Virasaivism in The Light of Sripati

About The Book

In the history of Virasaiva literature the Srikarabhasya of Sripati, a commentary on Brahma-Sutra, is very important work. Sripati (14thcentury A.D.), was one of the greatest philosophers of the Virasaiva school of Saivism.
The present book is an effort to highlight the philosophy of Sripati and his contribution towards Indian philosophy, especially in the field of Virasaivism.
Beginning with some fundamentals like historical approach of Saivism, the development of the idea of RudraSiva, Saivism amongst the kings and great authors, classification of Saivism, life of Sripati, it discusses all the important philosophical aspects of Virashaivism and as well as Saddarsana.
The philosophical aspects i.e., theory of knowledge, Brahman, Jiva, Jagat, and Liberation etc. have been analysed and compared with that of other schools of Saivism and Advaita school of Indian philosophy. Further, in this work efforts have made to include various views of Şaddarsana, to bring out a critical analysis of Sripati’s philosophy in all the relevant fields. The book is thus essentially analytical, critical and comparative in nature.

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About the Author

Dr. Bharati Goswami is Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Sanskrit, B. Borooah College, Guwahati, Assam. She has done her Graduation, Post-Graduation, M. Phil and Ph.D. from Gauhati University. Besides writing numerous popular articles Dr. Goswami has authored a number of research papers on ancient Indian culture, philosophy, and literature and participated in several National and International seminars and conferences on Sanskrit and related studies. She has co-authored four textbooks in Sanskrit and two Sanskrit grammars meant for high school students under the Secondary Education Board of Assam. She has substantially contributed in the preparation of study-materials for degree-level students in Sanskrit under KKH Open University. Dr. Goswami has co-edited a book titled “Lauhityatirat Sanskrit Carca”, a collection of research articles in Assamese about the study of Sanskrit in Assam, published by the Sanskrit Department of B. Borooah College and edited a number of Journal and magazines.