TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Cheever Mackenzie TI - Hindu perspectives on evolution: Darwin, dharma, and design T2 - Routledge Hindu studies series SN - 9780415779708 (hardback) AV - BL263 .B745 2012 U1 - 294.5/24 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Religious aspects KW - Hinduism KW - India N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-268) and index; Design and Darwin in the Hindu dharma traditions -- Creationism and evolutionism in the ancient and classical traditions -- Manifestation and apparent design in the Advaita Vedānta of Śaṅkara -- Theism and atomistic design in the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika of Udayana -- Design discounted in the Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta of Rāmānuja -- Design and Darwin in the colonial period -- The Vedāntic deism of Rammohan Roy -- Design and the intuitive theism of Debendranath Tagore -- Design and the religious evolutionism of Keshab Chandra Sen -- The modern Vedic creationism of Dayananda Saraswati -- The modern Advaitic evolutionism of Swami Vivekananda -- The integrative evolutionism of Sri Aurobindo Ghose -- Design and Darwin in the post-colonial period -- Design and Darwin in the contemporary Hindu world -- Conclusion : what role for Brahmā? ER -