A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Eschatology
This page describes Eschatology which is located on page 592 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Eschatology” according to 8 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Karmic Astrology—a Study [by Sunita Anant Chavan]
Along with its utility in the religion of the Veda it played a significant role in the representation of the Ethics and Eschatology of the early man advancing for an interdisciplinary connection with the Philosophy of the culture. In the later times it appeared in connection with actions of various sorts inclusive of the Shanti rites and Muhurtas for the Samskaras retaining its importance in the day to day life of man....
Read full contents: Conclusions (Introduction)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Eschatology—the Doctrine of Atman. There seems to be a belief in the Vedas that the soul could be separated from the body in states of swoon, and that it could exist after death, though we do not find there any trace of the doctrine of transmigration in a developed form. In the Satapatha Brahmana it is said that those who do not perform rites with correct knowledge are born again after death and suffer death again....
Read full contents: Part 12 - Eschatology—the Doctrine of Atman
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Eschatology. In the Bhagavata-purana, ill. 32, it is held that those who perform sacrifices and make offerings to gods and forefathers pass after death to the lunar world, from which they return to earth again. Those, however, who follow their own duties and surrender all their actions to gods, pure in mind and heart and unattached to worldly things, pass after death to the solar sphere and thence to the Universal Being Who is the cause of the world....
Read full contents: Part 5 - Eschatology
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