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Reframing Dynamism : Indic Philosophies of Being, Time, and Freedom.

Bloomsbury Collections: Philosophy 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Timalsina, Sthaneshwar.
Series:
Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophy, Indic.
Metaphysics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.
Summary:
In the first book to explore the philosophy of dynamism from classical India, Sthaneshwar Timalsina interrogates central metaphysical questions about being, change and life.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Historical Parameters
Primacy of Dynamism
The Issues of Time and Being
1 Dynamism of Being and Emanation of Temporality: A Historical Overview
Being as Intrinsically Dynamic
Being, Materiality, and Bh ā va
The Dynamic Absolute in Trika
Temporality Is Integral to the Absolute
S ā marasya and Temporality
2 Time as Spontaneity
Freedom and Dynamism of Being
Freedom and Temporality
Being, Spanda , and Materiality
Dynamism and Modes of Determination
Svabh ā va and Self-Differentiation
3 Time, Freedom, and Svabh ā va
Time as Freedom
Freedom and Change
Time as Svabh ā va
Change as Svabh ā va
Gho ṣ aka and Bhart ṛ hari on Dharma
Ś akti: Inherent Dynamism and the Changing Tropes
Dissolution of Temporality
4 Constitution of the Flow of Time
Manifestation and Actualization of Succession
Succession Within Immanence
Integral Consciousness and the Flow of Time
5 Factors Determining Dynamism and Actualizing the Flow of Time
Culture and Biology of Time Consciousness
Cognitive Limits of Time-Consciousness: Vasi ṣṭ ha's Thought Experiments
Determining the Pure Presence
Determining the Temporal Flow
6 Self-Differentiation and Temporal Horizons
Volition and the Constitution of Difference
Internal Difference
Succession Within Singularity
Dynamism, Volition, and Action
The Present Act
Temporal Horizons
7 Language, Reality, and Temporal Framing
Succession, Causality, and Duration
Semantic Structure of Time
Topology of Time Consciousness
The Determined Modes of Temporality
Deriving the Sense of the Past
8 Lived Time: Embodiment, Time, and Freedom
Life: Self-Actualization of Being.
Pr ā ṇ a : Life as Manifestation ( abhivyakti )
The Matrix of Lived Time
Transcending the Matrix of Time
References
Name Index
Subject Index.
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Print version: Timalsina, Sthaneshwar Reframing Dynamism
ISBN:
9781350576278
9781350576261
OCLC:
1602013810

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