2. AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF VEDĀNTA

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 2. AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF VEDĀNTA 24
7. 3. VIJÑĀNABHIKṢU’S “DIFFERENCE AND NON–DIFFERENCE” VEDĀNTA 39
8. 4. A HISTORY OF GOD IN SĀṂKHYA AND YOGA 67
9. 5. READING AGAINST THE GRAIN OF THE SĀṂKHYASŪTRAS 84
10. 6. YOGA, PRAXIS, AND LIBERATION 108
11. 7. VEDĀNTA AND SĀṂKHYA IN THE ORIENTALIST IMAGINATION 124
12. 8. DOXOGRAPHY, CLASSIFICATORY SCHEMES, AND CONTESTED HISTORIES 144
13. 9. AFFIRMERS (ĀSTIKAS) AND DENIERS (NĀSTIKAS) IN INDIAN HISTORY 166
14. 10. HINDU UNITY AND THE NON–HINDU OTHER 185
15. NOTES 207
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 239
17. INDEX 251