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... Upanisads is char- acteristic also of Buddhism and Jainism , those religions of princes . If we work on the presupposition that in India progress is from the simple to the complex , from brevity to elaboration , then the Upanisads must ...
... Upanisads is char- acteristic also of Buddhism and Jainism , those religions of princes . If we work on the presupposition that in India progress is from the simple to the complex , from brevity to elaboration , then the Upanisads must ...
Page 18
... Upanisads , all these correspondences are reduced to the comprehensive equation ātman / brahman , which ap- peared ... upanisad is to formulate : Agni is the Wind , Agni is the Sun , Agni is the Year . Hence the aim of the whole of Vedic ...
... Upanisads , all these correspondences are reduced to the comprehensive equation ātman / brahman , which ap- peared ... upanisad is to formulate : Agni is the Wind , Agni is the Sun , Agni is the Year . Hence the aim of the whole of Vedic ...
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... Upanisads starts at the point where exegesis stops : the Chandogya takes Brāhmaṇical meditations on melody as its starting - point , the Bṛhadāraṇyaka develops the theme of the mystic meaning of the Horse Sacrifice , which was dealt ...
... Upanisads starts at the point where exegesis stops : the Chandogya takes Brāhmaṇical meditations on melody as its starting - point , the Bṛhadāraṇyaka develops the theme of the mystic meaning of the Horse Sacrifice , which was dealt ...
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according action Agni already ancient appears ascetic asceticism aspect Atharvaveda ātman avatāras Bengal bhakti Brahman Brāhmaṇas Buddha Buddhism called Canon century B.C. ceremonies classical conception cosmic cult demons dharma divine doctrine elements esotericism established evidence fact figure formulae founder Goddess gods groups Hindu Hinduism human hymns idea important India Indra influence inspiration Jaina Jainism karman Kṛṣṇa later legend Liberation literature liturgy magical Mahābhārata Mahāvīra means monks movements mystical myth mythical mythology oblation origin Pāli Pāli Canon Paris path perhaps plane practice primitive principle Purāņas Rāma Rāmānuja reform religion religious representations represents Ṛgveda rites ritual ṛta Rudra sacred sacrifice Saivism Saivite Samkhya samsāra Sankara Sanskrit Satapatha schools sects Śiva Smārtas social soma speculation spirit stage Supreme symbolic Tantric Tantrism term texts theme theory thought tion tradition Upanisads Vaiṣṇavism Vaiṣṇavite Varuņa Veda Vedānta Vedic period Vedism Viṣņu word worship Yoga