Nachiketa's Return

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ISBN: 0615182402
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Pages : 135

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Nachiketa's Return

Nachiketa's Return PDF Author:
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ISBN: 0615182402
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Pages : 135

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The Hindustan Review

The Hindustan Review PDF Author:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Death and Nachiketas

Death and Nachiketas PDF Author: Mysore Sivaram
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House Private
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Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Study of the phenomenon of death, with special reference to Kathopanishad.

Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists PDF Author: Sister Nivedita
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Category : Buddhist mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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The Sacred Art of Dying

The Sacred Art of Dying PDF Author: Kenneth Kramer
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809129423
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Examines how each of the major religions looks at death by including stories, teachings, and rituals that present a comparative religious meaning of death and afterlife. Written in textbook style with journal exercises at the end of each chapter. +

Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Encyclopedia of Hinduism PDF Author: Constance Jones
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816075646
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593

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An illustrated A to Z reference containing more than 700 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Hinduism.

Journal of the American Oriental Society

Journal of the American Oriental Society PDF Author: American Oriental Society
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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List of members in each volume.

Journal of the American Oriental Society

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Languages : en
Pages : 726

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The Wisdom of the Serpent

The Wisdom of the Serpent PDF Author: Joseph Lewis Henderson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691216177
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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The tribal initiation of the shaman, the archetype of the serpent, exemplifies the death of the self and a rebirth into transcendent life. This book traces the images of spiritual initiation in religious rituals and myths of resurrection, poems and epics, cycles of nature, and art and dreaming. It dramatizes the metamorphosis from a common experience of death's inevitability into a transcendent freedom beyond individual limitations. "This is a classic work in analytical psychology that offers crucial insights on the meaning of death symbolism (and its inevitably accompanying rebirth and resurrection symbolism) as part of the great theme of initiation, of which [Henderson] is the world's foremost psychological interpreter. This material is really the next step after the hero myth that Joseph Campbell has made so popular, and provides an understanding of how not to use the hero myth in an inflated way as a psychology of mastery, but as an attainment progressively to be died beyond. [Henderson] is helped by the presence of Maud Oakes, who is a trained anthropologist with exquisite taste in her choice of mythic materials and respect for their original contexts."--John Beebe

Nachiketa

Nachiketa PDF Author: Dr. A. S. Venugopal Rao
Publisher: Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana
ISBN: 9389028078
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Languages : en
Pages : 43

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Nachiketa was the son of Vajashravas, a poor but very ambitious Brahmin. Wanting to be famous as a daani, Vajashravas performed a great yajna in which he planned to give away many cows in daana. Unfortunately, all the cows were completely useless and emaciated. Noticing that anything given in daana must be of use to the receiver, Nachiketa was upset and asked his father to whom he planned to give his son away in daana. In anger, the father said that he would gift him to Yama. Taking his father’s words as gospel, Nachiketa left for Yama’s abode immediately, something that was unheard of. The father repented his anger and felt helpless. Finding that Lord Yama wasn’t there, he waited for him outside for three days without eating or drinking water. After Yama returned, he and his wife felt guilty for a brahmachari guest had been left unattended. In lieu of it, Yama asked the boy to ask for three boons. Nachiketa asked him to ensure that his father would not worry about him and would welcome him when he returned home. Next, Yama taught him Agnividya , which was the second boon. As the third boon, Nachiketa wanted to know about the Ultimate Truth – whether man exists after death. Yama was dumbfounded because this was a secret even the Devas were not aware of. How could a young boy be let into it? Yama tried to attract him with other gifts but the boy was very firm. Finally, Yama explained to him what Atma Vidya meant and was pleased to give him jnana deeksha. Nachiketa acquired Brahmavidya from the Lord of Death and then returned to his father who became his son’s disciple. This is the story of Nachiketa as it appears in the Kathopanishad. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana