Tapta-Mārga

Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic India

Walter O. Kaelber (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

1989
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-88706-814-0 (ISBN)

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This is the most comprehensive study yet made of tapas and of asceticism during the Vedic period. It also explains three other essential components of Vedic thought: sacrifice, homology, and knowledge. These concepts, along with tapas and initiation symbolism, reveal the heart of Vedic religion. therefore, this study presents a "history of Vedic religion," organized around the central building blocks of that tradition.

Walter O. Kaelber is Professor of Religious Studies at Wagner College.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Vedic Inter-entities: An Overview

Observations on Method

1. Tapas, Rainfall, and Fertility

Natural Heat: Sun and Fire

Ascetic Heat: The Brahmacarin

Ritual Heat

2. Tapas, Birth, and Spiritual Rebirth

Tapas and Procreation

Tapas and Spiritual Rebirth

3. Tapas and Purification

Tapas: Destructive Heat and Purification

Tapas: Pain, Asceticism, and Purification

Tapas: Penance and Purification

4. Tapas, Knowledge, and Spiritual Rebirth

"In the Beginning" and "On High"

Now and Here Below

5. A Vedic Watershed: Karma/Jñana

6. Tapas, Knowledge, and Liberation

Tapas and Knowledge in the Principal Upanisads

Homology, Meditation, Liberation

7. The Emergence and Development of Brahmanic Asceticism

Heuristic Models

The Brahmacarin

8. The "Dramatic" Element in Vedic Initiation

Symbols of Death, Danger, and Difficult Passage in Early Vedic Initiation

The Doctrine of Transmigration and Its Impact on Initiation Symbolism

Conclusions

Notes

General Works and Translations Cited

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.9.1989
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-88706-814-6 / 0887068146
ISBN-13	978-0-88706-814-0 / 9780887068140
Zustand	Neuware