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Gṛhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture Patrick Olivelle

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Author(s): Patrick Olivelle

ISBN(s): 9780190696153, 019069615X

File Details: PDF, 31.17 MB

Year: 2019

Language: English

SKU: EB-23892354 Categories: Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology, Society Tags: Ancient Indian, Gṛhastha, Patrick Olivelle, Religious Culture

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Gṛhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190696153,019069615X,9780190696177, 0190696176

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ISBN 10: 0190696176
ISBN 13: 9780190696177
Author: Patrick Olivelle

This volume problematizes the figure of the householder within ancient Indian culture and religion. It shows that the term gṛhastha is a neologism and is understandable only in its opposition to the ascetic who goes away from home (pravrajita). Through a thorough and comprehensive analysis of a wide range of inscriptions and texts, ranging from the Vedas, Dharmasastras, Epics, and belle lettres to Buddhist and Jain texts and texts on governance and erotics, this volume analyses the meanings, functions, and roles of the householder from the earliest times unti about the fifth century CE. The central finding of these studies is that the householder bearing the name gṛhastha is not simply a married man with a family but someone dedicated to the same or similar goals as an ascetic while remaining at home and performing the economic and ritual duties incumbent on him. The gṛhastha is thus not a generic householder, for whom there are many other Sanskrit terms, but a religiously charged concept that is intended as a full-fledged and even superior alternative to the concept of a religious renouncer.

Table contents:

PART I: Vedic and Prakrit Sources
1. The Term Gṛhastha and the (Pre)history of the Householder
2. Pāṣaṇḍa: Religious Communities in the Aśokan Inscriptions and Early Literature
3. Gṛhastha in Aśoka’s Classification of Religious People
4. Gṛhastha in the Śramaṇic Discourse: A Lexical Survey of House Residents in Early Pāli Texts
5. Gāhāvaï and Gihattha: The Householder in the Early Jain Sources
PART II: The Sanskrit Śāstras
6. The Late Appearance of the Gṛhastha in the Vedic Domestic Ritual Codes as a Married Religious Professional
7. Gṛhastha, Āśrama, and the Origin of Dharmaśāstra
8. The Householder in Early Dharmaśāstra Literature
9. Householders, Holy and Otherwise, in the Nīti and Kāma Literature
PART III: Epic and Kāvya Literature
10. The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata
11. Gṛhasthas Don’t Belong in the Rāmāyaṇa
12. Householders and Housewives in Early Kāvya Literature

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