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Tapta Mārga : asceticism and initiation in Vedic India

Title: Tapta Mārga : asceticism and initiation in Vedic India / Walter O. Kaelber.
Author: Kaelber, Walter O., 1943-
Publication: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1989.

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Description

x, 204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 189-194.

Contents

Introduction: The Vedic inter-entities : an overview -- Observations on method.
Tapas, rainfall, and fertility -- Tapas, birth, and spiritual rebirth -- Tapas and purification -- Tapas, knowledge, and spiritual rebirth -- A Vedic watershed : karma/jn̄āna -- Tapas, knowledge, and liberation -- The emergence and development of Brāhmanic asceticism -- The "dramatic" element in Vedic initiation -- Conclusions.

ISBN

0887068138
9780887068133
0887068146
9780887068140

LCCN

88015917

OCLC

ocm17952345
17952345
SCSB-1747719

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Princeton University Library