UID:
edocfu_9959234272902883
Format:
1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-774141-X
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81-215-1135-6
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1-280-65487-2
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9786610654871
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0-19-534478-2
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
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.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1993.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-508327-X
Language:
English
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