Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume XV: Bhedābheda and Dvaitādvaita Systems

Particular attention is given to several formulations of difference-and-non-difference associated with thinkers such as Audulomi, Kāśakṛtsna, Lakulīśa, Bhartṛprapañca, Bhāskara, Yādavaprakāśa, and Nimbārka. The introduction explains how these thinkers conceptualize the relation between Brahman, the individual self (jīva), and the world, often describing them as simultaneously distinct and inseparable. It also discusses causation, transformation, dependence, liberation, divine agency, and the ontological status of the world.

Part Two provides chronologically arranged summaries of works attributed to or associated with Bhartṛprapañca, Nimbārka, Śrīnivāsācārya, Bhāskara, Keśava Kāśmīri Bhaṭṭa, Puruṣottamācārya, Śrīkaṇṭha, and later representatives of related traditions. These summaries analyze scriptural interpretation, metaphysics, devotion, liberation, epistemology, and debates with Advaita, Sāṃkhya, Buddhism, Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, and other schools. The volume thus documents an important but frequently underrepresented current within Vedānta, demonstrating the diversity of Indian theories concerning unity, plurality, causation, God, self, and world.

Table of Contents

• Contributors

• Part One: Introduction — M. M. Agrawal

• Part Two: Summaries of Works

  1. Bhartṛprapañca (550)

  2. Nimbārka (750)

     • Brahmasūtras (BS)-Vedāntapārijātasaurabha

     • Daśaślokī (DS) or Siddhāntaratna

     • Bhagavadgītā (BG)-Vākyasudhā

     • Prātaḥsmaraṇastotram

     • Sadācāraprakāśa

     • Gurūpāsanā

     • Vedāntatattvabodhavivṛti

     • Vedāntatattvabodha

     • Ātmaprapattistotra

     • Ātmatattvaviveka

  3. Śrīnivāsācārya (780?)

     • BS-Vedāntakaustubha

     • Laghuvedāntakaustubha

     • Rādhādhyanaya

     • Kathopaniṣad-Bhāṣya

     • Rahasya-prakāśa

  4. Bhāskara (1000?)

     • BS-Bhāṣya

     • BS-Bhāṣya

  5. Keśava Kāśmīri Bhaṭṭa (1200 or 1375?)

     • BS-Tattvaprakāśikā

     • Kramadīpikā-Bhāṣya

     • VK-Prabhā

     • Tattvaprakāśikā

     • Brahmaparīkṣā-Ṭīkā

     • Kramadīpikā

  6. Puruṣottamācārya (1250?)

     • DS-Vedāntaratnamañjūṣā

  7. Śrīkaṇṭha (1200?)

     • BS-Bhāṣya

  8. Devātīrtha (1450?)

     • BS-Siddhāntajahnavi

  9. Sundarabhaṭṭa (1470)

     • Siddhāntaratna

  10. Giridhara Dāsa (1490)

      • DS-Laghummañjūṣā

  11. Nandadāsa (1560)

      • Nimbārkatattvanirṇaya

      • DS-Tattvavārttika

  12. Vijñānabhikṣu (1575)

      • BS-Vijñānāmṛta

      • Bhagavadgītā-Bhāṣya

  13. Appaya Dīkṣita (1585)

      • BS-Śivārkamaṇidīpikā

      • Śivādvaitanirṇaya

      • Śivattvaviveka

  14. Mādhava Mukunda (1670)

      • Parapakṣagiri-vajra

  15. Puruṣottama Prasāda Vaiṣṇava (1684)

      • BS-Sruṭyantasuryodaya

      • Vedāntakirīṭāvalī

  16. Vanamālī Miśra (1700)

      • Vedāntasiddhāntasaṃgraha / Śrutisiddhāntasaṃgraha

  17. Anantarāma (1700?)

      • Tattvasiddhāntabindu

      • Vedāntaratnamañjūṣā

      • DS-Vedāntatattvabodha

      • Śrutisiddhāntamālā

      • Vedāntaparyadīpamañjarī

  18. Harivyāsa Deva (1755)

      • DS-Siddhāntakusumāñjali

      • Arthapañcaka

  19. Puruṣottama Prasāda Vaiṣṇava II (1785)

      • BS-Śrutyantakalpavallī

  20. Amolakārāma Śāstrī (1890)

      • BS-Bhāvapradīpikā

      • Parapakṣagirivajra-Commentary

      • Vedāntaratnamālā

      • Upaniṣad-Commentaries

  21. Author Unknown (1914?)

      • Adhyātmasudhātaraṅgiṇī

  22. Sītānātha Vidyāvācaspati (1935)

      • Vedāntasudhābdhi

      • Bhedābhedavādasiddhāntaratna

  23. Lāldhārījī (1937)

      • DS-Sudhodhinī

  24. Bhagīratha Maithili (c. 1935)

      • Dvaitādvaitaviveka

• Bibliography

• Glossary-Index