TY - BOOK AU - O' Flaherty Wendy Doniger TI - Karma And Rabirth In classical Indian traditions U1 - 181.4 N1 - PART I. HINDUISM AND ITS ROOTS 1. Karma and Rebirth in the Vedas and Puranas WENDY DONIGER OTLAHERTY 2. The Concepts of Human Action and Rebirth in the Mahabharata J. BRUCE LONG 3. Karma and Rebirth in the Dharmasastras LUDO ROCHER 4. Caraka Samhita on the Doctrine of Karma MITCHELL G. WEISS 5. The Theory of Reincarnation among the Tamils GEORGE L. HART, III PART II. BUDDHISM AND JAINISM 6. The Rebirth Eschatology and Its Transformations: A Contribution to the Sociology of Early Buddhism GANANATH OBEYESEKERE 7. Karma and Rebirth in Early Buddhism JAMES P. MCDERMOTT 8. The Medical Soteriology of Karma in the Buddhist Tantric Tradition WILLIAM STABLEIN 9. Karma and the Problem of Rebirth in Jainism PADMANABH S. JAINI PART III. PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS 10. The Karma Theory and Its Interpretation in Some Indian Philosophical Systems KARL H. POTTER 11. Karma, Apurva, and "Natural" Causes: Observations on the Growth and Limits of the Theory of Samsara WILHELM HALBFASS 12. Karma as a "Sociology of Knowledge" or "Social Psychology" of Process/Praxis GERALD JAMES LARSON List of Participants in the First Two American Council of Learned Societies—Social Science Research Council Karma Conferences Bibliography ER -