The Doctrine of Karma: Its Origin and Development in Brāhmaṇical, Buddhist, and Jaina TraditionsThe work deals with the Doctrine of Karma and covers all its facets in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It traces the genesis of the doctrine in the early vedic literature and explains how from a doctrine of sacrificial Karma it becomes an ethical doctrine in the upanisads. |
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Contents
Karma in Samhitas and Brāhmaṇas | 15 |
The Vedic Origins of the Doctrine of Karma | 29 |
Karma in Jainism | 43 |
The Unique Jaina Doctrine of Karma and | 51 |
Karma in Buddhism | 58 |
Karma in the Epicsthe Rāmāyaṇa | 91 |
Karma in the Bhagavadgitā | 111 |
Karma in Samkhya Yoga | 141 |
Karma in the Nyaya Vaiseṣika | 149 |
Karma in Vedānta | 157 |
Nitya and Naimittika Karmas Ritualistic Karmas | 159 |
Section V | 171 |
Prārabdha Karma Ripening of Accumulated | 183 |
Karma and the Law of Causation | 195 |
SECTION IX | 209 |
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| Title | The Doctrine of Karma: Its Origin and Development in Brāhmaṇical, Buddhist, and Jaina Traditions |
| Author | Yuvraj Krishan |
| Publisher | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1997 |
| ISBN | 8120812336, 9788120812338 |
| Length | 650 pages |
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