Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions |
Contents
Karma and Rebirth in the Vedas and Puranas | 3 |
The Concepts of Human Action and Rebirth in | 38 |
Karma and Rebirth in the Dharmaśāstras | 61 |
Caraka Samhitā on the Doctrine of Karma | 90 |
The Theory of Reincarnation among the Tamils | 116 |
Karma and Rebirth in Early Buddhism | 165 |
The Medical Soteriology of Karma | 193 |
Karma and the Problem of Rebirth in Jainism | 217 |
The Karma Theory and Its Interpretation in Some | 241 |
Observations | 268 |
Karma as a Sociology of Knowledge | 303 |
List of Participants in the First Two American Council | 317 |
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Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty,Wendy Doniger No preview available - 1999 |
Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty,Wendy Doniger No preview available - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
action acts adrsta apūrva ātman Ātreya avijñapti bar.do basic Bhagavadgītā birth blood Brahmin Buddha Buddhist causal cause concept consciousness context creatures darśana dead death deeds demons developed dharma Dharmaśāstras discussion doctrine embryo eschatology ethical evil existence experience fate fruit garbha gods heaven hell Hindu human Ibid idea Igbo Indian indigenous interpretation Jaina Jainism jīva kamma karma karma and rebirth karma and samsāra karma theory karmic karmic residues kleśas Kośa Kumārila Mahābhārata Manu Marriott merit Mīmāmsā moral nature notion O'Flaherty one's passage person philosophy pinda prakrti Purāṇa realm rebirth eschatology reborn referred religion religious result retribution ritual sacrifice samsāra Sankara Sankhya Sanskrit sattva seed semen sense Śiva soteriological soul South Asian specific spirit śrāddha subtle body sūtra Tamil Tantra term texts theory of karma thought tion tradition transactions transfer transmigration University Upaniṣad Vaiśeṣika vāsanās Veda Vedic womb Yoga Yudhisthira