Theory of Incarnation. An Analytical Study on its Evolution

Document from the year 2016 in the subject Philosophy - Theoretical (Realisation, Science, Logic, Language), grade: 78.0, , course: PhD, language: English, abstract: The present work entitled 'Theory of Incarnation: An Analytical Study on its Evolution (Based on Vaisnava Upanisads)' deals with the history and philosophy that comes in the path of evolution of incarnation. Its limitation is in the Vaisnava theology. Thus, the principal aim of this work is to present an exhaustive as well as analytical approach of some faiths in idolatrous, those were inherited from earliest available materials to the time of Jayadeva, who is deemed to be the pioneer of the Vaisnavism of the present day. This work is a humble offering from me to the eminent scholars who want to explore the Vai??avism and philosophy and also for those who have vast knowledge and want to put forward some critical ideas along with analysis of socio-philosophical structure of Vai??avism with special reference on incarnation. The readers like them have been encouraged me to enter into this ocean of knowledge with small boat. Upani?ads are universally acknowledged as the main source of Indian theist philosophy. The latter Upani?ads which are not commented on by Sa?karacarya, always claim equal attention in the matter of philosophical and socio- religious study, though they are known as minor Upani?ads. The purpose of the present volume is to furnish an account of the deities known to India as the incarnated forms of Vi??u. This book caters vast hope as most of the things are explained in simple way and takes a character as simple as possible to make it understanding and interesting to the general reader as well as the scholars and interested people of Indology, History, Philosophy, Religion and obviously Sanskrit. It is true that, scholars of wide reputation studied Vai??avism in a great way, yet the subject Vai??ava Upni?ads, however can be treated in various other perspective also. It is so because a different trend can be traced in the mediaeval period that gave birth to a new tradition in the Upani?adic literature. Along with the pure Vedantic Upni?ads a vast area of the later Upani?adic literature explores the yogic practice, life of Sanyasins and sectarian practice. According to the Western Scholars of Indology like A.S. Geden, James Hastings etc., these Upani?ads expound with more or less loyalty of the doctrines from the point of the popular religions, exalting Vi??u, or Siva or endeavoring promotion of discipline and teaching yoga or other limited aims. From this perspective, these Upani?ads can be classified into seven groups.