Publisher's Synopsis
It is a collection of diverse scholarly articles and research papers contributed by some veterans who are specialists in their respective fields. The volume covers different aspects of indian philosophy and culture. The first part throws light on the life and achievement of Pandit Janakinath Kaul. The extensive section on Kashmir Saiva philosophy provides impetus to further research in the subject. The second section is a collection of papaers dealing with a wide range of issues in indian philosophy and culture. These issues are analyses ans discussed by various scholars, enabling the readers to be conversant with the essentials of hindu philosophy and monistic Vedanta. This section contains learned articles contributed by reputed Sanskritists on different aspects of Sanskrit Kavya literature. the third section deals with a variety of topics on Bakti, yoga and poetics. The article onon hermeutical construction of theories of poetics conveys pointedly how aesthetic theories took a trsitional course to spiritualism and self knowledge. An opening introduction has been added to each section with critical remarks.
