Add to ORKGThe paper compares the periods of asceticism or privation that precede journeys to heaven, or transitions to some other sort of salvation, in four narratives: Mahabharata book 3, Odyssey books 5-6, the Wasting Sickness of Cuchulainn, and the story of the Buddha's enlightenment. It is argued that all derive from an early Indo-European proto-narrative, probably marked by the pentadic ideology, to which the Sanskrit epic offers the closest approximation
One of the many outstanding themes found in ancient religions of India is the theme of Moksha or lib...
Asceticism is a means of realising the absolute, owing to the fact that man does not live in harmony...
This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use of the ...
The culture of asceticism is especially wide-spread in India, and the ascetic ideal has been the mos...
This study is concerned with the origins and the development of Indian asceticism before the time of...
The Buddha's life-story has been told in many forms, but the earliest sources (in Pali and Chinese) ...
The present paper is focused on a couple of apparently contradictory Bcar passages. On the one hand ...
Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of powe...
The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the unders...
This chapter examines ascetic and meditation practices as borne witness to in the ancient scriptures...
Traditionally, the early Vedic period of Indian thought is considered pre-philosophical, with no ela...
The adjective “idyllic” included in the title does not generically mean “quiet” nor does it allude t...
This research project puts ancient Indian and Greek epics in dialogue, surveying the similarities an...
<p>The objective here is to present that, in most of Europe, in the medieval and modern periods, the...
This Independent study will focus on the search for the good life, that is, how one should conduct t...
One of the many outstanding themes found in ancient religions of India is the theme of Moksha or lib...
Asceticism is a means of realising the absolute, owing to the fact that man does not live in harmony...
This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use of the ...
The culture of asceticism is especially wide-spread in India, and the ascetic ideal has been the mos...
This study is concerned with the origins and the development of Indian asceticism before the time of...
The Buddha's life-story has been told in many forms, but the earliest sources (in Pali and Chinese) ...
The present paper is focused on a couple of apparently contradictory Bcar passages. On the one hand ...
Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of powe...
The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the unders...
This chapter examines ascetic and meditation practices as borne witness to in the ancient scriptures...
Traditionally, the early Vedic period of Indian thought is considered pre-philosophical, with no ela...
The adjective “idyllic” included in the title does not generically mean “quiet” nor does it allude t...
This research project puts ancient Indian and Greek epics in dialogue, surveying the similarities an...
<p>The objective here is to present that, in most of Europe, in the medieval and modern periods, the...
This Independent study will focus on the search for the good life, that is, how one should conduct t...
One of the many outstanding themes found in ancient religions of India is the theme of Moksha or lib...
Asceticism is a means of realising the absolute, owing to the fact that man does not live in harmony...
This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use of the ...