02563nam 2200601Ia 450 991045094260332120200520144314.081-215-1135-61-280-65487-297866106548710-19-534478-2(CKB)1000000000410720(EBL)272808(OCoLC)476012659(SSID)ssj0000289290(PQKBManifestationID)11218630(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289290(PQKBWorkID)10401592(PQKB)11602370(MiAaPQ)EBC272808(Au-PeEL)EBL272808(CaPaEBR)ebr10279232(CaONFJC)MIL65487(OCoLC)466428084(EXLCZ)99100000000041072019921009d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe āśrama system[electronic resource] the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution /Patrick OlivelleNew York ;Oxford Oxford university Pressc19931 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508327-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.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; ZA 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.Asramas (Four stages of life)Religious lifeHinduismElectronic books.Asramas (Four stages of life)Religious lifeHinduism.294.544Olivelle Patrick441894MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450942603321The āśrama system2023492UNINA