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absolute, 56 ; in Fichte's philosophy, 87,
88, 96, 166 n. 65; in Kāshi + ̄?ri + ̄ i + ̄aivism,
165 n.52; in Śaṅkara's philosophy, 54 -
55, 96. See also Absolute I ; Brahman ;
self
Absolute I (Absolute Ego, Absolute Self),
73 ; criticized, 156 -157 n.94; as first
principle of human knowledge, 74,
134 -135; manifestation of, 84 -86; as
selfhood, 78 ; and universal Will, 87. See
also absolute ; self
Advaitin: doctrines of Śaṅkara, 144 n.53;
theory of implication, 156 n.91. See
also Vedānta, Advaita
afflictions (kleśas), 62
agent: self as, according to Śaṅkara, 7,
151 n.33; according to Fichte, 73 ; of
knowledge, 33, 44, 47 -48, 49, 50
agent suffix, 150 n. 19
Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya (Śaṅkara), 8
apūrva, 21
Aquinas, St. Thomas, 157 n.96
Aristotle, 154 n.73
asceticism. See austerity
āśramass (stages of Hindu life), 22 -23
ātman. Seeself
attrition of impurities, 63
austerity (tapas), 14, 18, 23 -24, 25, 55,
62 -63
Ayer, A. J., 27
Barion, Jakob, 156 -157 n.94, 175 n.76
Being (Being of beings), 105, 107, 110 -
111, 115, 123, 124
Bhagavad Gi + ̄tā, 5 -6
Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śaṅkara), 7
Bhāmatī (Vācaspati), 63
bhāva (action), 154 n.74
Bhavya, 6
blessedness: nature of, according to
Fichte, 82 ; absolute as, 96
bliss, 96, 155 n.78
brahmajijñāsā (investigation of Brah-
man). See Brahman, prerequisites of
investigation of
Brahman, 7 ; as bliss, 155 n.78; as cause of
universe, 11, 30 -31; familiarity with,
60 -61; as inactive, 96 ; knowledge of, as
identical with self, 8 -9, 11, 12, 13, 17,
21 -22, 55, 168 n. 85; as knowledge
(consciousness), 33, 47 -52, 61 ; omni-
science of, 30 -31; prerequisites of in-
vestigation of, 13 -14, 26, 55, 60 -61;
world of, 140 n. 11. See also absolute ;
self
Brāhma ṇas, 7, 19
Brahmasiddhi (Maṇḍanamisra), 141 n.27
Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śaṅkara), 7, 29 -30,
34, 144 n.53, 148 n.95. I.1. 1 : 13 -14,
60, 147 n.77; I.1. 4 : 7 -8, 10, 142 n.32,
143 n.46, 151 n.37, 168 n.93; I.1. 5 :
30 -31, 33, 34 ; I.4. 19 -22: 31 -33; II.1. 6
and 11 : 101 n.41, 142 -143 n. 101;
II.3. 18 : 33 -34, 41 ; III.4. 26, 32 and 52 :
22 ; IV.1. 1 and 2 : 11 -12, 21 -22
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad: IV.4. 22 and
23 : 14 -15, 17 ; II.4: 31 -33; IV.3: 34 -35
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya (Śaṅkara),
8, 19, 148 n.95. I.4. 2 : 18 -19, 22, 148 -
149 n.95; I.4. 7 : 8 -9, 16 -17, 143 n.46,
156 n.88; III.5. 1 : 145 -146 n.65;
IV.3. 6 : 6 and 7 : 34, 35 -36, 144 n.53;
IV.4. 22 and 23 : 14, 15 -18, 148 n.95
Buddhism, 6, 65
calculating, 107, 124. See also thinking,
authentic
calmness (Śama), 14, 23, 145 n.56
categorical imperative: and goal of educa-
tion, 92 ; as principle of morality, 87 -
88; as principle of universal Will, 86 -
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