Tapta marga: asceticism and initiation in vedic India
Kaelber, Walter O.
Tapta marga: asceticism and initiation in vedic India - New York State University of New York Press 1989 - x, 204p., pbk.
https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Tapta-Marga2
This is the most comprehensive study yet made of tapas and of asceticism during the Vedic period. It also explains three other essential components of Vedic thought: sacrifice, homology, and knowledge. These concepts, along with tapas and initiation symbolism, reveal the heart of Vedic religion. therefore, this study presents a "history of Vedic religion," organized around the central building blocks of that tradition.
887068146
Tapas - Hinduism
Asceticism - Hinduism
Vedic India
294.544 / KAE
Tapta marga: asceticism and initiation in vedic India - New York State University of New York Press 1989 - x, 204p., pbk.
https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Tapta-Marga2
This is the most comprehensive study yet made of tapas and of asceticism during the Vedic period. It also explains three other essential components of Vedic thought: sacrifice, homology, and knowledge. These concepts, along with tapas and initiation symbolism, reveal the heart of Vedic religion. therefore, this study presents a "history of Vedic religion," organized around the central building blocks of that tradition.
887068146
Tapas - Hinduism
Asceticism - Hinduism
Vedic India
294.544 / KAE