Ascetics and Brahmins

Patrick Olivelle

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A collection of Patrick Olivelle’s papers on Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies.

This volume brings together a variety of Patrick Olivelle’s papers on Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies that have been published over the past thirty or so years. Asceticism represents a major strand in the religious and cultural history of India, providing some of the most creative elements within Indian religions and philosophies. Most of the major religions, such as Buddhism, Jainism, and the religious philosophies both within these new religions and in the Brahmanical tradition, were created by world-renouncing ascetics. Ascetical institutions and ideologies developed in a creative tension with other religious institutions that stressed the centrality of family, procreation and society, and it is this tension that has articulated many of the central features of Indian religion and culture. The papers collected in this volume seek to locate Indian ascetical traditions within their historical, political and ideological contexts.

Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions; 2. The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity; 3. Village vs. Wilderness: Ascetic Ideals and the Hindu World; 4. A Definition of World Renunciation; 5. From Feast to Fast: Food and the Indian Ascetic; 6. The Beast and the Ascetic: The Wild in the Indian Religious Imagination; 7. Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism; 8. Contributions to the Semantic History of ‘samnyasa’; 9. The Semantic History of ‘asrama’; 10. Renunciation in the ‘Samnyasa Upanisads’; 11. Odes of Renunciation; 12. Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation; 13. The Renouncer’s Staff: ‘trivistabdha’, ‘tridanda’, and ‘ekadanda’; 14. ‘Pancamasramavidhi’: Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic; 15. Anandatirtha’s ‘Samnyasapaddhati’: A Handbook for Madhvaite Ascetics; 16. Renouncer and Renunciation in the ‘Dharmasastras’; 17. King and Ascetic: State Control of Asceticism in the ‘Arthasastra’; Bibliography; Index

Sujets

• Hinduism

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• Publié par: Anthem Press
• Date de parution: 15 décembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781843318026
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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ASCETICS AND BRAHMINS

Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions

The volumes featured in the AnthemCultural, Historical and
Textual Studies of Religionsseries are the expression of an
international community of scholars committed to the reshaping
of the field of textual and historical studies of religions. Titles in this
series examine practice, ritual, and other textual religious products,
crossing different area studies and time frames. Featuring a vast
range of interpretive perspectives, this innovative series aims
to enhance the way we look at religious traditions.

Series Editor

Federico Squarcini, University of Firenze, Italy

Editorial Board

Piero Capelli, University of Venezia, Italy
Vincent Eltschinger, ICIHA, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
Christoph Emmrich, University of Toronto, Canada
James Fitzgerald, Brown University, USA
Jonardon Ganeri, University of Sussex, UK
Barbara A. Holdrege, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University, USA
Karin Preisendanz, University of Vienna, Austria
Alessandro Saggioro, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Cristina Scherrer-Schaub, University of Lausanne and EPHE, France
Romila Thapar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Ananya Vajpeyi, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Marco Ventura, University of Siena, Italy
Vincenzo Vergiani, University of Cambridge, UK

ASCETICS AND BRAHMINS

STUDIES IN IDEOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS

Patrick Olivelle

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Abbreviations

Preface

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2.

3.

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5.

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9.

Contents

Introduction to Renunciation in the Hindu Traditions

The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity

Village vs. Wilderness: Ascetic Ideals and the Hindu World

A Definition of World Renunciation

From Feast to Fast: Food and the Indian Ascetic

The Beast and the Ascetic: The Wild in the Indian
Religious Imagination

Deconstruction of the Body in Indian Asceticism

Contributions to the Semantic History of Sa∫nyåsa

The Semantic History of å†rama

10. Renunciation in the Sa∫nyåsaUpanißads

11. Odes of Renunciation

12. Ritual Suicide and the Rite of Renunciation

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101

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207

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ASCETICS ANDBRAHMINS

13. The Renouncer’s Staff: triviß™abdha,tridañ∂a,
and ekadañ∂a

14.Pa∞camå†ramavidhi:Rite for Becoming a Naked Ascetic

15.Ånandatœrtha’s Sa∫nyåsapaddhati: A Handbook for
Madhvaite Ascetics

16. Renouncer and Renunciation in the Dharma†åstras

17. King and Ascetic: State Control of Asceticism
in the Artha†åstra

Bibliography

Index

231

249

263

271

293

307

319

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AB
ÅpDh
ÅrU
A‡
ņG®
A†rU
AU
AV
BDh
BhG
BraU
B®AU
B®D
B®Sm
BSaU
BU
CU
DN
GDh
GoB
IIJ
JåbU
JaiB
JMV
JUB
KS
KSm
K†rU
KßU

Abbreviations

AitareyaÅrañyaka
Aitareya Bråhmaña
Åpastamba Dharmasütra
ÅruñiUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Artha†åstra
ņvalåyanaG®hyasütra
ņramaUpanißad
AitareyaUpanißad
AtharvaVeda
Baudhåyana Dharmasütra
Bhagavad Gœtå
BrahmaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
B®had-AvadhütaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
B®hadDevatå
B®haspatiSm®ti
B®hat-Sa∫nyåsaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
B®hadårañyakaUpanißad
ChåndogyaUpanißad
DœghaNikåya
Gautama Dharmasütra
Gopatha Bråhmaña
Indo-IranianJournal
JåbålaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Jaiminœya Bråhmaña
Jœvanmuktiviveka of Vidyårañya
Jaiminœya-Upanißad-Bråhmaña
Kå™hakaSa∫hitåof the Black Yajur Veda
KåtyåyanaSm®ti
Ka™ha†rutiUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
KaußœtakiUpanißad

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Ln

LSaU
MaiU
MåñU
MBh
MDh
MK
MN
Mnp
MS
MuñU
NpvU
Nrd
NSm
PåM
PhpU
PhU
Pms
PU
Råm
¥V
Sa∫U
‡åõG®
‡å™U
‡B
SN
SuNi
SV
‡vU
TB
TS
TU
TurU
VaDh
VeS
ViDh
Vin
VkhDh
VkhG
VS
WZKS
Ybh

YDh
YDhS
Yls

YPra
YU

ASCETICS ANDBRAHMINS

Liõganirüpaña. The third chapter of Yådava Prakå†a’s
Yatidharmasamuccaya. Ed. and tr. in Olivelle 1986—87. See also Olivelle 1995a
Laghu-Sa∫nyåsaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
MaitreyaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Mañ∂ükyaUpanißad
Mahåbhårata
Månava Dharma†åstra
Mœmå∫så-ko†a
MajjhimaNikåya
Mœmå∫så-nyåya-prakå†a
Maitråyañœ Sa∫hitåof the Black Yajur Veda
Muñ∂akaUpanißad
NåradaparivråjakaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Ånandånubhava,Nyåyaratnadœpåvali.Ed. and tr. in Olivelle 1986—87
NåradaSm®ti
Pårå†ara-Mådhavœya.Mådhava’s commentary on the Parå†ara-sm®ti
Paramaha∫sa-parivråjakaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Paramaha∫saUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Pürva-mœmå∫så-sütra of Jaimini.
Pra†naUpanißad
Råmåyaña
¥gVeda
Sa∫nyåsaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
‡åõkhåyanaG®hyasütra
‡å™yåyanœyaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
‡atapatha Bråhmaña
Sa∫yuttaNikåya
SuttaNipåta
SåmaVeda
‡vetå†vataraUpanißad
Taittirœya Bråhmaña
TaittirœyaSa∫hitåof the Black Yajur Veda
TaittirœyaUpanißad
TuryåtœtåvadhütaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)
Vasiß™ha Dharmasütra
VedåntaSütra
Vißñu Dharmasütra
Vinaya Pi™aka
Vaikhånasa Dharmasütra
VaikhånasaG®hyasütra
VåjanaseyiSa∫hitåof the White Yajur Veda
WienerZeitschrift f rdieKundeS dasiens
Yatiliõgabhedabhaõgavåda.The 64th chapter of Vedånta De†ika’s
‡atadüßañœ.Ed. and tr. in Olivelle 1986—87.
Yåj∞avalkya Dharma†åstra
Yatidharmasa∫graha of Vi†ve†vara Sarasvatœ
Yatiliõgasamarthana. The tenth chapter of Varadaråjasüri’s
Prameyamålå.Ed. and tr. in Olivelle 1986—87.
Yatidharmaprakå†a of Våsudevå†rama (Olivelle 1976—77)
Yåj∞avalkyaUpanißad(Schrader 1912, Olivelle 1992)

Preface

This is the second volume of my collected papers. The first was
published under the title Language, Texts,and Society: Explorations in
AncientIndian Culture and Religion,in the same series as this volume.
That volume included papers dealing with Indian culture and
religion in general and with ancient Sanskrit texts. The present volume
brings together papers dealing specifically with Indian asceticism.
This volume was also the brainchild of Federico Squar