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Vedic cosmology and ethics selected studies

The articles by Henk Bodewitz collected in this volume, published between 1969 and 2013, deal with Vedic cosmology and ethics on basis of a systematic philological study of early Vedic texts, from the Ṛgveda to various Brāhmaṇas, Āraṇyakas and Upaniṣads

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bodewitz, H. W.
Other Authors: Heilijgers-Seelen, Dorothea Maria (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Brill 2019, 2019
Series:Gonda indological studies
Subjects:
Religion / Hinduism / General
Hinduism / Doctrines
Hindu Cosmology
Hindu Ethics
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2.4. Cosmic and Microcosmic Identifications
  • 2.5. Varuṇa's Waters and the Fourth World
  • 2.6. The Dhur Verses and the Cosmic Classification
  • 3. Synthesis. The World of Death
  • 3.1. The South and the Fourth World
  • 3.2. Varuṇa, the West, the Waters and the Fourth World
  • 3.3. The North and the Fourth World
  • 3.4. The Darker Side of the Pitṛs
  • Chapter 15. Citra's Questions in KauṣU 1, 1
  • Chapter 16. Uddālaka's Teaching in Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6, 8-16
  • Chapter 17. The Dark and Deep Underworld in the Veda
  • 1. Demons and Diseases
  • 2. Sinners
  • 3. Rivals and Enemies
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Chapter 5. The Fourth Priest (the Brahmán) in Vedic Ritual
  • 1. The Brahmán as the Fourth Item
  • 2. Silence
  • 3. The Brahmán and the South
  • 4. Complete Knowledge
  • 5. Expiations
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6. Yama's Second Boon in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad
  • Chapter 7. Reaching Immortality According to the First Anuvāka of the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa
  • Chapter 8. Life after Death in the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā
  • Chapter 9. The pañcāgnividyā and the pitṛyāna/devayāna
  • 1. Connection with the Agnihotra
  • 2. The Kṣatriya Motif
  • 3. The pañcāgnividyā
  • 4. The Journey to Heaven
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Editors' preface
  • Abbreviations (Texts)
  • Introductory Article
  • Chapter 1. The Hindu Doctrine of Transmigration: Its Origin and Background
  • 1. Terminology
  • 1.1. karman
  • 1.2. Return and Rebirth (punarjanman)
  • 1.3. mokṣa
  • 2. Ideological Framework
  • 3. Textual Evidence
  • Part 1. Yonder World
  • Chapter 2. Der Vers vicakṣaṇād ṛtavo ... (JB 1, 18
  • 1, 50
  • KauṣU 1, 2)
  • Chapter 3. Gab es damals auch dyumnas? Die Weltentstehung nach dem Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa
  • Chapter 4. The Waters in Vedic Cosmic Classifications
  • 4. Evidence from the Ṛgveda and Atharvaveda Saṁhitā
  • 4.1. Sinners (Hell)
  • 4.2. Rivals (Underworld or Hell)
  • 4.3. Ordinary People and Pitṛs (Underworld)
  • Chapter 14. Classifications and Yonder World in the Veda
  • 1. The Quarters of Space
  • 1.1. East and West
  • 1.2. South and North
  • 1.3. The Quarters of Space and the Classes
  • 1.4. More Than Four Quarters of Space
  • 2. The Cosmic Classifications of the Worlds
  • 2.1. The Sevenfold Classification
  • 2.2. The Fourfold/Fivefold Classification
  • 2.3. The Waters as Fourth or Fifth World
  • 5. The Separation of the devayāna and the pitṛyāna
  • 6. The Ultimate Situation of the One Who Follows the devayāna
  • Chapter 10. Redeath and Its Relation to Rebirth and Release
  • Chapter 11. Yonder World in the Atharvaveda
  • 1. Hell
  • 2. Destination of Unfavourable Persons or Items
  • 3. Rivals and Enemies
  • 4. Return of the Deceased or Almost Deceased
  • Chapter 12. Pits, Pitfalls and the Underworld in the Veda
  • Chapter 13. Distance and Death in the Veda
  • 1. Ṛgveda Saṁhitā
  • 2. Atharvaveda Saṁhitā
  • 3. Yajurveda Saṁhitā and Vedic Prose

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