Date of Award
9-1973
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Religious Sciences
Supervisor
K. Sivaraman
Language
English
Abstract
This thesis explores the phenomenological characteristics of Śaṅkarācārya's Advaita philosophy, using two minor works attributed to him by tradition, namely, Vivekacūḍāmaṇi and Aparokṣānubhūti. An attempt is made to find parallels in the major commentaries of Śaṅkarācārya, such as the Brahma Sūtra Bhāsya, the Bhagvad-Gīta Bhāsya, and commentaries on the ten or eleven Upanisads. The Transcendental Phenomenology of Edmund Husserl is used as the basic model of comparison.
Recommended Citation
Foster, Donald James, "The Phenomenology of Self-Realization in the Philosophy of Śaṅkarācārya: A Study of Vivekacūḍāmaṇi and Aparokṣānubhūti" (1973). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5804.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/5804
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