Dharma in Early Brahmanic, Buddhist and Jain Traditions
Sekhar, Vincent
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Book ID : 19762
ISBN-10 : 81-7030-791-0 / 8170307910
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7030-791-4 / 9788170307914
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2003
Edition :
Language : English
With a foreword by Prof Christopher Key Chapple; xxiv, 247p., Bib., Index, 23 cm. (Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 286)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
This book is a researched work on the technical and popular meaning of the term Dharma, compares and contrasts them between traditions from the early Brahmanic, Buddhist and Jain perspectives. The early portion describes the evolution of the meaning of Dharma as varios traditions encountered with one another at different stages. The later portion studies the contemporary relevence of Dharma as a vision and way of life, with a focus on the phenomenon of violence and non-violence, its myth and reality.
