Fire, death, and philosophy : a history of ancient Indian thinking. (Record no. 72171)
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| fixed length control field | 01579cam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788120841895 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5921 J572 F |
| Item number | 24933 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Joanna Jurewicz |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fire, death, and philosophy : a history of ancient Indian thinking. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | English. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, |
| Date of publication | 2018. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 717 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | This book is an attempt to reconstruct the foundations of Indian philosophy which are reflected in early Indian texts dated between 13th and 6th B.C.E. They are religious texts composed in Sanskrit which were transmitted orally in the families of priests called Brahmins. They constitute the intellectual foundation of Indian culture called Sruti, literally, 'what has been heard'. They are generally called Veda which means 'knowledge'. The sources forming the basis for the analysis presented in this book come from three layers of the Vedic tradition. The earliest layer is the four Vedas: the Veda of Rk-stanzas (Rgveda,), the Veda of Samanchants (Samveda), the Veda of Yajus-formulas (Yajurveda) and the Veda of Atharvans (Atharvaveda). The first part of this book's title refers to these three layers of ancient Indian tradition. The concept of fire is the central metaphysical concept of Rgvedic thought and remains such until the Brahmanas. The second part of the title refers to a further aim of the book, which is to present a history of ancient Indian thought. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy, Indic |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Vedic literature |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Chinmaya International Foundation | Chinmaya International Foundation | 03/08/2022 | 1200.00 | 294.5921 J572 F 24933 | 24933 | 03/08/2022 | Books |