[Buddha-l] FW: a recent publication on Greater Magadha in the culture of early India

[jkirk]

For those on this list not on the Indology list, this is of possible
interest to some. Joanna
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Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India by Johannes
Bronkhorst (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section Two: India; vol. 19)
Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2007 XX, 414 pp

Introduction: The separate culture of Greater Magadha 
Part I: Cultural features of greater Magadha 
Chapter I.1 The fundamental spritual ideology 
Chapter I.2 Other features 
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 Suutra 
Chapter IIA.2 A portion from the Mahaabhaarata 
Chapter IIA.3 The early upani.sads

IIB Rebirth and karmic retribution ignored or rejected 
Chapter IIB.1 Rebirth and karmic retribution ignored 
Chapter IIB.2 Rebirth and karmic retribution ignored or rejected

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 
Chapter III.3 The Vedic texts known to the early Buddhists 
Chapter III.4 Some indications in late-Vedic literature 
Chapter III.5 Urban versus rural culture 
Chapter III.6 Conclusions to part III

Part IV: Conclusion
Discworld meets roundworld

Part V: Appendices
Appendix I: The antiquity of the Vedaanta philosophy 
Appendix II: A Caarvaaka 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: Brahmins in Gandhaara and surrounding arreas 
Appendix VIII: Caarvaakas and the Saabarabhaa.sya

References
Index


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