Karma and rebirth in classical Indian traditions /Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, editor ; sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1980.Description: xxv, 342 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
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Contents:
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty -- The concepts of human action and rebirth in the Mahabharata J. Bruce Long -- Karma and rebirth in the Dharmasastras Ludo Rocher -- Caraka Samhita on the doctrine of karma Mitchell G. Weiss -- The theory of reincarnation among the Tamils George L. Hart, III -- The rebirth eschatology and its transformations : a contribution to the sociology of early Buddhism Gananath Obeyesekere -- Karma and rebirth in early Buddhism James P. McDermott -- The medical soteriology of karma in the Buddhist Tantric tradition William Stablein -- Karma and the problem of rebirth in Jainism Padmanabh S. Jaini -- The karma theory and its interpretation in some Indian philosophical systems Karl H. Potter.
Wilhelm Halbfass -- Karma as a "sociology of knowledge" or "social psychology" of process-praxis Gerald James Larson.
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Papers from two conferences, the first held near Seattle, Washington , Oct. 22-23, 1976, and the second in Pasadena, California, Jan. 26-29, 1978.

Karma and rebirth in the Vedas and Puranas Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty -- The concepts of human action and rebirth in the Mahabharata J. Bruce Long -- Karma and rebirth in the Dharmasastras Ludo Rocher -- Caraka Samhita on the doctrine of karma Mitchell G. Weiss -- The theory of reincarnation among the Tamils George L. Hart, III -- The rebirth eschatology and its transformations : a contribution to the sociology of early Buddhism Gananath Obeyesekere -- Karma and rebirth in early Buddhism James P. McDermott -- The medical soteriology of karma in the Buddhist Tantric tradition William Stablein -- Karma and the problem of rebirth in Jainism Padmanabh S. Jaini -- The karma theory and its interpretation in some Indian philosophical systems Karl H. Potter.

Karma, Apurva, and "natural" causes : observations on the growth and limits of the theory of Samsara Wilhelm Halbfass -- Karma as a "sociology of knowledge" or "social psychology" of process-praxis Gerald James Larson.

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