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Title

Rules and regulations of Brahmanical asceticism : Yatidharmasamuccaya of Yādava Prakāśa / edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle.

Author

Yādavaprakāśa, active 11th century.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

Olivelle, Patrick.

Description

x, 458 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• Rules and Regulations of Brahmanical Asceticism is the critical edition and translation of a twelfth-century Sanskrit text written by Yadava Prakasa, whose life and activities are of historical interest because, according to tradition, he was the teacher of the great Vaisnava theologian Ramanuja.
• This text is the oldest and most comprehensive example of medieval Sanskrit literature devoted to examining the duties of ascetics. Yadava Prakasa is the only one who explicitly examines the thorny question of whether asceticism is a legitimate way of life for Brahmins.
• His topics include the people qualified to become ascetics; the rite for becoming an ascetic; the clothes and belongings of an ascetic; techniques of meditation; daily routines such as bathing, divine worship, and begging; proper conduct and etiquette; the manner of wandering; residence during the rains; expiatory penances; and the funeral.
• In his introduction, Patrick Olivelle examines the place of Yadava's text within the literary and institutional history of Brahmanical asceticism. He discusses the origins of asceticism in India; its incorporation into the Brahmanical mainstream; and its variations within Hindu sects, as well as in Buddhist and Jain traditions.

Series Statement

SUNY series in religion

Uniform Title

• Yatidharmasamuccaya
• SUNY series in religion.

Alternative Title

• Yatidharmasamuccaya
• Yatidharmasamuccaya.

Subject

• Asceticism > Brahmanism > Early works to 1800
• Brahmans > Early works to 1800
• Dharma > Early works to 1800
• Asceticism > Hinduism > Early works to 1800

Note

• English and Hindi.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-447) and index.

Contents

The Author: His Life and Works. Yatidharmasamuccaya and the Ascetic Literary Tradition. Structure and Contents. The Domestication of Asceticism -- Translation. 1. The Rule Sanctioning Itinerant Asceticism. 2. Age of Eligibility of a Candidate for Itinerant Asceticism. 3. Examination of the Insignia. 4. The Procedure of Renunciation. 5. Principal Activities. 6. Daily Practices. 7. Proper Conduct. 8. Rules on Insignia and Related Penances. 9. Wandering and Rain Residence. 10. Penances. 11. The Procedure of an Ascetic's Funeral -- Text -- Introduction to the Critical Edition. 1. parivrajyavidhih. 2. parivrajyadhikaridasanirupanam. 3. lingnirupanam. 4. samnyasaprayogah. 5. mukhyakarmavidhih. 6. ahoratrakriya. 7. acarah. 8. lingadharmaprayascittavidhih. 9. gatisthitinirupanam. 10. prayascittavidhih. 11. yatisamskaravidhih -- Appendix 1: Long Variant Readings -- Appendix 2: Index of Authors Cited -- Appendix 3: Index of Citations.

ISBN

• 0791422836 (alk. paper)
• 0791422844 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

94036124

OCLC

• 31172826
• ocm31172826

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries