Prakrti in Samkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience, Ethical Implications - Hardcover

Jacobsen, Knut A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 812081827X ISBN 13: 9788120818279

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

This book is the first monographic study of prakrti. It traces the history of the word prakrti, the word chosen by the modern North Indian languages to translate the English word 'nature', through the texts of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain systems of religious thought. The second part of the book gives a systematic analysis of this important principle in the Proto-Samkhya, Samkhya and Samkhya-Yoga texts.

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Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

About this edition

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 812081827X
• ISBN 13: 9788120818279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 427