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The Vedic Origins of Karma: Cosmos As Man in Ancient Indian Myth and Ritual

Name: The Vedic Origins of Karma: Cosmos As Man in Ancient Indian Myth and Ritual
ISBN: 9780791400951

Herman W. Tull

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In this book, the author seeks access to Karma’s origins by following several clues suggested by the doctrine’s earliest formulation in the Upanistexts (circa 600-500 B.C.) These clues lead back to the mythical and ritual structure firmly established in the Brahmana texts, texts concerned with the rituals that chronologically and conceptually precede the UpanisThe rise of the karma doctrine is tied to the increasing dominance in late Vedic thought of the cosmic man (Purusa/Prajapati) mythology and its ritual analogue the "building of the fire altar" (agnicayana).

Categories:

Religion & Spirituality - Hinduism

Year:

1989

Publisher:

State University of New York Press

Language:

english

Pages:

122

ISBN 10:

0791400956