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

• Autore: Olivelle Patrick
• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.