University of Calcutta Descriptive Catalogue of University Publications

The book gives a clear exposition of the origin and growth of Indian Philosophy from the Vedas to the Buddha and seeks to establish order out of chaos—to systematise the teachings of the various pre-Buddhistio sages and seers scattered in Vedic literature (Vedas Brahmanas Upanishads) and in the works of the 'Ulnas the Ajivikas and the Buddhists. [...] The book embodies the results of a scientific enquiry by the author from the historical standpoint into successive stages in the genesis and increasing organic complexity of a system of thought in India supposed to have evolved out of a nucleus as afforded by the discourses of Gautama the Buddha."14 CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS Kindred Sayings on Buddhism by Mrs. [...] In the second part the author has discussed the different application of the terms in the two periods of the making of Mahayana Buddhism and of Mahayana teachers. [...] His method of treatment is strictly scientific and he comes to a number of interesting conclusions among which the most important is the establishment of the historic personality of Vasudeva-Krishna and the determination of the doctrines of the old Bhagavata sect. [...] The University of Calcutta is to be congratulated on the fact that it was found possible to produce the book despite the author's death before its copletion and the thanks of scholars are due to it for the production of the work in such effective and enduring form." A Short History of the Medieval School of Indian Logic (Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Calcutta University