About the Book: Vedanta Anvikshiki: Science and Philosophy in Contemporary
Perspective
Ancient Indian thought system, well known for its relentless argumentation on
varied contentious issues, paved the way for maturing deep philosophical
thoughts, and scientific and technological inventions. This volume Vedanta
Anvikshiki, Science and Philosophy in Contemporary Perspective, which resonates
the current expectations from Vedanta in a fastchanging world, is the
proceedings of the 21st edition of International Congress of Vedanta organized
by the Center of Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth during
1113 July 2013. The volume presents thirtyone research papers from reputed
scholars on wideranging topics like metaphysics, knowledge and hermeneutics,
science and technology in ancient texts,