ShashiPrabha Kumar, PhD, is currently dean, Sri Sankaracarya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. Till recently (2017), she worked as the senior most faculty member at the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Earlier she was the first Vice-Chancellor at Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Through her career spanning forty five years, Professor Kumar has taught Sanskrit studies in general and subjects of Indian philosophy in particular. Her field of specialisation is the Vaise¿ika system of Indian philosophy, and areas of interest are Vedas, Upanisads and Bhagavadgita. She has 30 books and more than 150 research papers to her credit. Some of her recent publications are Sutra, Smrti and Sastra (New Delhi: 2016), Drops of Vedic Nectar (Delhi: 2016), Sanskrit Studies III (Delhi: 2014), Classical Vaise¿ika in Indian Philosophy (Oxford: 2013), Sanskrit Across Cultures (Delhi: 2007), Sanskrit and Other Indian Languages (Delhi: 2007), Veda as Word (Delhi: 2006). She is the recipient of several awards, including the President's Certificate of Honour in Sanskrit (2014).  

Chapter 1. Veda and Vaisesika.- Chapter 2. Yoga and Vaisesika.- Chapter 3. Concept of Categories in Vaisesika.- Chapter 4. Vaisesika Theory of Creation.- Chapter 5. Atomic Theory of Vaisesika.- Chapter 6.Vaisesika Insights into Science.- Chapter 7. Consciousness and Cognition in Vaisesika.- Chapter 8. Sabda in Vaisesika.- Chapter 9. Hermeneutical Principles in Vaise¿ika.- Chapter 10. Ni¿sreyasa in Vyomavati.- Chapter 11. Are the Vaise¿ikas Pasupatas.- Chapter 12. Ethics in Vaisesika.- Chapter 13. Recent Sanskrit Commentaries on Vaisesikasutras.- Chapter 14. Vaisesika Studies Across the World.