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Wynne: Mahabharata 12: Peace (vol. 3)

Wynne, Alexander [Übers.]:
Mahābhārata Book Twelve : Peace / transl. by Alexander Wynne. - Vol. 3: "The Book of Liberation". - New York : New York University Press ; JJC Foundation, 2009. - ca. 573 S. - (The Clay Sanskrit library ; 43)
Einheitssachtitel: Mahābhārata, Śāntiparvan <Sanskrit, engl.>
ISBN 978-0-8147-9453-1 / 0-8147-9453-x
US$ 22,00
DDC: 294.592304521

Beschreibung
"The Book of Liberation" is perhaps the most enigmatic philosophical text from ancient India. Although presented as the teachings of Bhishma as he lays dying on the battlefield, after the epic war between the Pandavas and Kauravas, it was composed by unknown authors in the last few centuries BCE, during the early period of world-renunciation. During this age, peripatetic sages meditated under trees, holy men practised austerities in forest groves and wandering sophists debated in the towns and cities. There has been no time like it before or since: such freedom of thought and expression is unparalleled in the history of the world.
    The freedom enjoyed by these ancient thinkers was not an end in itself. Above all this is an animated work, the record of philosophers seeking liberation (moksha) from a world they believed unsatisfactory. The speculation herein is but a means to an end, for its authors believed they could attain freedom from the world by knowing the truth. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
CSL Conventions. ix
Introduction. xvii
MAHA-BHARATA XII - PEACE III "THE BOOK OF LIBERATION"
174. The Dialogue between King Senajit and a Wandering Brahmin. 3
175. The Dialogue between a Father and his Son. 21
176. The Song of Shampaka. 33
177. The Song of Manki. 41
178. The Song of Bodhya. 55
179. The Dialogue between Ajagara and Prahrada. 61
180. The Dialogue between Kashyapa and a Jackal. 73
181. Teachings on Karma. 85
182-192. The Dialogue between Bhrigu and Bharadvaja. 91
193. A Discourse on the Brahminic Rules of Conduct. 161
194. A Discourse on the Supreme Self. 171
195. A Discourse on the Discipline of Meditation. 187
196-200. A Discourse on the Practice of Quiet Recitation. 195
201-206. The Dialogue between Manu and Brihaspati. 249
207. A Discourse on the Origin of Gods and Men. 293
208. On the Patriarchs and Gods. 305
209. An Account of the Conflict between Demons and Gods. 315
210-217. The Dialogue between a Master and Pupil. 325
218-219. The Teachings of Panchashikha. 383
220. In Praise of Restraint. 411
221. In Praise of Fasting. 417
222. The Dialogue between Indra and Prahrada. 425
223-225. The Dialogue between Indra and Bali. 437
226. The Dialogue between Indra and Namuchi. 467
227. Another Dialogue between Indra and Bali. 475
228. The Dialogue between Indra and Shri. 501
229. The Dialogue between Jaigishavya and Asita. 523
230. The Dialogue between Vasudeva and Ugrasena. 531
Notes. 539
Emendations to the Sanskrit Text. 557
Technical Glossary. 565
Proper Names and Epithets. 569

Übersetzer

ALEXANDER WYNNE is Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at Mahidol University, Bangkok.

Quellen: Clay Sanskrit Library; Kinokuniya Bookweb; WorldCat; Amazon; University of New York Press.

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