The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute is great privileged to bring out in photo offset the monograph 1 Mahamahopadhyaya Prof.S.Kuppuswami Sastri entitled Compromises in the History of Advaitic Thought. This was originally the subject of two lectures delivered by Prof. Kuppuswami Sastri at the University of Madras in 1940 and was first published by the Institute posthumously in 1946. Herein, Prof. Sastri with his characteristic mastery of the subject has given an overview, with brief assessment of specific instances of accommodation and compromises in the development of the Advaitic thought from the Vedic age upto the times of Sri Brahmananda Sarasvati (18th Century A.D.).
During the last five decades the book was used by a wide range of scholars and students of Advaita in India and outside. I included these lectures in Mm. Prof. Kuppuswami Sastri Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume, Part 1, brought out by the Institute in 1981. However due to persistent demand for the book in the original handy format, the Institute is now bringing it out again.
The present publication was possible on account of an endowment created by Mrs.Sushila Radhakrishnan at the Institute, in 1992. The Institute is sincerely thankful to her for providing the financial assistance.
THE late Mahamahopadhyaya Professor S. Kuppuswami Sastri was one of the greatest Sankritists of our generation. While he trained a good many scholars in Samskrit learning and criticism, it is a matter of regret to those who knew the depth, extent and accuracy of his learning that he did not leave behind many publications. The Research Institute founded in his name has for one of its objects the publication of his scattered writings and lectures. In pursuance of this aim, this book on Compromises in Advaitic Thought is brought out. The book illustrates with a wealth of learning and critical penetration, the central characteristic of the Hindu mind, the spirit of comprehension as distinct from that of exclusion. It is this feature which has enabled the Hindu mind in the past to welcome new ideas and integrate them to the master plan of Hindu thought. When the spirit declined, our cultural progress got arrested. The revival of the spirit to-day will help us to take up and answer the challenge of modern times. Loyalty to the ancient tradition of India, Professor Kuppu-swami Sastri's lectures make out, requires us to move forward, and not stand still, in the world of philosophic and religious thought.
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