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Synopsis This is the first volume of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, an endeavor by an international team of scholars of present the contents of Indian philosophical texts to a wider public than has hitherto been possible. This Bibliography in effect constitutes, with additions and revisions, the table of contents for the subsequent volumes of the Encyclopedia, each of which deals with the literature of one of the systems of Indian thought. The Encyclopedia provides an account of works of Indian philosophical literature which are of philosophical interest throughout; theoretical rather than purely practical in their intended function; and polemical or at least expository in a context where defence of one view among alternatives is appropriate. The volume lists, in relative chronological order Sanskrit and Tamil works. All known editions and translations into European languages are cited; where published versions of the text are not known, a guide to the location of manuscripts of the work is provided. Also, it adds books and articles in European languages relating to the classical texts, as well as those of a more general nature relating to schools or systems of Indian language thought. The citations of published works in the present volume cover 10,000 items.