02655nam 2200649Ia 450 991078507740332120230731210432.00-19-774141-X81-215-1135-61-280-65487-297866106548710-19-534478-22027/heb30860(CKB)1000000000410720(EBL)272808(OCoLC)476012659(SSID)ssj0000289290(PQKBManifestationID)11218630(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289290(PQKBWorkID)10401592(PQKB)11602370(Au-PeEL)EBL272808(CaPaEBR)ebr10279232(CaONFJC)MIL65487(OCoLC)466428084(dli)HEB30860(MiU)MIU01000000000000012883174(MiAaPQ)EBC272808(EXLCZ)99100000000041072019921009d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe āśrama system the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution /Patrick OlivelleNew York ;Oxford :Oxford university Press,1993.1 online resource (289 pages)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; IndexA 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.ACLS Fellows' publications.Asramas (Four stages of life)Religious lifeHinduismAsramas (Four stages of life)Religious lifeHinduism.294.544Olivelle Patrick441894MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785077403321The āśrama system3797047UNINA