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title:Tapta Marga : Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic India
author:Kaelber, Walter O.
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0887068146
print isbn13:9780887068140
ebook isbn13:9780585069944
language:English
subjectTapas (Asceticism)--Hinduism, Asceticism--Hinduism.
publication date:1989
lcc:BL1238.58K34eb
ddc:294.5/44
subject:Tapas (Asceticism)--Hinduism, Asceticism--Hinduism.
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Tapta Marga
Asceticism and Initiation In Vedic India
Walter O. Kaelber
State University of New York Press
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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
1989 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York
Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kaelber, Walter O., 1943
Tapta-Marga : asceticism and initiation in Vedic India / Walter O.
Kaelber.
p. cm.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-88706-813-8. ISBN 0-88706-814-6 (pbk.)
1. TapasHinduism. 2. AsceticismHinduism. I. Title.
BL 1238.58.T36K34 1989
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For My Parents, Otto and Louise
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
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The Vedic Inter-entities: An Overview
2
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Observations on Method
10
1. Tapas, Rainfall, and Fertility
15
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Natural Heat: Sun and Fire
15
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Ascetic Heat: The Brahmacarin
17
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Ritual Heat
20
2. Tapas, Birth, and Spiritual Rebirth
29
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Tapas and Procreation
30
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Tapas and Spiritual Rebirth
33
3. Tapas and Purification
45
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Tapas: Destructive Heat and Purification
45
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Tapas: Pain, Asceticism, and Purification
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