Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and RenunciationPatrick Olivelle Oxford University Press, 1992 - 320 pages The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for the study of the Hindu ascetical institution and of the historical changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more. |
Contents
The Samnyāsa Upaniṣads | 3 |
The Nature and Purpose of Renunciation | 58 |
The Rite of Renunciation | 82 |
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abandonment abides Advaita Advaita Vedānta almsfood ascetic āśrama attains Avadhūta Bahūdakas bathing BāU becomes begging bowl birth bliss body Brahmā Brahman Brāhmanical breath called common era consciousness critical edition death deep sleep desire detachment dharma eats emblem external string forest hermit gods Hamsa highest householder impure Indian injunctions karma knowledge KśU Kuțīcaka liberation live loincloth Lord Mahābhārata mantra meaning meditation mendicant mind mortal danger Nārada nouncer oblation offer Olivelle Paramahamsa patched garment person Prajāpati prakrti pure Puruşa reciting refers regarding renouncer's renunciatory rite of renunciation ritual sacred fires sacrifice sacrificial string Samkhya Samnyāsa Upaniṣads samsāra Sanskrit says Schrader scriptures secret teaching Śiva Sprockhoff 1976 Śrauta supreme svāhā ŚvU syllable teacher term texts theology tion topknot tradition translated triple staff Turīyātītas Veda Vedānta Vedic verse Vişnu wander water pot wear wise worship yoga Yogav yogic yogin Ypra