LEADER 02651nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910817242003321 005 20230731210432.0 010 $a0-19-774141-X 010 $a81-215-1135-6 010 $a1-280-65487-2 010 $a9786610654871 010 $a0-19-534478-2 024 7 $a2027/heb30860 035 $a(CKB)1000000000410720 035 $a(EBL)272808 035 $a(OCoLC)476012659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289290 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218630 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289290 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10401592 035 $a(PQKB)11602370 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL272808 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279232 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL65487 035 $a(OCoLC)466428084 035 $a(dli)HEB30860 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012883174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC272808 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000410720 100 $a19921009d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe a?s?rama system $ethe history and hermeneutics of a religious institution /$fPatrick Olivelle 210 1$aNew York ;$aOxford :$cOxford university Press,$d1993. 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-19-508327-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 A?s?rama System; 6. Development of the Classical System; 7. The A?s?ramas and Other Bra?hmanical Institutions; 8. The A?s?rama System in Medieval Theology; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index 330 $aA study of the Asrama system, a Hindu construct consisting of four legitimate ways of leading a religious life. The author traces its early history and explains how Asrama gradually established connections with other Hindu religious institutions to emerge as a central tenet of the Hindu dharma. 410 0$aACLS Fellows' publications. 606 $aAsramas (Four stages of life) 606 $aReligious life$xHinduism 615 0$aAsramas (Four stages of life) 615 0$aReligious life$xHinduism. 676 $a294.544 700 $aOlivelle$b Patrick$0441894 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817242003321 996 $aThe a?s?rama system$93966628 997 $aUNINA