One God, One System: Ven:&kat.&ana¯&tha's Contribution to Vis´&is.&t.&a¯&dvaita Veda¯&nta

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Elisa Freschi (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

One God, One System

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Ven: &kat.&ana¯&tha's Contribution to Vis´&is.&t.&a¯&dvaita Veda¯&nta

Elisa Freschi (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

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Oxford University Press
21 May 2026

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Theology

One God, One System charts a history of Sanskrit philosophy in the absence of an agreed-upon canon, timeline, principal thinkers, or core philosophical questions. Contrary to previous ahistorical approaches centered on unchanging 'schools', Elisa Freschi focuses on andreconstructs the intellectual figure of Ve:nka.tan=atha and his philosophical and theological contribution to what we now call 'Vi'si.s.t=advaita Ved=anta'. This volume explores how Vi'si.s.t=advaita Ved=anta as we know it now is largely a product of Ve:nka.tan=atha's unique philosophical and theological contributions. He connected various texts and theories so that readers and practitioners looking at the time before Ve:nka.tan=atha now recognize them as parts of a unitary whole. Once Ve:nka.tan=atha's contribution is in place it is in fact easy to look back at authors before him and recognize them as pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle. Freschi presents a novel reading of Ve:nka.tan=atha through focused chapters on his epistemology, ontology, soteriology, and theology, examining both the range and theoretical basis of his synthesis and methodology.

By: Elisa Freschi (Associate Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Toronto)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9780198927457
ISBN 10: 0198927452
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 21 May 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elisa Freschi is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto. She works on philosophy in the Sanskrit cosmopolis. Her interests include epistemology of testimony, philosophy of religion, philosophy of language, deontic logic, and the re-use of texts in South Asian intellectual traditions. Freschi is a convinced upholder of reading Sanskrit philosophical texts within their history and understanding them through a philosophical approach.