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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450942603321

Autore

Olivelle Patrick

Titolo

The āśrama system [[electronic resource] ] : the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution / / Patrick Olivelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford university Press, c1993

ISBN

81-215-1135-6

1-280-65487-2

9786610654871

0-19-534478-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

294.544

Soggetti

Asramas (Four stages of life)

Religious life - Hinduism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Meaning and Method; 2. Background and Context; II. THE EARLY PERIOD; 3. The Origins; 4. Ingredients of Change; III. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD; 5. The Classical Āśrama System; 6. Development of the Classical System; 7. The Āśramas and Other Brāhmanical Institutions; 8. The Āśrama System in Medieval Theology; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A study of the Asrama system, a Hindu construct consisting of four legitimate ways of leading a religious life. The author traces its early history and explains how Asrama gradually established connections with other Hindu religious institutions to emerge as a central tenet of the Hindu dharma.