Tapta Marga – Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic India
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Detail Of Tapta Marga – Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic India
ISBN | 8170302374 |
Pages | 114 |
Language: | English |
Product Code: | 1 |
Size(in cm): | 8.8 inch X 5.8 inch cm |
Weight(in grams): | 350(approx) |
Description:
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
The Vedic Inter-entities: An Overview 2
Observations on Method 10
1. Tapas, Rainfall, and Fertility 15
Natural Heat: Sun and Fire 15
Ascetic Heat: The Brahmacarin 17
Ritual Heat 20
2. Tapas, Birth, and Spiritual Rebirth. 29
Tapas and Procreation 30
Tapas and Spiritual Rebirth 33
3. Tapas and Purification 45
Tapas: Destructive Heat and Purification 45
Tapas: Pain, Asceticism, and Purification 49
Tapas: Penance and Purification 53
4. Tapas, Knowledge, and Spiritual Rebirth 61
“In the Beginning” and “On High” 62
Now and Here Below 64
5. A Vedic Watershed: Karma/Jnana 73
6. Tapas, Knowledge, and Liberation 83
Tapas and Knowledge in the Principle Upanisads 83
Homology, Meditation, Liberation 93
7. The Emergence and Development of Brahmanic Asceticism 101
Heuristic Models 101
The Brahmacarin 109
8. The “Dramatic” Element in Vedic Initiation 125
Symbols of Death, Danger, and Difficult Passage in Early Vedic Initiation 126
The Doctrine of Transmigration and its impact on initiation symbolism 133
Conclusions 143
Notes 149
General Works and Translations Cited 189
Index 195
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