The character of the self in ancient India : priests, kings, and women in the early Upaniṣads

The Character of the Self in Ancient India......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
 OPENING STATEMENT......Page 16
 WHAT ARE THE UPANISADS?......Page 18
 THE SELF, LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY......Page 22
 THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT......Page 27
 CHARACTERIZING THE SELF......Page 31
 LITERARY CHARACTERS......Page 34
 THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 37
 MYSTERY OR MYSTIQUE: THE CHARACTER OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 39
 INTRODUCTION......Page 44
 SANDILYA  AND THE TEACHING OF ATMAN AND BRAHMAN......Page 45
 SANDILYA FROM RITUALIST TO TEACHER......Page 48
 UDDALAKA  ARUNI AND THE TEACHING OF TAT TVAM ASI......Page 51
 UDDALAKA AND SVETAKETU:ACTING OUT THE UPANAYANA......Page 53
 INDRA AS THE PERSISTENT STUDENT......Page 56
 NARADA AND SANATKUMARA: KNOWLEDGE OF ATMAN AS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE VEDAS......Page 59
 NACIKETAS AND THE INITIATION OF ANUPANISHADIC BRAHMIN......Page 61
 THE GRADUATION OF A BRAHMIN STUDENTIN THE TAITTIRIYA UPANISAD......Page 65
 SATYAKAMA AND THE BEGINNINGS OF A BRAHMIN HAGIOGRAPHY......Page 68
 CONCLUSION......Page 72
 INTRODUCTION......Page 74
 THE BRAHMODYA AND THE SACRIFICE......Page 75
 UDDALAKA  ARUNI AND THE BRAHMODYA IN THE SATAPATHA BRAHMANA......Page 78
 YAJÑAVALKYA AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL TOURNAMENT......Page 82
 YAJÑAVALKYA’S INTERLOCUTORS:THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEBATE......Page 85
 YAJÑAVALKYA AND THE TACTICS OF DEBATE......Page 89
 LOSING FACE OR LOSING ONE’S HEAD? THE MOTIF OF HEAD SHATTERING......Page 95
 UPANISHADIC TEACHINGS AND MATERIAL WEALTH......Page 103
 YAJÑAVALKYA AND RENUNCIATION......Page 107
 THE LIFE STORY OF YAJÑAVALKYA......Page 111
 CONCLUSION......Page 113
 INTRODUCTION......Page 116
 THE MYTH OF KSATRIYA AUTHORSHIP......Page 118
 JANAKA AND YAJÑAVALKYA: NEGOTIATING THE BRAHMIN’S POSITION IN THE COURT......Page 120
 JANAKA AND Y≈JÑAVALKYA IN THE BRHADARAN YAKA UPANISAD......Page 125
 KINGS AS TEACHERS: ASVAPATI TEACHES A GROUP OF BRAHMIN HOUSEHOLDERS......Page 127
 UDDALAKA  ARUNI AND SVETAKETU:INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO SEEK PATRONAGE......Page 129
 CONFLICTING AGENDAS FOR HOW KINGS SHOULD TEACH BRAHMINS......Page 132
 UPANISHADIC KNOWLEDGE AS A POLITICAL DISCOURSE......Page 134
 THE BATTLE OF THE PRANAS AS A POLITICAL METAPHOR......Page 136
 PRAVAHANA  AND THE TEACHING OF THE FIVE FIRES......Page 139
 CONCLUSION......Page 144
 INTRODUCTION......Page 148
 THE GENDER OF THE SELF: ATMAN AND THE MALE BODY......Page 150
 THE SELF, VIRILITY, AND IMMORTALITY......Page 156
 YAJÑAVALKYA AND SATYAKAMA:COMPETING IDEALS OF MALE SUBJECTIVITY......Page 160
 THE MYTH OF RECOVERING AN AUTHENTIC FEMALE VOICE......Page 163
 GARGI : THE DEBATING TACTICSOF A FEMALE PHILOSOPHER......Page 165
 WOMEN AND GANDHARVAS:THE LACK OF AUTHORITY FOR FEMALE SPEAKERS......Page 171
 THE AMBIGUITIES OF SATYAKAMA’S MOTHER AND WIFE......Page 173
 MAITREYI AND KATYAYANI:KNOWLEDGE OF ATMAN VERSUS STRIPRAJÑA......Page 177
 CONCLUSION......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 184
Notes......Page 190
Glossary......Page 212
Bibliography......Page 216
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