Vedic Cosmology and Ethics : : Selected Studies / / edited by Henk W. Bodewitz [and three others].

• Superior document: Gonda Indological Studies ; Volume 19
• TeilnehmendeR: Bodewitz, H. W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Gonda indological studies ; Volume 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page /; Foreword /; Editors’ preface /; Abbreviations (Texts) /; Introductory Article /; The Hindu Doctrine of Transmigration: Its Origin and Background /; Yonder World /; Der Vers vicakṣaṇād ṛtavo … (JB 1, 18; 1, 50; KauṣU 1, 2) /; Gab es damals auch dyumnas? Die Weltentstehung nach dem Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa /; The Waters in Vedic Cosmic Classifications /; The Fourth Priest (the Brahmán) in Vedic Ritual /; Yama’s Second Boon in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad /; Reaching Immortality According to the First Anuvāka of the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa /; Life after Death in the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā /; The pañcāgnividyā and the pitṛyāna/devayāna /; Redeath and Its Relation to Rebirth and Release /; Yonder World in the Atharvaveda /; Pits, Pitfalls and the Underworld in the Veda /; Distance and Death in the Veda /; Classifications and Yonder World in the Veda /; Citra’s Questions in KauṣU 1, 1 /; Uddālaka’s Teaching in Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6, 8–16 /; The Dark and Deep Underworld in the Veda /; Vices and Virtues /; Sukṛtá and Sacrifice /; Non-ritual kárman in the Veda /; Vedic aghám: Evil or Sin, Distress or Death? /; The Vedic Concepts ā́gas and énas /; Sins and Vices: Their Enumerations and Specifications in the Veda /; Vedic Terms Denoting Virtues and Merits /; Back Matter --; The Verse vicakṣaṇād ṛtavo … (JB 1, 18; 1, 50; KauṣU 1, 2) /; Were There Any dyumnas at the Time? Cosmogony According to the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa /; References /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004400133
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Henk W. Bodewitz [and three others].

How did ‘Vedic man’ think about the destiny of man after death and related ethical issues? That heaven was the abode of the gods was undisputed, but was it also accessible to man in his pursuit of immortality? Was there a realm of the deceased or a hell? What terms were used to indicate these ‘yonder worlds’? What is their location in the cosmos and which cosmographic classifications are at the root of these concepts? The articles by Henk Bodewitz collected in this volume, published over a period of 45 years, between 1969 and 2013, deal with these issues on the basis of a systematic philological study of early Vedic texts, from the Ṛgveda to various Brāhmaṇas, Āraṇykas and Upaniṣads.