The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha : or Review Of The Different Systems Of Hindu Philosophy [Hardcover]  (Hardcover, Madhava Acharya, Translator : E. B. Cowell, A. E. Gough)

About The Book : The Sarvadarsanasamgraha of Madhavacarya is an interesting specimen of author herein presents the synopsis of sixteen - Carvaka, Bauddha, Jaina, Ramanuja, Purnaprajna, Pasupata, Saiva, Pratyabhijna, Rasesvara, Vaisesika, Nyaya, Jaiminiya, Paniniya, Samkhya, Patanjala and Advaita - philosophical systems current in the fourteenth- century south India in their most important tenets and maintains the principal arguments by which their followers were endeavoured to maintain them. In course of his sketches of these systems, Madhavacarya frequently explains at length obscure details of these different systems. Sarvadarsanamgraha presents all these Darsanas from the Vedantic point of view. These had attracted to their study the noblest minds in India throughout the medieval period of its history. There were numerous sects of Bauddha, Jaina and Hindu philosophical systems and we come across many of them in this book. This present retypeset edition is quite reader-friendly as we have made a few changes to this edition as value-adds and by incorporating the present-day diacritics. This English translation of Sarvadarsana-samgraha must evoke keen interest among scholars of philosophy, and researchers and students of philosophy across the globe. About The Author : Madhava Acharya (1199-1278), Madhvacharya was born on the west coast of Karnataka state in 13th-century India. As a teenager, he became a Sanyasi (monk) joining Brahma-sampradaya guru Achyutapreksha, of the Ekadandi order. Madhva studied the classics of Hindu philosophy, and wrote commentaries on the Principal Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras (Prasthanatrayi), and is credited with thirty seven works in Sanskrit. His writing style was of extreme brevity and condensed expression. His greatest work is considered to be the Anuvyakhyana, a philosophical supplement to his bhasya on the Brahma Sutras composed with a poetic structure. In some of his works, he proclaimed himself to be an avatar of Vayu, the son of god Vishnu.Prof. E.B. Cowell (1826-1903) was the first professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University. During 1856-67 he worked as professor of English History at Presidency College, Calcutta. Also, he was Principal, Sanskrit College from 1858 to 1864. While in Calcutta, he studied Hindustani, Bengali, and Sankrit with Indian scholars. He returned to England to become the first Professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge, a position he held until his death in 1903. He was also a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. He became an honorary member of the German Oriental Society (DMG) in 1895, was awarded the Royal Asiatic Society’s first Gold Medal in 1898, and in 1902 he became a founding member of the British Academy. Prof. Cowell translated many works from Sanskrit and Persian to English. Prof. A.E. Gough, took his MA from Lincoln College, Cambridge and was Professor of Philosophy at Presidency College, Calcutta. He also served the Sanskrit College, Benares, as Professor of Anglo-Sankrit and later as its Principal. He was also the Principal of the Calcutta Madrasa. He translated many Sanskrit works into English and published a series of articles on the Philosophy of Upanishads and Ancient Indian Metaphysics in Calcutta Review.