Gṛhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture

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Cover Gṛhastha Copyright Contents Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction Prologue Part I 1. The Term Gṛhastha and the (Pre)history of the Householder 2. Pāṣaṇḍa: Religious Communities in the Aśokan Inscriptions and Early Literature 3. Gṛhastha in Aśoka’s Classification of Religious People 4. Gṛhastha in the Śramaṇic Discourse: A Lexical Survey of House Residents in Early Pāli Texts 5. Gāhāvaï and Gihattha: The Householder in the Early Jain Sources Part II 6. The Late Appearance of the Gṛhastha in the Vedic Domestic Ritual Codes as a Married Religious Professional 7. Gṛhastha, Āśrama, and the Origin of Dharmaśāstra 8. The Householder in Early Dharmaśāstra Literature 9. Householders, Holy and Otherwise, in the Nīti and Kāma Literature Part III 10. The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata 11. Gṛhasthas Don’t Belong in the Rāmāyaṇa 12. Householders and Housewives in Early Kāvya Literature Bibliography Index