How to Behave like a Bull? New Insight into the Origin and Religious Practices of Pāśupatas.

This paper begins with the identification and analysis of some earliest textual references to Pasupata ascetics, their tenets, and behaviours. Then it inquires into the genesis of Pāśupatism by analysing some critical passages of the Pāśupatasūtra, going beyond Kaundinya's Bhāṣya. It analyses releva...

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Publicado en:	Indo-Iranian Journal Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 101 - 132
Autor principal:	Acharya, Diwakar
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Brill Academic Publishers 2013
Materias:	Pāśupatas Ascetics Vedic literature Indic literature > History & criticism Indra (Hindu deity)
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