On the Meaning and Function of Ādeśá in the Early Upaniṣads
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DOI: 10.1007/s10781-017-9321-7
Abstract: Many modern scholars working on the early Upaniṣads translate ādeśa as substitute, substitution, or the method or rule of substitution. The choice of this translation, which often affects the larger analysis of the text, started… read more here.
Keywords: upani ads; term; function early; early upani ... See more keywords
How does knowledge bring one to the state of immortality in early Upaniṣadic philosophy? A new perspective on the ‘Magical’ way of cognition
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DOI: 10.1080/0048721x.2018.1466002
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Upaniṣadic philosophers believed that acquiring certain knowledge would lead them toward a state of immortality. Merely by obtaining that knowledge, they thought people could surmount the various causes of death of the natural… read more here.
Keywords: death; upani adic; knowledge; early upani ... See more keywords