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The asrama system : the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution / / Patrick Olivelle



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Autore: Olivelle Patrick Visualizza persona
Titolo: The asrama system : the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution / / Patrick Olivelle Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford university Press, c1993
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 pages)
Disciplina: 294.544
Soggetto topico: Asramas (Four stages of life)
Religious life - Hinduism
Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1993.
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
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.
Titolo autorizzato: The āśrama system  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-774141-X
81-215-1135-6
1-280-65487-2
9786610654871
0-19-534478-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817242003321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.