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The Samnyasa Upanisads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation
Patrick Olivelle
The Samnyasa Upanisads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation
Patrick Olivelle
The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for the study of the Hindu ascetical institutions and of the historical changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more. Beginning with an analysis of the historical context that gave rise to Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies, Patrick Olivellemoves on to elucidate the meaning of renunciation-the central institution of holiness in most Hindu traditions-and the function and significance of the various elements that constitute the rite of renunciation. The Samnyasa Upanisads will be an unparalleled source of information and insight forstudents of Hinduism and Indian aesceticm, mysticism, and holiness.
336 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 13 lutego 1992 |
ISBN13 | 9780195070453 |
Wydawcy | Oxford University Press Inc |
Strony | 336 |
Wymiary | 141 × 215 × 20 mm · 466 g |
Tłumacz | Olivelle, Patrick (, Chair of the Department of Asian Studies and Director for the Center of Asian Studies, University of Texas, Austin) |
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