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——. 1985b. “Le Veda ̄nta,” in L. Renou, J. Filliozat et al., L’Inde classique. Manuel des Études indiennes, Tome II, Paris (1st ...

CHAPTER 12 The Renouncer Tradition Patrick Olivelle Shaven-headed and clad in yellow-orange robes – whether they are Buddhist mo ...

An anchorite shall live in the forest, living on roots and fruits and given to austerities. He kindles the sacred fire according ...

The Origins There is a longstanding and ongoing scholarly debate regarding the origin of the renouncer tradition. To simplify a ...

Renouncers often formed groups around prominent and charismatic ascetic leaders, groups that often developed into major religiou ...

Several of the renouncer movements that turned into major religions were founded by people who had renounced the world, Gautama ...

The proponents of ascetic and renunciatory values, on the other hand, dismiss these claims for sons and rituals. Their view of i ...

theBhagavad Gı ̄ta ̄on the issue of the relative value of renunciation and engage- ment in one’s socially appointed duties is a ...

concept and is absent outside Brahmanical discourse. It referred originally to habitats and life styles of exceptional Brahmins ...

married, beget offspring, and offer sacrifices. In effect, the classical a ̄s ́rama system transformed renunciation from a life’ ...

selections) between a father, the guardian of the old order, and his son, repre- senting the troubled and anguished spirit of th ...

grammarian Pa ̄n.ini (4.3.110–11), for example, mentions the Bhiks.usu ̄tras com- posed by Pa ̄ra ̄s ́arya and Karmandin. The Ba ...

Brahmanical/Hindu vocabulary for the institution of renunciation. In the early years, however, the term had a more restricted me ...

of renunciation” (5.108). Here we find renunciation compared to other methods of purification; renouncing is an act of purificat ...

the sole means of attaining liberation. These theological and religious traditions are collectively referred to as “bhakti.” Mos ...

simple negativity, a giving up of desire; desire is given up so that one can offer to god one’s actions as an offering, as a tok ...

Bradford, N. J. 1985. “The Indian Renouncer: Structure and Transformation in the Lingayat Community,” in R. Burghart and A. Cant ...

Pande, G. C. 1978. S ́raman.a Tradition: Its History and Contribution to Indian Culture. Ahmedabad: L. D. Institute of Indology. ...

CHAPTER 13 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society T. N. Madan Defining the Terms To write about the householder tradition in ...

household, which is also the immediate family, may well be characterized as being “restricted.” Apart from having a structural o ...