The Kamasutra
Written sometime between 400-200 BCE, the Kamasutra is well known in the west as a manual depicting various contorted sexual
Tag: ancient Indian philosophy
Pyrrho of Elis
A contemporary of Aristotle, Pyrrho followed Alexander to the East and was exposed to the thinkers of India. Returning to
An introduction to classical Indian thought
In-depth videos of key thinkers, texts and schools The Upanishads: https://youtu.be/S2PBLk00_Vs The Ajnana: https://youtu.be/TD7IQSvGroQ The Carvaka: https://youtu.be/wZ8fe_jAQTU The Ajivika: https://youtu.be/TIlHZ3bP6mg
The Bhagavad Gita
Primary text with modern commentaries Easwaran, Eknath. The Bhagavad Gita Satchidananda, Sri Swami. The Living Gita: The Complete Bhagavad Gita:
Patanjali and the Yoga Sutras
Primary Texts The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, translated by Edwin F Bryant Secondary Texts The Eight Limbs of Yoga, Stuart
Kapila and Sankhya
Primary Text Samkhya Karika with Gaudapadacarya Bhasya: Revised Edition, Brahmrishi Vishvatma Bawra Secondary Texts Classical Samkhya and Yoga, Mikel Burley
Early Buddhism and the Abhidhamma
Primary Texts A list of available translations of the Abhidhamma Corpus: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/abhi/ Secondary Texts Beth Jacobs, The Original Buddhist Psychology
Gautama and the Nyaya Sutra
Primary text The Nyaya-sutra, translated by Matthew Dasti Secondary texts Nyaya theory of knowledge, by Satischandra Chatterjee Epistemology in Classical
Jamini and the Mimamsa Sutra
Primary text The Purva Mimamsa Sutras Of Jaimini, Translated by Ganganath Jha Secondary text Critical Essays On Purva Mimamsa, K.
