The Ubiquitous Siva Volume II

This is a sequel to a volume published in 2011 by OUP under the title The Ubiquitous iva: Somnanda's ivadi and his Tantric Interlocutors. The present volume presents the fourth chapter of the ivadi and ivadivtti and addresses a fresh set of issues that engage a distinct family of opposing schools and authors of mainstream Indian philosophical traditions. Somnanda challenges his philosophical interlocutors with a single over-arching argument: he suggests that their views cannot coherethey cannot be explained logicallyunless their authors accept the aiva non-duality for which he advocates. The Ubiquitous iva Volume II offers the first English translation, critical edition, and commentary of Chapter Four of the ivadi and ivadivtti.