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Fate and Fortune in theIndian ScripturesSukumari Bhattacharji
Sukumari Bhattacharji is an eminent Indian Sanskritist. She was a visiting fellow at theUniversity of Cambridge in 1966–67, and Professor of English and Sanskrit at JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata. Professor Bhattacharji retired from service in 1986.
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Pages : vi+322pp
Year : 2014
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ISBN : 9789382993889
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Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine whichstates that an individual does not have fullcontrol over the events that happen in hislife. There is no trace of fatalism in the earlyIndian literature—Samhitas, Brahmanas andUpanisads; it surged in the succeeding period.This book argues that the predominance ofthe priestly class after the revival ofBrahminism, as an aftermath of the declineof Buddhism, ushered in conspicuous changesin people’s attitude to life. The newmodifications helped to entrench fate as aformidable force. It explains that the naturalfactors which led to the rise of fatalism wereobservation of the inexorability of death. Theauthor has referred to a splendid array ofscriptures ranging from the early and late
Fate and Fortunein the IndianScripturesSukumari Bhattacharji
Vedic literature, Ramayana, Mahabharata toBuddhist and Jain texts, Bible and other oldwestern texts to establish her erudite findings.
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Inception
Chapter 2. Rebirth and transmigration
Chapter 3. Karman and its consequences
Chapter 4. Karman, fate and free will
Chapter 5. Fate, eschatology and liberation
Chapter 6. Premonitions and presages
Chapter 7. Deflection: Remedial measures
Chapter 8. Vicarious deflection
Chapter 9. Fate and human endeavour
Bibliography
Index
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