Bücher der Reihe Routledge Hindu Studies Series

Samkhya and Yoga are two of the oldest and most influential systems of classical Indian philosophy. This book provides an analysis of these. Placing particular emphasis on the metaphysical schema which underlies both concepts, it develops an interpretation of the standard views on Samkhya and Yoga.

A study of the Vedanta of Ramanuja and a critique of modern Western and Indian interpretation of Ramanuja's work. It addresses the neglect of classical Western theism and of its relationship to Indian thought by Western and Indian scholars and furthers the proper appreciation of Ramanuja as a great Vedantic teacher.

This book is the first to present current scholarship on gender and in regional and sectarian versions of the R¿m¿yäa. Through the analysis of the representation and treatment of female characters, narrative inventions, structural design, textual variants, and the idiom of composition and technique in art and sculpture are revealed and it is shown what and in which way these alternative versions are unique.