Hindu hell : visions, tours and descriptions of the infernal otherworld / edited by Eileen Gardiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardiner, Eileen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hell--Hinduism.

Hell.

Hindu eschatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 69 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Italica Press, [2013]

Summary:

In the long tradition of Hindu literature there was a significant development in the concept of hell from the period of the Vedas (c.1500-1000 BCE) through the period of the Puranas (c.300-1500 CE). The earliest descriptions are vague, particularly in terms of topography, alluding only to an underground, dark, putrid place for punishing sinners. Later descriptions calculate the huge dimensions, and designate almost innumerable subdivisions, of hell. Hell descriptions have been collected here from eight Hindu texts: The Rig-Veda, Atharva-Veda [Veda of the Wise and the Old], The Mahabharata, The Ramayana, The Markandeya Purana, The Vamana Purana, The Padma Purana, and The Agni Purana. This second edition contains eight texts a new preface, introduction and bibliography, notes, glossary, and web resources.

Contents:

Intro

Editor's Note

Web Resources

Introduction

Segmented Hell

Deeds - or Karma - and Punishment

Agency of Punishment

Harrowing of Hell

Hell and Reincarnation - or Samsara

Texts

Bibliography

Sources

Studies &amp

Reference

1. The Rig-Veda

2. Atharva-Veda3

3. The Mahabharata7

4. The Ramayana8

5. The Markandeya Purana9

6. The Vamana Purana10

7. The Padma Purana

8. The Agni Purana

Notes

Glossary

Preface

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-59910-090-8

OCLC:

1047893117