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Knut A. Jacobsen

Prakrti in Samkhya-Yoga

Material Principle, Religious Experience, Ethical Implications

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This book is the first monographic study of prakrti. It traces the history of the word prakrti, the word chosen by the modern North Indian languages to translate the English word 'nature,' through the texts of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain systems of religious thought. Prakrti is one of the central metaphysical principles in the religious traditions of Hinduism, especially in the very influential Samkhya and Yoga traditions. The second part of the book gives a systematic analysis of this important principle in the Proto-Samkhya, Samkhya, and Samkhya-Yoga texts. Prakrti in the Samkhya and Yoga systems is the ultimate material principle and thu… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-8204-3465-0
  • EAN: 9780820434650
  • Produktnummer: 19042023
  • Verlag: Lang, Peter
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
  • Seitenangabe: 427 S.
  • Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.1 cm x D3.0 cm 777 g
  • Reihenbandnummer: 30
  • Gewicht: 777

Über den Autor


The Author: Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published articles in journals of religion and philosophy.

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