Language, texts, and society : explorations in ancient Indian culture and religion

Half Title Page......Page 1
 Series Page......Page 2
 Main Title Page......Page 3
 Copyright Page......Page 4
 Contents......Page 5
 Preface......Page 7
 Abbreviations......Page 9
 I. Young Svetaketu: A Literary Study of an Upanisadic Story......Page 13
 II. dharmaskandhah and brahmasamsthah: A Study of Chandogya Upanisad 2.23.1......Page 53
 III. Orgasmic Rapture and Divine Ecstasy: The Semantic History of ananda......Page 75
 IV. Amrta: Women and Indian Technologies of Immortality......Page 101
 V. Power of Words: The Ascetic Appropriation and the Semantic Evolution of dharma......Page 121
 VI. Semantic History of Dharma: The Middle and Late Vedic Periods......Page 137
 VII. Explorations in the Early History of Dharmasastra......Page 155
 VIII. Structure and Composition of the Manava Dharmasastra......Page 179
 IX. Caste and Purity: A Study in the Language of the Dharma Literature......Page 217
 X. Rhetoric and Reality: Women’s Agency in the Dharmasastras......Page 247
 XI. Manu and Gautama: A Study in Sastric Intertextuality......Page 261
 XII. Manu and the Arthasastra: A Study in Sastric Intertextuality......Page 275
 XIII. Unfaithful Transmitters: Philological Criticism and Critical Editions of the Upanisads......Page 287
 XIV. Sanskrit Commentators and the Transmission of Texts: Haradatta on Apastamba-Dharmasutra......Page 301
 XV. Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions......Page 321
 XVI. Abhaksya and Abhojya: An Exploration in Dietary Language......Page 351
 XVII. Food for Thought: Dietary Rules and Social Organization in Ancient India......Page 367
 References......Page 395
 Index......Page 413