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Kapila, founder of Sāṃkhya and avatāra of Viṣṇu : with a translation of Kapilāsurisaṃvāda / Knut A. Jacobsen.
Van Pelt Library B133.K385 J33 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobsen, Knut A., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Kapila.
- Sankhya.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 250 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Includes text in Sanskrit (Sanskrit in roman).
- Contents:
- Kapila in the Hindu tradition
- Kapila in the Veda, the Śramaṇa-tradition, and the Mahābhārata
- Kapila in Sāṃkhya and Sāṃkhya-Yoga
- Kapila in the Purāṇas: the Viṣṇu avatāra
- Kapilāsurisaṃvāda: Sanskrit text and translation
- The sacred geography of Kapila
- Worship of Kapila: Sanskrit hymns
- Competing interpretations of Kapila in the Hindu tradition
- Verse lines in the Kapilāsurisaṃvāda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-243) and index.
- Contains:
- Mahābhārata. Śāntiparva. Kapilāsurisaṃvada. English & Sanskrit
- ISBN:
- 9788121511940
- 8121511941
- OCLC:
- 258337142
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