Vedic cosmology and ethics

Vedic cosmology and ethics: selected studies

by Bodewitz, H. W.

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How did 'Vedic man' think about the destiny of man after death and related ethical issues? That heaven was the abode of the gods was undisputed, but was it also accessible to man in his pursuit of immortality? Was there a realm of the deceased or a hell? What terms were used to indicate these 'yonder worlds'? What is their location in the cosmos and which cosmographic classifications are at the root of these concepts? The articles by Henk Bodewitz collected in this volume, published over a peri…

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  • Full title :Vedic cosmology and ethics : selected studies / by Henk Bodewitz ; edited by Dory Heilijgers, Jan Houben, Karel van Kooij.

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How did 'Vedic man' think about the destiny of man after death and related ethical issues? That heaven was the abode of the gods was undisputed, but was it also accessible to man in his pursuit of immortality? Was there a realm of the deceased or a hell? What terms were used to indicate these 'yonder worlds'? What is their location in the cosmos and which cosmographic classifications are at the root of these concepts? The articles by Henk Bodewitz collected in this volume, published over a period of 45 years, between 1969 and 2013, deal with these issues on the basis of a systematic philological study of early Vedic texts, from the Rgveda to various Brahmanas, Aranykas and Upanisads.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2019

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Leiden
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2019

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxv, 480 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004398641, 9004398643
  • oclc:on1085698648
  • LC Classification:B132.C67
  • Dewey Decimal:294.5/2

Subjects

Cosmologie hindoue Hindouisme -- Doctrines Hindu cosmology Hindu ethics Hinduism -- Doctrines Morale hindoue

Writers

Bodewitz, H. W. Heilijgers-Seelen, Dorothea Maria Houben, Jan E. M Kooij, K. R. Van

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