Preface
Acknowledgements
Prof. Trichur S. Rukmani: A Biographical Profile
Introduction

Part One
Issues in Interpreting the Yoga Tradition

1. Reading the Fourth Pada of Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra

— Christopher Key Chapple

2. Rethinking Prajna: Yoga-Sutra 1.49 under a Philosophical Magnifying Glass

— Daniel Raveh

3. Moving Towards a Non-Dualistic Interpretation of Yoga: The Integration of Spirit (Purusha) and Matter (Prakriti) in the Yoga-Sutra

— Ian Whicher

4. Yoga-Sutras II.25 and the Conundrum of Kaivalya

— Frederick M. Smith

5. Yoga’s Theism: A New Way of Understanding God

— Gerald James Larson

Part Two
Issues in Interpreting the Vedanta Tradition

6. Advaita Vedanta Insights

— John Grimes

7. Shankara granthah katham otah protash ca?

— Vidyasankar Sundaresan

8. Appaya Dikshita on Avidyanivrtti: A Critique in Siddhantaleshasangraha

— Jonathan Duquette, K. Ramasubramanian

9. The Gaudiya Challenge to Advaita Vedanta and Classical Yoga: Re-figuring Models of Embodiment and Personhood

— Barbara A. Holdrege

Part Three
Issues of Continuity and Compatibility

10. Sankarsha-kanda: A Victim in Mimamsa Madhyama-vyayoga

— Ashok Aklujkar

11. Linguistic and Cosmic Powers: The Concept of Shakti in the Philosophies of Bhartrhari and Abhinavagupta

— Sthaneshwar Timalsina

12. Freedom in the Bhagavad-Gita: An Analysis of Buddhi and Sattva Categories

— P. Pratap Kumar

Part Four
Issues of Narrative, Philosophical Discourse and Grammar

13. Forging the Fate of Karna: Observations on the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata

— Edeltraud Harzer

14. Truth and Power in Sanskrit Philosophical Discourse

— David Peter Lawrence

15. Ramayana Notes III: The Past Active Participle

— John Brockington

Part Five
Issues of Brahmanical Intellectuals, Ascetics and Renunciants

16. Some Notes on the Difficulties in Defining Intellectual Opponents in the Mahabharata

— Gregory Bailey

17. Renunciation and Celebration: Ascetics in the Temple Life of Medieval Tamil Nadu

— Leslie C. Orr

Part Six
Issues in Contemporary Hinduism: Environment, Non-violence, Gender,
Faith and Syncretism

18. Hinduism and the Environment: Then and Now

— Georges A. James

19. Earth, Water, and Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Svadhyaya Practitioners

— Pankaj Jain

20. Technology, Violence, and Non-violence: A Gandhian Type of Response

— Carl Olson

21. Reviewing Hinduism: Religion, Violence, and Non-Violence

— Madhav M. Deshpande

22. The Role of Government Education in the Lives of Females in Rural Chhattisgarh

— Ramdas Lamb

23. On Being Hindu: Some Autobiographical Reflections

— Acharya Vidyasagar V.V. Raman

24. Ziyaratu Darshanam: A South Indian Pilgrimage Beyond the Boundaries

— Afsar Mohammad

Contributors
Appointments and Publications
Index