Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads : Hindu scriptures on asceticism and renunciation /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Upanishads. Selections. English.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 320 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Sannyasi -- Early works to 1800. Asceticism -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800. Asceticism -- Hinduism. Sannyasi. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11143289

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Other authors / contributors:	Olivelle, Patrick.
ISBN:	1423764544 9781423764540 0195361377 9780195361377 9780195070446 0195070445 0195070453 9780195070453 0195070445
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 Translated from Sanskrit. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for the study of the Hindu ascetical institution and of the historical changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more.
Other form:	Print version: Upanishads. English. Selections. Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 0195070445 0195070453

Table of Contents:

Note on the Translation
Introduction. 1. The Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads ; 2. Renunciation and society : the inner conflict of tradition ; 3. The nature and purpose of renunciation ; 4. The rite of renunciation ; 5. The classifications of renouncers ; 6. The behavior and customs of renouncers
Translations. 1. Āruni Upaniṣad ; 2-3. Laghu-Samnyāsa Upaniṣad and Kundikā Upaniṣad ; 4. Kathaśruti Upaniṣad ; 5. Paramaḥaṁsa Upaniṣad ; 6. Jābāla Upaniṣad ; 7. Brahma Upaniṣad ; 8. Āśrama Upaniṣad ; 9. Maitreya Upaniṣad ; 10. Nāradaparivrājaka Upaniṣad ; 11. Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad ; 12. Bhikṣuka Upaniṣad ; 13. Turīyātītāvadhūta Upaniṣad ; 14. Bṛhat-Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣad ; 15. Paramahaṃsaparivrājaka Upaniṣad ; 16. Parabrahma Upaniṣad ; 17. Bṛhad-Avadhūta Upaniṣad ; 18. Yājn̄avalkya Upaniṣad ; 19. Śāṭyāyanīya Upaniṣad ; 20. Laghu-Avadhūta Upaniṣad.

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