CHAPTER IX

THE MĪMĀṀSĀ SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY Mīmāṁsā: A school of Hindu philosophy focused on the interpretation of Vedic rituals and the nature of dharma.

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1	A Comparative Review . . . . . . . . . . . . .	367
2	The Mīmāṁsā Literature . . . . . . . . . . . .	369
3	The doctrine of external validity in Logic original: Parataḥ-prāmāṇya doctrine of Nyāya and the doctrine of self-evident validity in Inquiry original: Svataḥ-prāmāṇya doctrine of Mīmāṁsā . . . . . . . . . . .	372
/ 4	The place of the sense organs in perception . . . . . . . .	375
5	Indeterminate and determinate perception . . . . . . .	378
6	Some ontological problems connected with the doctrine of perception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	379
/ 7	The nature of knowledge . . . . . . . . . . .	382
/ 8	The psychology of illusion . . . . . . . . . . .	384
/ 9	Inference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	387
10	Comparison and Presumption original: Upamāna, Arthāpatti . . . . . . . . . . . .	391
11	Verbal Testimony original: Śabda-pramāṇa . . . . . . . . . . . . .	394
12	The means of knowledge through non-perception original: anupalabdhi . . . . . .	397
13	The Self, Salvation, and God . . . . . . . . . . .	399
/ 14	Mīmāṁsā as philosophy and Mīmāṁsā as ritualism . . . .	403


1	Understanding philosophical issues is more essential than the logic of debate original: dialectic of controversy . . . . . . . . . . .	406
2	The philosophical situation: a review . . . . . . . .	408
3	Vedānta Literature . . . . . . . . . . . .	418
4	Vedānta in the teachings of Gauḍapāda . . . . . . . . . . .	420
5	Vedānta and Śaṅkara (788—820 A.D.) . . . . . . . .	429
6	The main idea of the Vedānta philosophy . . . . . . .	439
/ 7	In what sense is the world-appearance false? . . . . . .	443
/ 8	The nature of the world-appearance and phenomena . . . . .	445
9	The definition of Ignorance original: Ajñāna (nescience) . . . . . . . .	452
10	Ignorance original: Ajñāna established by perception and inference . . . . .	454
11	The location and object of Ignorance original: Ajñāna, the Ego original: Ahaṁkāra, and the Internal Mind original: Antaḥkaraṇa . . . .	457
12	The theory of the Indescribable original: Anirvācyavāda and Vedānta logic . . . . . . .	461
13	The theory of causation . . . . . . . . . . .	465
/ 14	Vedānta theory of perception and inference . . . . . .	470
/ 15	The Self, the individual soul, God, the doctrine of the single soul, and the doctrine of perception-creation original: Ātman, Jīva, Īśvara, Ekajīvavāda and Dṛṣṭisṛṣṭivāda . . . .	474
/ 16	Vedānta theory of illusion . . . . . . . . . .	485
17	Vedānta ethics and Vedānta emancipation . . . . . . .	489
18	Vedānta and other Indian systems . . . . . . . . .	492


INDEX	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	495