2005 - Firenze University Press
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Language, texts, and society : explorations in ancient Indian culture and religion
419 p.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Collection of already publ. essays.
- Joint ed.
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Informazioni
ISBN: 8884533945
MATERIE
SOGGETTI
- Hinduism
- Sanskrit language
- India -- Civilization
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In questo volume
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- I. Young Svetaketu
- II. dharmaskandhah and brahmasamsthah
- III. Orgasmic Rapture and Divine Ecstasy
- IV. Amrta
- V. Power of Words
- VI. Semantic History of Dharma
- VII. Explorations in the Early History of Dharmasastra
- VIII. Structure and Composition of the Manava Dharmasastra
- IX. Caste and Purity
- X. Rhetoric and Reality
- XI. Manu and Gautama
- XII. Manu and the Arthasastra
- XIII. Unfaithful Transmitters
- XIV. Sanskrit Commentators and the Transmission of Texts
- XV. Hair and Society
- XVI. Abhaksya and Abhojya
- XVII. Food for Thought
- References
- Index