Greater Magadha : studies in the culture of early India | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 414 pages)

ISBN:

9789047419655, 9781281921376, 9786611921378, 9047419650, 1281921378, 6611921370

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:608455986

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Contents:

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The separate culture of Greater Magadha; PART I. CULTURAL FEATURES OF GREATER MAGADHA; Introduction; Chapter I.1. The fundamental spiritual ideology; Chapter I.2. Other features; Chapter I.3. Conclusions to Part I; PART II. BRAHMANISM VIS-À-VIS REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION; Introduction; IIA. REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION HESITANTLY ACCEPTED; IIB. REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION IGNORED OR REJECTED; PART III. CHRONOLOGY; Chapter III.0. Introduction; Chapter III. 1. Linguistic considerations Chapter III. 2. The Vedic texts known to the early Sanskrit grammariansChapter III. 3. The Vedic texts known to the early Buddhists; Chapter III. 4. Some indications in late-Vedic literature; Chapter III. 5. Urban versus rural culture; Chapter III. 6. Conclusions to Part III; PART IV. CONCLUSION; DISCWORLD MEETS ROUNDWORLD; PART V. APPENDICES; Appendix I: The antiquity of the Vedanta philosophy; Appendix II: A Carvaka in the Mahabharata; Appendix III: Vedic texts known to Panini; Appendix IV: The form of the Rgveda known to Panini; Appendix V: Vedic texts known to Patanjali Appendix VI: Brahmins in the Buddhist canonAppendix VII: Brahmanism in Gandhara and surrounding areas; Appendix VIII: Carvakas and the Sabarabhasya; References; Index

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Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Language Notes:English