Soul and self in Vedic India

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    • Norelius, Per-Johan

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Soul and self in Vedic India

by Per-Johan Norelius

（Studies in the history of religions, . Numen book series ; v. 176）

Brill, c2023

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Revision of Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala University, 2021

Includes bibliographical references (p. [573]-612) and indexes

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1 "Souls" in Vedic Indian Beliefs 2 The Purpose of the Study 3 The Concept of "Soul" in the Study of Religion 4 Towards a Working Definition of "Soul" 2 Approaching the Sources 1 The Material 2 Previous Research on Vedic Soul-Conceptions 3 Notes on Methodology 4 Structure of the Study Part 1: General Background 3 Afterlife, Person, and Soul in Pre-Upanisadic Vedic Thought 1 The Vedic Concept of the Person 2 The Earliest Conceptions of the Afterlife 3 Later Vedic Views of the Afterlife 4 Conclusions 4 The Rise of New Doctrines on the Soul and Afterlife: A Late Vedic Conundrum 1 The Decline of Ritualism: Theories on the Transformation of Late Vedic Ideology 2 Conclusions Part 2: Vedic Soul-Concepts 5 The asu 1 Meanings of the Term 2 asu in the R gveda 3 asu in the Atharvaveda 4 asu in the Yajurvedic Samhitas 5 asu in the Brahmanas 6 asu in the Upanisads 7 Conclusions 8 Excursus: A Note on asu in Epic Sanskrit 6 manas, the Mind 1 manas in the R gveda 2 manas in the Atharvaveda 3 The Relation of manas to asu 4 manas in Middle Vedic Thought 5 Late Vedic: Mind as the Central Vital Faculty 6 manas in the Upanisads 7 Conclusions 7 prana, the Breath 1 Etymology and Meaning of prana 2 On prana and the pranas 3 prana in the R gveda 4 prana in the Atharvaveda 5 prana and the pranas in Later Vedic Literature 6 The prana's Rise to Greatness in Late Vedic Texts 7 The Supreme Cosmic and Psychic Force 8 The Fate of the Upanisadic prana Concept 9 Conclusions 8 The purusa 1 Uses of the Word in Early Vedic 2 purusa in Brahmanas and Aranyakas 3 Excursus: Some Possible Sources of the Homunculus Conception 4 purusa in the Upanisads 5 Conclusions 9 The atman 1 Etymology and Original Sense of the Word 2 atman in the R gveda 3 atman in the Atharvaveda 4 atman in Middle Vedic Texts 5 atman in Late Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas 6 atman in the Upanisads 7 Conclusions PART 3: The Transformation of Vedic Soul-Beliefs 10 Self and Sacrifice: Ritual Interiorization and the Rise of Soul-Doctrines 1 The Interiorization of Ritual and the Emergence of the "Self" 2 Theories on the Causes of Interiorization 3 Interiorization and the Soul 4 Political Symbolism in the Imagery of the Soul 5 Conclusions 11 Soul and Selfhood: Changing Late Vedic Conceptions of the Person 1 Theories on the Unification of the Soul in India and Elsewhere 2 The Unitary Soul in Late Vedic Texts 3 The Question of Spirit-Matter Dualism 4 A Changing Society? 5 The Problem of Individualism in Ancient India 6 Conclusions 12 States of the Soul: Dreaming, Unconsciousness, and Ecstasy in Vedic Thought 1 Free-souls in Vedic India 2 Soul and Dreaming: Vedic Theories on the Nature of Dreams 3 Soul-travel in Vedic Texts 4 Mysticism and the Soul: The Case of the Upanisads 5 Conclusions 13 Soul in Non-Brahmanical Traditions 1 Bronkhorst's Theory: The Inactive Self 2 More on atman and Renunciation 3 Was There a Sramanic Concept of the Soul? 4 Conclusions 5 Excursus: Some Remarks on the Self in Early Buddhism and in the Upanisads 14 The Doctrine of Rebirth 1 The Early Vedic Evidence 2 Rebirth Understood in the Ancestral Rites? 3 The Recurring Death 4 Karma 5 The Earliest Theories of Rebirth 6 Conclusions Part 4: Conclusions 15 Souls and Self in Vedic Thought Appendix 1: Indo-Iranian and Indo-European Soul-Concepts Appendix 2: Shadow and Reflection Appendix 3: The Soul or the Dead as Birds Appendix 4: Soul and Fire Bibliography Index

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