The Reincarnation(s) of Jaya and Vijaya: A Journey through the Yugas

Among the earliest reincarnation narratives found in India's Puranic texts, we find the stories of Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers of the spiritual world. Though there is little in these stories to explain reincarnation in a philosophical sense, the teaching of transmigration is implicit i...

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发表在:Religions
主要作者: Rosen, Steven 1942- (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: MDPI [2017]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B Jaya and Vijaya
B Krishna
B Srī Chaitanya
B Srīmad Bhāgavatam
B Avatāra
B Reincarnation
B Rāma
B Yuga
B Narasimhadeva (Nṛsiṁha)
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总结:Among the earliest reincarnation narratives found in India's Puranic texts, we find the stories of Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers of the spiritual world. Though there is little in these stories to explain reincarnation in a philosophical sense, the teaching of transmigration is implicit in the stories themselves, for we follow the two gatekeepers through three successive incarnations (along with the three incarnations of the divine who follow them through their various lifetimes).
ISSN:2077-1444
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel8090178