PDNRL No. 30 Minoru Hara: Pāśupata Studies. Ed. by Jun Takashima. Vienna 2002, 320p. EUR 32.-

Preface (7)

Notes from the Editor (9)

Abbreviations (11)

I Conceptual Studies (15)

1 Pāśupata and Sāṃkhya Yoga (17)

2 Pāśupata and Yoga (33)

3 atidāna, atiyajana and atitapas (47)

4 Pāśupata Concept of Purity (śauca) (57)

5 Pāśupata Concept of ahiṃsā (67)

6 Pāśupata Concept of duḥkha (77)

7 A Note on the Buddha’s Birth Story (89)

8 Transfer of Merit in Hindu Literature and Religion (105)

II Historical Studies (139)

9 Miscellanea Pāśupatica (141)

10 Sāṃkhya Commentaries and the Pañcārtha-bhāṣya (153)

11 Pañcārtha-bhāṣya and Gaṇa-kārikā (169)

12 Pāśupata Doctrine as transmitted by Vedāntins (183)

III Textual Studies (195)

13 Nakulīśa-Pāśupata-Darśanam (197)

14 Quotations Found in the Ratnaṭīkā of Bhāsarvajña (223)

15 Critical notes on Pāśupata Sūtra (243)

Bibliography (279)

Index of Sanskrit and Pāli Words (297)

Index of Quoted Passages (312)

Review Bisschop

Review Pai