Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Foundations of Brahminism; 2. Buddhist Origins; 3. Abhidharma Buddhism; 4. Sautrantika Buddhism; 5. Nagarjuna and Madhyamaka Buddhism; 6. 'Mind-Only': Cittamatra; 7. Sakhya and Yoga; 8. Nyaya and Vaiseika; 9. The Mimasa Vision; 10. Vedanta; 11. Advaita- Vedanta; 12. Visiadvaita-Vedanta; 13. Dvaita-Vedanta; 14. Saiva Philosophies of Kashmir; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Christopher Bartley is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His previous publications include Indian Philosophy A-Z (Edinburgh UP/Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and The Theology of Ramanuja (Routledge, 2002).

Reviews

"Written with enviable clarity and incisiveness, and provided with helpful didactic material throughout, this up-to-date Introduction will become indispensable reading for all those interested in the fundamentals of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy (from ca. the second to the twelfth centuries C.E.)" - Julius Lipner, Fellow of the British Academy [FBA] and Professor of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion, University of Cambridge