Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions |
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Contents
Karma and Rebirth in the Vedas and Puranas | 3 |
The Concepts of Human Action and Rebirth in | 38 |
Karma and Rebirth in the Dharmasastras | 61 |
Caraka Samhita 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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Common terms and phrases
action acts adrsta apurva atman Atreya Bar.do basic birth blood Brahmin Buddha Buddhist causal cause concept consciousness context creatures dead death deeds demons developed dharma Dharmasastras discussion doctrine embryo eschatology ethical evil existence experience fate fruit garbha Garuda Purana gods heaven hell Hindu human Ibid idea Igbo Indian indigenous interpretation Jaina Jainism jiva kamma karma karma and rebirth karma and samsara karma theory karmic karmic residues klesas Kumarila lihga Mahabharata Manu Marriott merit moral nature notion O'Flaherty one's passage person philosophy pinda Purana Purananuru realm rebirth eschatology reborn referred religion religious result retribution ritual sacrifice Sahkara Sahkhya samsara Sanskrit sattva Sautrantika seed semen sense soteriological soul South Asian specific spirit sraddha subtle body Tamil Tantra term texts theory of karma thought tion tradition transactions transfer transmigration University Upanisad Vaibhasika Vaisesika vasanas Vasubandhu Veda Vedic wanderer womb Yoga Yudhisthira
Bibliographic information
| Title | Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions |
| Authors | Wendy Doniger, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty |
| Editors | Wendy Doniger, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty |
| Contributors | Joint Committee on South Asia, American Council of Learned Societies |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1980 |
| ISBN | 0520039238, 9780520039230 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / General Religion / Hinduism / General |
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