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Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions
Episode: Michael Thomas Williams, "Existence and Perception in Medieval VedÄnta: VyÄsatÄ«rtha's Defence of Realism in the NyÄyÄmį¹ta" (de Gruyter, 2024)
Description: Existence and Perception in Medieval VedÄnta: VyÄsatÄ«rtha's Defence of Realism in the NyÄyÄmį¹taĀ (de Gruyter, 2024)Ā focuses on discussions of metaphysics and epistemology in early modern India found in the works of the South Indian philosopher VyÄsatÄ«rtha (1460-1539). VyÄsatÄ«rtha was pivotal to the ascendancy of the MÄdhva tradition to intellectual and political influence in the Vijayanagara Empire.Ā This book is primarily a philosophical reconstruction based on original translations of relevant parts of VyÄsatÄ«rtha's Sanskrit philosophical text, the "Nectar of Logic" (NyÄyÄmį¹ta). VyÄsatÄ«rtha wrote the NyÄ...