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The origins and development of classical Hinduism

Title
The origins and development of classical Hinduism / A.L. Basham ; edited and annotated by Kenneth G. Zysk.
Author
Basham, A. L. (Arthur Llewellyn)
Publication
Boston : Beacon Press, ©1989.

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Additional Authors
Zysk, Kenneth G.
Description
xix, 159 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Subject
  • Hinduism > History
  • Hinduism
  • Hinduismus
  • Geschichte
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 135-150.
Contents
Beginnings of religion in south asia -- Early speculations and the later sacrifical cults -- Development of philosophy and the origin of the doctrine of transmigration -- Mystical and ascetic traditions -- Orthodoxy and the epic tradition -- Bhagavad-gita and the triumph of theism -- Ritual and dharma literature and the new hindu orthodoxy.
ISBN
  • 0807073008
  • 9780807073001
LCCN
88043314
OCLC
  • ocm19066012
  • 19066012
  • SCSB-1727923
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library