Drstisrsti Vada A Study

Language: English
Pages: 224


About The Book

The theory of Drstisrsti, though it seems to be a tiny one, is a tough problem in the Advaita-vedanta. This is associated with the name Prakasananda to that extent that he himself is considered to be the father of this theory. Infact he is both the father and mother to this; yet the germinating points of this theory are pretty old as they can be traced in the Yogavasistha, Brahma-siddhi and ista-siddhi. It is Prakasananda, a master mind who elevated this theory to the stage of a school, and brought glory to it by his monumental contribution. Vidyaranya, Madhusudana, Nana Diksita and a few other members form a good team that stands back this theory. An humble attempt of evaluation of what all these savants have contributed to this school is exerted here.

 

About The Author

Dr. Joshi has been teaching Sanskrit and Prakrit at the karnatak Arts College. Dharwad since 28 years. He has been enriching the field of literary by his good many research articles (more than 95) and many books in Sanskrit, English and Kannada. He has attended more than 55 National Seminars, Conferences and Pandita-Pariadas. He has secured 3 prizes viz. Munipunyavijayaji Prize, Dr. D.K. Jain research institute prize and Dr. V. Raghavan Prize in the All India Oriental Conferences held at Calcutta (1986) Rohtak (1992) and Jadhavpur, Calcutta (1996) for his three research articles in Prakrit and Sanskrit subjects. He was also honoredby the Vedavyasa Puraskara of the Brahmacaryasrama of Shekhavati of Bhavani (Haryana) forsecuring III Rank in the National Sanskrit essay competition (2000). He has secured VI Rank in the All India One Act Play competition in Sanskrit (2004) at Delhi Sanskrit Academy.

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