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Publisher's Note
Foreword
Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction:
a. Relevant remarks
b. Literary sources
Ahimsa, Asceticism and Early Vedic Rituals: 4-29
a. Rituals
b. Brahmacarins
c. Rituals and renunciatory ideas
d. Karma and its origin
e. Metempsychosis
f. Ahimsa-asceticism and ritualism
g. Vanaprasthas
h. Gṛhasthas (brahmins)
j. The entire society
Later Phases, Spread of Ahimsă and Ascetic Ideas:
a. Inner values: himsa-ahimsa b. Conspectus (An over-all Survey) c. Indus Valley Culture
Reform Religions and Ahimsă: a. Reform religions and something introductory
b. Buddhism
c. The Buddha and meat-eating d. Jainism
e. Monks and nuns: meat-fish in alms
f. The Mahavira and meat-eating
g. The separative tendencies h. Magico-ritualistic taboo
Reform Religions and Vedic Sacrifices: a. Substantial research survey
d. Ahimsa not in the foreground
e. Were the Vratyas śramanas? f. Ground for separation g. Śramanologism
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b. No one against Vedic sacrifices
c. Parallelism: Brahmanical and Uttarajjhaya views
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