En dag i guden Brahmas liv

• [‘One day in the life of Brahma’ — On Indian Philosophy.] An enquiry into the ancient Indian concept of time, the destiny of each individual being, and the tenet of a passage of existence through cosmical ages in universal history.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturstudier (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Literatures (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Kulturstudier (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Cultural Studies (hsv//eng)

Keyword

India

Indian philosophy

view of life

time

creation

the end of time

epochs

reincarnation

death

liberation

history

prehistory

future

pluralism

eclecticism

tolerance

progress

evolution

development

Hinduism

Hindu

buddha

Buddhism

moksha

mukti

samadhi

apavarga

nirvana

cycle

Sad Darshanas

kalpa

yuga

mahayuga

Krita (Satya) Yuga

Treta Yuga

Dvapari Yuga

Kali Yuga

Brahma

Kalki avatara

Mahabharata

Bhagavadgita

Veda

Rigveda

Atharva Veda

prana

Vedanta

‘tad ekam’

the Upanishads

Nyaya

Nyaya Sutras

Vaisheshika; comparison to China

Egypt

Greece

and the Christian faith; Samyutta Nikaya

Adhyatma

Adhibhautik

Adhidaivik

Purusartha

Dharma

dhamma

Karma

pain

suffering

‘Sarvam Duhkam’

evil

the underworld

Patala

Naraka (in Buddhism)

Naga (the serpent)

Nagini (the female snake)

Ahamkara

Mimamsa (unbiased epistemological and logical ‘inquiry’

one of the oldest schools of Darshana philosophy)

optimism

materialism

endlessness

Samsara

Shvetashvatara Upanishad

Taittiriya Upanishad

the Purana (‘ancient’) literature about the history of the universe.

Indology

indologi

Philosophy

filosofi

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)