Dharmaskandhāḥ and Brahmasaṃsthaḥ
A Study of Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7863814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Olivelle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205 |
| Publication date | 1996-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/605696 |
| OpenAlex | W2480576050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper undertakes a close reading and analysis of an important upanisadic text that has been viewed by both native exegetes and modern scholars as the vedic basis for the asrama system. Challenging the accepted understanding of this passage, the paper offers a new and contextual interpretation. The expression dharmaskandhah does not mean branches of dharma but persons whose torso is dharma, that is, people who have made dharma the central focus of their lives. Such people, who are subject to rebirth, are contrasted with brahmasamsthah, that is, a person steadfast in brahman, who attains immortality. The term brahman here, moreover, refers to the syllable OM
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |