The Vedic Origins of Karma: Cosmos as Man in Ancient Indian Myth and Ritual
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ISBN | 8170302412 |
Pages | 191 |
Language: | English |
Product Code: | 1 |
Size(in cm): | 8.8" X 5.8" cm |
Weight(in grams): | 315(approx) |
Description:
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
The Vedic Origins of the Karma Doctrine 5
A Note on Texts, Method, Terms, and Translations 7
Chapter 1. The Problem of Karma and the Textual Sources 12
The Brahmanas and Upanisads in the Veiw of Nineteenth Century Indology 14
The Upanisads and the Vedic Origins of the Karma Doctrine 21
The Earliest Notice of the Doctrine of Karma and Rebirth in the Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanisads 28
Conclusion: The Karma Doctrine in the Context of Brahmanic Thought 41
Chapter 2. The Cosmos as Man: The Image of the Cosmos in Vedic Thought 44
The Cosmic Image and its Vicissitudes in Vedic Thought 47
Purusa and the Creation of the Cosmos 50
The Reenactment of the Cosmogony 54
Prajapati and the Creation of the Cosmos 57
Conclusion: The Reenactment of the Cosmogony 69
Chapter 3. The Fire Altar [Agnicayana] as Man and Cosmos 72
The Problem of Sacrifice 72
The Problem of Sacrifice and the Agnicayana 77
The Construction of the Fire Altar 81
Conclusion: Man and Cosmos in the Fire Altar 95
Chapter 4. From Death and Rebirth 103
The Agnicayana and the Smasanacayana 108
Conclusion: The Karma Doctrine in the Context of Brahmanic Thought 119
Abbreviations of Vedic Texts 123
Notes 124
Bibliography 161
Index 175
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