Lucero Jazmín López Olivares

Mok¿adharma and pre-ved¿nta philosophy

Conceptions about the First Principle in the Mah¿bh¿rata

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Produktbeschreibung

The present text is the first translation into English of some fragments of the "Moksadharma Parvan". The "Moksadharma", inserted within the twelfth book of the Sanskrit epic "The Mahabharata", configures one of the first sources of legitimization for the emerging doctrines among which are the "sa khya", yoga, as well as the vedanta in ancient India. The present work exposes some mentions where the First Principle is described as the neutral entity brahman, spirit or purusa, matter or "prakrti", the imperishable or "aksara", as well as the unmanifest or "avyakta". These notions come close, in their philosophical sense, to the acceptance of a personalized God and the birth of "bhakti", or devotion, towards the god Narayana. The study conducted finds that the conceptual variants present in the "Moksadharma" legitimized the doctrinal tenets of important philosophical schools in ancient India, including classical vedanta.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 185g
• ISBN-13: 9786205476789
• ISBN-10: 6205476789
• Artikelnr.: 67071071

Autorenporträt

Lucero López è dottoranda in Studi culturali presso El Colegio de la Frontera Norte e ha conseguito un Master in Studi asiatici e africani presso El Colegio de México, dove si è specializzata sull'India antica. Attualmente sta studiando la pratica dei riti tradizionali indù da parte di persone di origine indiana che vivono in Messico.