Author: G C Pande
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 104
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126001852
Description
Gopinath Kaviraj (1887-1976) is regarded as an authority on Ideological studies. In this book, an attempt has been made to place some of his salient ideas in a historical perspective highlighting their contemporary relevance.
Equally at home in English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Bengali and an unparalled combination of traditional and modern, India and Western learning and spiritual wisdom, he was among those renaissance figures who in the midst of colonial rule and its attendant denigration of Indian tradition helped to revive India’s pride inn her past and infuse it with the best tradition of British liberalism.
An insatiable thirst for knowledge coupled with an open and analytical mind led him to search for something new in the ancient Sanskrit texts and various commentaries on them. He wrote with a rare insight whether it was on Tantra, Philosophy, Religion or Culture. His biographies on saints and teachers, though religious and philosophic in content, have the flavor of real literature.
Contents
Preface
1.Life and Personality
2.Researches in Indian Philosophy
3.Nature and Structure of Philosophical Enquiry
4.The Science of Yoga
5.Theory and Practice of Tantra
6.The Meaning of Indian Culture
Notes
Bibliography
Index