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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Professor Klaus Bruhn and Dr.Klaus Butzenberger Preface ...
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Chapter 1 Canonical Stages - A Chronological Survey of the
Canonical Texts Section 1 The First Canonical Stage **
II The Second Canonical Stage III The Third Canonical Stage ......... IV The Fourth Canonical Stage ........ V The Fourth-Early Fifth Canonical Stages VI The Fifth Canonical Stage VI Summary
Chapter Text Construction of the Bhagavatisutra 1 - XX
- Table of Synopsis Chapter I Text Analysis ........
........... Section A Cosmology .............. . ......
.............. Part 1 Cosmography ......... (1) Loka-aloka ......
........... (2) Loka (-aloka) - Shape, size and regions (3) Tamaskaya and Krsnaraji .......
(4) Theory of directions ............ Part 2
................ Astronomy ........
......................... Part 3 Mythology
(1) Mythological accounts of the celestial kings.. . (2) Etymological explanation of certain classes
of devas ........................ .............. (3) Devas' rddhi and vikuruvana
.............. (4) King Sakra ....... Section B Ajiua ..........
Part 1 Pudgala . 2 Pancastikayas-cum-Addhasamaya ...
............ Section C Jiva ........ Part 1 General Aspects ....
........... (a) Classes of Beings
110 (b) Nature of Jiva – General Aspects ....
............ (c) Nature of Jiva - Physical Aspects ........ (1) Ahara
117 (2) Virya and vibration ******
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118 (3) Śarira ....... . (4) Veda
........ 119 (5) Life span
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