Darśanas & Philosophy

The six schools and their offshoots — Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Sankhya, Mimamsa, Yoga, Vedanta — plus Kashmir Shaivism, Buddhist and Jain philosophy, and the broader Sanskrit philosophical tradition.

Connected Knowledge - 35

sankhya

epistemology

pramana theory

yoga sutra

advaita vedanta

kashmir shaivism

Essays

svayambodha

Artificial Intelligence is Here - Part 1, from Before to Now

AI arrives as a non-neutral civilizational event - a comparison of simulation theory, Vedānta, and modern physics asks whether the intelligence emerging from our machines is something the Dhārmika tradition already has a vocabulary for.

Amritanshu Pandey

svayambodha

Artificial Intelligence is Here - Part 2, from Now to Henceforth

Part 2 - a proactive Dhārmika framework for navigating artificial intelligence - neither uncritical adoption nor reflexive rejection, but a principled engagement grounded in the Indian understanding of consciousness and purpose.

Amritanshu Pandey

civilizational-consciousness

Caturasūtra - Four Aphorisms

Four foundational aphorisms for understanding Indian civilizational consciousness, drawn from across the tradition - compact enough to internalize, substantial enough to orient an entire intellectual project.

Amritanshu Pandey

svayambodha

The Difference Between Us - on One-life vs. Multiple-life Metaphysics

What actually separates the Hindu and Abrahamic worldviews at the deepest level is not ritual, theistic dimensions, or scripture but the one-life versus multiple-life metaphysical foundation - and the implications of that single difference ramify through everything.

Amritanshu Pandey

Books

A Primer of Indian Logic

Introductory exposition of Indian logical method, categories, inference, and debate using the Tarkasangraha tradition.

S. Kuppuswami Sastri

Aitareya Upanishad

English edition or translation of the Aitareya Upanishad, highlighting creation, consciousness, and the identity of the self with ultimate reality.

Hindu Realism An Introduction to Vaisheshika

Introductory study of Vaisheshika realism, categories of being, and metaphysical analysis.

JC Chatterjee

Language and Reality, World View of the Nyaya-Vaisesika System of Indian Philosophy

VN Jha

Logic, Language and Reality

Bimal Krishna Matilal

Maitrayaniya Upanishad

English edition or translation of the Maitrayaniya Upanishad, highlighting self-knowledge, mind, time, cosmology, and yogic discipline.

On the Nature of Mathematics and Scientific Knowledge in Indian Tradition

Study of how Indian traditions theorized mathematics, knowledge, and scientific reasoning.

MD Srinivas

Outline of Hindu Philosophy

Broad survey of major schools and recurrent philosophical themes in Hindu thought.

M. Hiriyanna

Outlines of Indian Philosophy

From the Bharata 1000 curated reading list.

M. Hiriyanna

Studies in Vedanta

From the Bharata 1000 curated reading list.

M. Hiriyanna

The Advaita Vedanta of Brahmasiddhi

Study of the Brahmasiddhi tradition and major issues in Advaita metaphysics and epistemology.

Allen Wright Thrasher

The Essentials of Indian Philosophy

From the Bharata 1000 curated reading list.

M. Hiriyanna

The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge

Study of Nyaya epistemology with emphasis on pramanas, error, and valid cognition.

S.C. Chatterjee

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