vada)— Material and efficient causes distinguished The World-cause as the Will. Permanent cause conceivable with auxiliaries— causal power distinguishable from cause— Instrumentality (karanaiva) of causal power—causal power as a unity. Chapter IV ; God as the only Cause God as the Material Cause of the World The use of the ablative—Scriptural anolon gies—The will to become many—Attribution of self-becoming to God—Equivalence bet ween god and the world—knowledge of one entailing knowledge of all. God as the Subject of Existential Judgements Qualified Interpretations of God's Material Causality. The concept of parinama—The concept of apurva-parindma—The concept of vrtti— The concept of vivarta Chapter V : God as the Lord of Cosnnic Functions Five-fold Cosmic Operations The two definitions of God—The concept of pancakrtya God and Non-duality Motive of creation—Interpretation of advaita—The dialectic of divine-human relation Chapter VI : God as the Moral Sovereign Divine Providence and Karma The moral argument for god—Rival points of view and their inclusion—karma and grace God as the Inner Illumihcr of Experience Chapter VTI: God as Will and Being The Concept of Divine Will : Sakti Sakti and the dialectic of difference—^akti as the theogonic process God and the Absolute God as Being—Being and Knowing BOOK THREE ON BOND : PASA Chapter VHI: Interpretation of Maya The Concept of Majd : Approach and Analvsis Rejection of maya-vada—Docs f/zdyd de lude ?—Is maya as a category of explanation dispensable ? Chapter IX : Doctrine of Thirty-six Tattvas The Concept of Bindii : Evolution Siva Tattvas Evolution of the speech-world—Theory of niida—Rejection of sabdabrahnia-vada—Evo lution Siva-tattvas. Miiyiya; Evolution of Vidya and Atma Tattvas Arc there two milyas ?—The Vidyii-tattvas— Atma—tattvas Chapter X : The Doctrine of Alt?/<; Ignorance and the Problem of Evidence Perceptual evidence and Remem brance and ajiidm—Examination and criti cism—Inference and ajndna—Mala and the problem of evidence Arguments for Mala BOOK FOUR ON SELF : PASU Chapter XI : The Self and its Knowledge The Self: its Existence and States Nature of Knowledge General Conception of Means of Knowledge (^pran/df/a) (Objection to Cit-iakti as Prawdaa Some Definitions of Kara/ia Ot-sakti as Pramam Chapter XII : Valid and Non-valid Knowledge The Nature of True or Valid Knowledge Some Definitions of Validity Truth as Correspondence between Judgement and Fact Affinities and Differences with Realism Non-valid Knowledge : Forms and Theories Forms of non-valid Knowledge Rival Theories of Error and the Perspective of Siddhfinta Chapter XIII: Self-validity of Knowledge and Revelation Theory of Self-Apprehension of Validity The Concept of Cognition of Cognition {atm'jav. isclja-jna/!a) Statement of the Theory The Chief Argument for Self-Apprehension of Validity Does self-apprehension of Validity rule out doubt ? Examination of Extrinsic Apprehension of Validity Extrinsic Apprehension of Invalidity of Knowledge Theory of Extrinsic Generation of Validity of Knowledge Argument for Extrinsic Generation of Validity Some Objections Considered Extrinsic Conditions of Validity Perceptual validity—Validity of inferential knowledge—Validity of scriptural knowledge BOOK FIVE ON LIFE OF SPIRIT : MOKSA Chapter XIV: Spiritual Life as Means : Sadhana Self-understanding of Self ( atma-rupa ) Self-Insight ( atma-darsana ) Are there Alternative Sadhanas ? Preliminaries and Accessories to Knowledge Karma-sdmja, Mala-paripaka and Sakti-nipdta Knowledge and Suddha Avastha Self-Purification ( atma-suddhi ) Chapter XV : Spiritual Life as End : Moksa Recovery of Self : Integration with Siva (Siva-yoga ) Recovery of Self : Transcendent Enjoyment of Siva ( ^iva-bhoga ) BOOK SIX NOTES AND REFERENCES GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS