Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads : Hindu scriptures on asceticism and renunciation
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
Early works
1 online resource (xv, 320 pages)
9781423764540, 9780195361377, 1423764544, 0195361377
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Note on the Translation
Introduction. 1. The Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads ; 2. Renunciation and society : the inner conflict of tradition ; 3. The nature and purpose of renunciation ; 4. The rite of renunciation ; 5. The classifications of renouncers ; 6. The behavior and customs of renouncers
Translations. 1. Āruni Upaniṣad ; 2-3. Laghu-Samnyāsa Upaniṣad and Kundikā Upaniṣad ; 4. Kathaśruti Upaniṣad ; 5. Paramaḥaṁsa Upaniṣad ; 6. Jābāla Upaniṣad ; 7. Brahma Upaniṣad ; 8. Āśrama Upaniṣad ; 9. Maitreya Upaniṣad ; 10. Nāradaparivrājaka Upaniṣad ; 11. Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad ; 12. Bhikṣuka Upaniṣad ; 13. Turīyātītāvadhūta Upaniṣad ; 14. Bṛhat-Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣad ; 15. Paramahaṃsaparivrājaka Upaniṣad ; 16. Parabrahma Upaniṣad ; 17. Bṛhad-Avadhūta Upaniṣad ; 18. Yājn̄avalkya Upaniṣad ; 19. Śāṭyāyanīya Upaniṣad ; 20. Laghu-Avadhūta Upaniṣad
Electronic reproduction, [S.l.], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
Translated from Sanskrit
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