A Dictionary of Advaita Vedanta

By Nirod Baran Chakraborty

The Advaita Vedanta is the pinnacle of Indian thought.According to many scholars it is the most logical system of Indian Philosophy,and the Sanskrit texts dealing with Advaiata Vedanta are the crest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8187332190
• ISBN13: 9788187332190
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 0.8" x 2.4"

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A dictionary for the more advanced student

A Dictionary of Advaita Vedanta. Compiled by Nirod Baran Chakraborty. Kolkata: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, 2008 (2003). Hardback, 256 pages. ISBN 8187332190. A dictionary of Advaita Vedanta which provides full and well-written explanations of technical terms, authors and their publications, and covers the period from the 7th-8th century A.D. to the 16th century A.D. The author states that he has tried to compile a dictionary that is "free from the defect of over coverage." What this means is that a newcomer to the subject who wants to look up common terms such as citta, guna, manas, indriya, samsara, vasana, vairagya, etc., will not find them here. Better suited to the needs of the beginning student would be Swami Harshananda's Dictionary of Advaita Vedanta, an excellent booklet of just 100 pages which gives brief and clear definitions of the basic terminology, or, perhaps, John A. Grimes A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English.