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CONTENTS
Pages
Foreword
viii
i
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1-12
Preface Introduction—The karmic ., law to, an Indian, mind, : an
attempt made in the following pages from an individual view-point, puruşakára and daiva, a bird's eye-view of
the present study. Chapter I-Vedas and Dharmaśāstras............:
The character of Vedic culture proper, pañcāgni-Vidyā, karmic lapses and their expiation, definition of sin, classification of sins, Swarga, Narakas in the Smstis, Šeşakarma.
13-48
Chapter 11-āgama and Tantra .......... :::.
The true aim of human life, according to Āgamas, methods of destroying karma, malapāka, Jivana-mukta and karma.
49-98 Chapter III – Karma in the Epics
Concept of karman known to Rāmāyaṇa, function of daiva, daiva and puruşakāra. Concept of karman in Mahabharata, karman in the Bhagavadgitā
99-126 Chapter IV --Karma in Purāņas (Section I to XI).
Purāņas represent the spiritual and religious culture of medieval India, the true individuality of a person, causes of remembering the past lives, physical transformation under the potency of karma
127-164
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