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Title Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads : Hindu scriptures on asceticism and renunciation / translated with introduction and notes by Patrick Olivelle.

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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 UniM Store  294.59218 UPAN GD17    AVAILABLE
Uniform title Upanishads. Selections. English.
Physical description xv, 320 pages ; 22 cm
Notes Translated from Sanskrit.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and indexes.
Summary The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for the study of the Hindu ascetical institution and of the historical changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more.
Other author Olivelle, Patrick.
Subject Sannyasi -- Early works to 1800.
Asceticism -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800.
ISBN 0195070445 (hard : acid-free paper)
0195070453 (paperback: acid-free paper)