The Ocean of Inquiry: Niscaldas and the Premodern Origins of Modern Hinduism

by Michael S Allen and Michael S. Allen

Advaita Vedanta is one of the best-known schools of Indian philosophy, but much of its history--a history closely interwoven with that of medieval and modern Hinduism--remains surprisingly unexplored. This book focuses on a single remarkable work and its place within that history: The Ocean of Inquiry, a vernacular compendium of Advaita Vedanta by the North Indian monk Niscaldas (ca. 1791 - 1863). Though not well known today, Niscaldas's work was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197638953
• ISBN13: 9780197638958
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"