Hindu Perspectives on Evolution Darwin, Dharma, and Design

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The classical Background ......11 Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions ...........13 Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita vedanta of Sankara .............27 Theism and atomistic design in the nyaya-vaisesika of Udayana ............37 Design discounted in the visistadvaita vedanta of Ramanuja ..............48 2. The colonial Period ......61 Design and darwin in the colonial Period .........63 The vedantic deism of Rammohan roy ...............79 Design and the intuitive theism of debendranath tagore ........91 Design and the religious evolutionism of keshab chandra sen ..........103 The modern vedic Creationism of Dayananda Saraswati ............117 The modern advaitic evolutionism of Swami vivekananda ........131 The integrative evolutionism of Sri aurobindo ghose .........155 3. The post - colonial Period ..............173 Design and darwin in the post-colonial Period ..........175 Design and darwin in the contemporary hindu world ............202