Sramanism in Early Indian Religions and Religious Life
Goyal, S.R.
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Book ID : 843
Place
of Publication :
Jodhpur
Year
of Publication :
2007
Edition :
Language : English
xiv, 186p., Abb., Bib., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Author's Preface; Abbreviation; Meaning and Nature of Sramanism; Sramanic Elements in the Vedic Tradition; Individual Renouncer in the Vedic Age: Conflict and Synthesis of Pravrtti and Nivrtti Ideologies; Feature of Sramanism in the Age of Buddha and Mahavira; Ajivikas and other Non-Jaina Non-Buddhist Sramana Sects of the Early Buddhist Age; Jaina Sramanism Before Mahavira; Sramana Mahavira; Sramana Gautama and Early Buddhist Sramanism (i); Sramana Gautama and Early Buddhist Sramanism (ii); Indian Sramanas in Classical Writers, Early Dharmasastra, Kautilya Arthasastra ans Asokan Inscriptions.
DESCRIPTION
The present monograph seeks to study the emergence and early growth of the Sramanism in India's religions and religious life. Its author Professor S.R. Goyal is a well-known scholar of ancient Indian religious history. His present work is divided into ten chapters in which the history of Sramanism and its role in ancient Indian religions and religious life that has been delineated in detail. The first chapter of the monograph discusses the main feature of Sramanism while the next four chapters deal with the various aspects of early Sramanism with special reference to the place of Seramanic ideas in the Vedic society.