Date of Award
1974
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Religious Sciences
Supervisor
K.Sivaraman
Language
English
Abstract
I want to trace the development of the concept of Sākṣī in order to arrive at an understanding of its place and significance within tbe Advaita system of Vedānta. The mainconcern of the thesis will be to determine its importance as a counter to those who charge that Advaita philosophy allows for no logicai transition from the empirical to the transcendental. The idea of the witness-self will thus be approached with a view towards demonstrating its viability as a point of contact between ordinary experience and the "higher reality' in Advaita.
Recommended Citation
Forde, Janice Carol, "The concept of Sākṣī in Adviata Vedānta" (1974). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4425.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/4425
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