Xinli Yu, Ramesh Panda , Zanyi Wang, Vikas Rawat
India and China are two important ancient civilizations with a long history and profound philosophies in the world. There are some similar descriptions of water in both cultures, especially in their philosophies. The “water” was considered as the original source of everything, and one of the five elements, also a manifestation of Ultimate Reality, and the forms of water often compared with the river as the individual self and the sea as the Ultimate reality. This paper will analyze the inherent meaning of "water" in the early scriptures of the two countries, and compare the similarities and differences of "water" in the two cultures based on Upanishads in ancient Indian philosophy, Tao Te Ching , and Zhuangzi in early Taoism philosophy.
Water, Ancient Indian Philosophy, Upanishads, Early Taoism Philosophy, Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi
VOL.14, ISSUE No.1, March 2022