Format:
Online-Ressource (xix, 414 p)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9789047419655
Series Statement:
Handbook of oriental studies v. 19
Content:
Gangetic plain of northern India, has so far has been looked upon as deeply indebted to Brahmanical culture. Religions such as Buddhism and Jainism are thought of as derived, in one way or another, from Vedic religion. This belief is defective in various respects. This book overturns traditional ideas about the cultural history of India
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-400) and index
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Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The separate culture of Greater Magadha; PART I. CULTURAL FEATURES OF GREATER MAGADHA; Introduction; Chapter I.1. The fundamental spiritual ideology; Chapter I.2. Other features; Chapter I.3. Conclusions to Part I; PART II. BRAHMANISM VIS-À-VIS REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION; Introduction; IIA. REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION HESITANTLY ACCEPTED; IIB. REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION IGNORED OR REJECTED; PART III. CHRONOLOGY; Chapter III.0. Introduction; Chapter III.1. Linguistic considerations
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Chapter III.2. The Vedic texts known to the early Sanskrit grammariansChapter III.3. The Vedic texts known to the early Buddhists; Chapter III.4. Some indications in late-Vedic literature; Chapter III.5. Urban versus rural culture; Chapter III.6. Conclusions to Part III; PART IV. CONCLUSION; DISCWORLD MEETS ROUNDWORLD; PART V. APPENDICES; Appendix I: The antiquity of the Vedanta philosophy; Appendix II: A Carvaka in the Mahabharata; Appendix III: Vedic texts known to Panini; Appendix IV: The form of the Rgveda known to Panini; Appendix V: Vedic texts known to Patanjali
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Appendix VI: Brahmins in the Buddhist canonAppendix VII: Brahmanism in Gandhara and surrounding areas; Appendix VIII: Carvakas and the Sabarabhasya; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004157190
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004157194
Additional Edition:
Print version Greater Magadha : Studies in the Culture of Early India
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946 - Handbook of oriental studies ; Sect. 2, Vol. 19: India: Greater Magadha Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2007 ISBN 9004157190
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004157194
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Magadha
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Geschichte
;
Kultur
Author information:
Bronkhorst, Johannes 1946-
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