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Index
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: The separate culture of Greater Magadha
PART I. CULTURAL FEATURES OF GREATER MAGADHA
Introduction
Chapter I.1. The fundamental spiritual ideology
Early Jainism
Knowledge of the self
The Bhagavadgita
Ajivikism
Buddhism
Conclusions
Chapter I.2. Other features
Funerary practices
Medicine
Kapila
Cyclic time
Chapter I.3. Conclusions to Part I
PART II. BRAHMANISM VIS-À-VIS REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION
Introduction
IIA. REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION HESITANTLY ACCEPTED
Chapter IIA.1. A Dharma Sutra
Vedic asceticism
The Apastamba Dharma Sutra
Confirmation in Greek sources
Chapter IIA.2. A portion from the Mahabharata
The chronological position of the Mahabharata
The Rajadharmaparvan
Chapter IIA.3. The early Upanisads
The first occurrences of the new doctrine
Rebirth and karmic retribution in relation to Vedic thought
The self in the early Upanisads
Vedic antecedents
IIB. REBIRTH AND KARMIC RETRIBUTION IGNORED OR REJECTED
Chapter IIB.1. Rebirth and karmic retribution ignored
Chapter IIB.2. Rebirth and karmic retribution rejected
Criticism of rebirth and karmic retribution in anonymous literature
The Carvakas
IIC. URBAN BRAHMINS
PART III. CHRONOLOGY
Chapter III.0. Introduction
Chapter III.1. Linguistic considerations
Chapter III.2. The Vedic texts known to the early Sanskrit grammarians
Panini and the Veda: introduction
Panini and the Veda (1)
Panini and the Veda (2)
The Rgveda at the time of Panini
Patanjali and the Veda
Conclusions
Chapter III.3. The Vedic texts known to the early Buddhists
Chapter III.4. Some indications in late-Vedic literature
The Yajnavalkya-Kanda
A reference to the early grammarians in the Upanisads?
Conclusion
Chapter III.5. Urban versus rural culture
The second urbanization
Magical thought in the Veda
Chapter III.6. Conclusions to Part III
PART IV. CONCLUSION
DISCWORLD MEETS ROUNDWORLD
PART V. APPENDICES
Appendix I: The antiquity of the Vedanta philosophy
Were the Purva- and Uttaramimamsa originally one system?
Purva-Mimamsasutra, Uttara-Mimamsasutra and the teacher quotations
Conclusions
Appendix II: A Carvaka in the Mahabharata
Appendix III: Vedic texts known to Panini
Appendix IV: The form of the Rgveda known to Panini
Appendix V: Vedic texts known to Patanjali
Appendix VI: Brahmins in the Buddhist canon
Appendix VII: Brahmanism in Gandhara and surrounding areas
Appendix VIII: Carvakas and the Sabarabhasya
References
Index
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