Upanishads - Print on Demand

Zusatztext Offers a new and authoritative translation, with Sanskrit text and extensive notes...The introduction gives useful information for nonspecialists....Particularly interesting are Olivelle's remarks on human physiology and psychology and their connections with the cosmos....Likely to become the standard for this generation. For all libraries and scholarly shelves. Klappentext This is the full edition of the early Upanisads, the central scriptures of Hinduism. Featuring Patrick Olivelle's acclaimed new English translation (Oxford, 1996), it also includes the complete Sanskrit text, as well as variant readings, scholarly emendations, and explanations of Olivelle's choices of particular readings. The volume also contains a concordance of the two recensions of the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad, and an extensive bibliography. Zusammenfassung This edition of the early "Upanisads", the central scriptures of Hinduism, includes the complete Sanskrit text, as well as scholarly emendations and explanations of Patrick Olivelle's choices of particular readings. The volume also contains a concordance of the recensions of Brhadaranyaka Upanisad.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Olivelle
• Assisted by: Patrick Olivelle (Editor), Olivelle Patrick (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780195124354
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512435-4
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 47 mm
• Series: South Asia Research
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism, Sacred texts, Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings