Way of life : king, householder, renouncer : essays in honour of Louis Dumont

Author(s)

• Dumont, Louis
• Madan, T. N.

Bibliographic Information

Way of life : king, householder, renouncer : essays in honour of Louis Dumont

edited by T.N. Madan

Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 1988

New ed. (wirh corrections and additions)

Note

First ed.: Delhi and Paris , 1982

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The present Volume brings together essays dealing with an important aspect of the ideological foundation of Indic civilisations, namely the notion of the good life or 'Purusartha' Contributed by 17 scholars from Britain, France, Holland, India and the USA. They deal specifically with the Brahmanical ideologies of Kingship householdership and renunciation.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA13401187
• ISBN:
  • 8120805275
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 435 p., [1] leaf of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS423
  • DC19 : 954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : India -- Civilization -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Hinduism -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Dumont, Louis, 1911- -- Addresses, essays, lectures