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Freedom from the world and freedom in the worlds: some Vedic concepts of salvation

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Dermot Killingley

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© Equinox Publishing Ltd 2023, Office 415, The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX. Interpretation of the Upaniṣads has occupied scholars from ancient times to the present, and ancient interpretations have influenced modern scholars even if they are not committed to any Vedāntic school. This article looks at the history of interpretation of Kaṭha Upaniṣad 6.4, which speaks of embodiment in worlds after death. Because such embodiment seems contrary to received ideas, this verse has been subject to conjectural emendations, or to interpretations which are difficult to reconcile with the text. The article looks at earlier Vedic ideas about existence after death, and some later ideas, and attempts to show that the apparent meaning of the verse is consistent with such ideas.

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Author(s): Killingley D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Religions of South Asia

Year: 2023

Volume: 17

Issue: 2

Pages: 138-163

Online publication date: 03/09/2023

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 1751-2689

ISSN (electronic): 1751-2697

Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd

URL: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/ROSA/article/view/24256

DOI: 10.1558/rosa.24256

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