The Oceanic Feeling: The Origins of Religious Sentiment in Ancient India

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Book Overview

By way of a personal note, I can reveal to the reader that I was led to Sanskrit by an exposure to Indian philosophy while still a child. These early mystical interests gave way in the university to scholarly pursuits and, through reading the works of Franklin Edgerton, Louis Renou and Etienne Lamotte, I was introduced to the scientific study of the- past, to philology and the academic study of an ancient literature. In this period I wrote a number...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027710503
• ISBN13: 9789027710505
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"