The Āśrama system : the history and hermeneutics of a religious institute / Patrick Olivelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olivelle, Patrick, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asramas (Four stages of life).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of the Asrama system, a Hindu construct consisting of four legitimate ways of leading a religious life. The author traces its early history and explains how Asrama gradually established connections with other Hindu religious institutions to emerge as a central tenet of the Hindu dharma.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Meaning and Method; 2. Background and Context; II. THE EARLY PERIOD; 3. The Origins; 4. Ingredients of Change; III. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD; 5. The Classical Āśrama System; 6. Development of the Classical System; 7. The Āśramas and Other Brāhmanical Institutions; 8. The Āśrama System in Medieval Theology; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774141-X

81-215-1135-6

1-280-65487-2

9786610654871

0-19-534478-2

OCLC:

476012659

Publisher Number:

2027/heb30860 hdl