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Indische Philosophie. --- Jainismus. --- Kanon.

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Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one's deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word "karma" itself. In lucid and accessible prose, this book presents karma in its historical, cultural, and religious context.Initially, karma manifested itself in a number of religious movements-most notably Jainism and Buddhism-and was subsequently absorbed into Brahmanism in spite of opposition until the end of the first millennium C.E. Philosophers of all three traditions were confronted with the challenge of explaining by what process rebirth and karmic retribution take place. Some took the drastic step of accepting the participation of a supreme god who acted as a cosmic accountant, others of opting for radical idealism. The doctrine of karma was confronted with alternative explanations of human destiny, among them the belief in the transfer of merit. It also had to accommodate itself to devotional movements that exerted a major influence on Indian religions.The book concludes with some general reflections on the significance of rebirth and karmic retribution, drawing attention to similarities between early Christian and Indian ascetical practices and philosophical notions that in India draw their inspiration from the doctrine of karma.

Karma. --- Indische Philosophie --- Brahmanismus --- Karma --- Buddhismus --- Indien --- Magadha --- Indien. --- Magadha. --- Brahmanismus. --- Indische Philosophie. --- Buddhismus.

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This study focuses on the devices implemented in classical Indian texts on ritual and language in order to develop a structure of rules in an economic and systematic way. These devices presuppose a spatial approach to ritual and language, one which deals for instance with absences as substitutions within a pre-existing grid, and not as temporal disappearances. In this way, the study reveals a key feature of some among the most influential schools of Indian thought. The sources are Kalpasūtra, Vyākaraṇa and Mīmāṃsā, three textual traditions which developed alongside each other, sharing - as the volume shows - common presuppositions and methodologies. The book will be of interest for Sanskritists, scholars of ritual exegesis and of the history of linguistics. - Cover.

Tantrism --- Prāsaṅgika --- Philosophy, Indic --- Śrautasūtras --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Prāsaṅgika. --- Philosophy, Indic. --- Tantrism. --- Ritual. --- Indische Philosophie. --- Hinduismus. --- Mimamsa. --- Hiraṇyakeśī Satyāṣādha. --- Śrautasūtras --- Śrautasūtras. --- Śrautasūtra. --- India. --- Hinduismus --- Śrautasūtra --- India --- Prāsaṅgika. --- Śrautasūtras. --- Tantrism - India --- Ritual