| Description |
xxv, 342 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Karma and rebirth in the Vedas and Purānas / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty -- The concepts of human action and rebirth in the Mahābhārata / J. Bruce Long -- Karma and rebirth in the Dharmaśāstras / Ludo Rocher -- Caraka Samhitā on the doctrine of karma / Mitchell G. Weiss -- The theory of reincarnation among the Tamils / George L. Hart, III -- The rebirth eschatology and its transformations : a contribution to the sociology of early Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere -- Karma and rebirth in early Buddhism / James P. McDermott -- The medical soteriology of karma in the Buddhist Tantric tradition / William Stablein -- Karma and the problem of rebirth in Jainism / Padmanabh S. Jaini -- The karma theory and its interpretation in some Indian philosophical systems / Karl H. Potter |
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Karma, Apūrva, and "natural" causes : observations on the growth and limits of the theory of Samsāra / Wilhelm Halbfass -- Karma as a "sociology of knowledge" or "social psychology" of process-praxis / Gerald James Larson |
| Analysis |
Karma |
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Reincarnation |
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Karma |
| Notes |
Papers from two conferences, the first held near Seattle, Wash., Oct. 22-23, 1976, and the second in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 26-29, 1978 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 319-329 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Karma.
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Reincarnation.
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| Author |
Doniger, Wendy.
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Joint Committee on South Asia.
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| LC no. |
79064475 |
| ISBN |
0520039238 |
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