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Vedic Cosmology and Ethics : : Selected Studies / / 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 ‘yonde...

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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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page / Henk Bodewitz
  • Foreword / Henk Bodewitz
  • Editors’ preface / Henk Bodewitz
  • Abbreviations (Texts) / Henk Bodewitz
  • Introductory Article / Henk Bodewitz
  • The Hindu Doctrine of Transmigration: Its Origin and Background / Henk Bodewitz
  • Yonder World / Henk Bodewitz
  • Der Vers vicakṣaṇād ṛtavo … (JB 1, 18; 1, 50; KauṣU 1, 2) / Henk Bodewitz
  • Gab es damals auch dyumnas? Die Weltentstehung nach dem Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa / Henk Bodewitz
  • The Waters in Vedic Cosmic Classifications / Henk Bodewitz
  • The Fourth Priest (the Brahmán) in Vedic Ritual / Henk Bodewitz
  • Yama’s Second Boon in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad / Henk Bodewitz
  • Reaching Immortality According to the First Anuvāka of the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa / Henk Bodewitz
  • Life after Death in the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā / Henk Bodewitz
  • The pañcāgnividyā and the pitṛyāna/devayāna / Henk Bodewitz
  • Redeath and Its Relation to Rebirth and Release / Henk Bodewitz
  • Yonder World in the Atharvaveda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Pits, Pitfalls and the Underworld in the Veda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Distance and Death in the Veda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Classifications and Yonder World in the Veda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Citra’s Questions in KauṣU 1, 1 / Henk Bodewitz
  • Uddālaka’s Teaching in Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6, 8–16 / Henk Bodewitz
  • The Dark and Deep Underworld in the Veda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Vices and Virtues / Henk Bodewitz
  • Sukṛtá and Sacrifice / Henk Bodewitz
  • Non-ritual kárman in the Veda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Vedic aghám: Evil or Sin, Distress or Death? / Henk Bodewitz
  • The Vedic Concepts ā́gas and énas / Henk Bodewitz
  • Sins and Vices: Their Enumerations and Specifications in the Veda / Henk Bodewitz
  • Vedic Terms Denoting Virtues and Merits / Henk Bodewitz
  • Back Matter
  • The Verse vicakṣaṇād ṛtavo … (JB 1, 18; 1, 50; KauṣU 1, 2) / Henk Bodewitz
  • Were There Any dyumnas at the Time? Cosmogony According to the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa / Henk Bodewitz
  • References / Henk Bodewitz
  • Indexes / Henk Bodewitz.

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