Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c8.23

c8.23

Rainy season, 102 Ramanathan, A. A., 7 Rāmānuja, 10, 17 Ranade, R. D., 21*n*.4 Rationality, 109, 111–12 Rebirth, 33, 39–40, 45, 49–50, 61, 72, 80 Renouncer, 52, 55 acting like animals, 107–12 apostates, 74–75 body of, 68–69 classification of, 98–100, 103 codes of conduct, 12–14 courting dishonor, 107–12 customs of, 101–12 beyond *dharma*, 81 disguise, 107 emblems of, 11, 97, 99, 106–7 false, 79 family ties, 71–73 female, 84 freedom from injunctions, 81, 99, 105 funeral of, 74 homeless, 76, 101–3 as image of god, 69 impurity of, 92–94 independence of, 70–71 liberated, 80–81 mad, 107–12 new name, 96 poverty, 103 requisites, 96–97, 105–7 residence, 102–3 wandering, 89, 101–3 Renunciation, 5, 32, 58–60 antinomianism, 81, 99, 101, 107–12 apostacy, 74–75 benefits for relatives, 71–73 only for Brahmins, 83–84 conflict with society, 46–57 consent of relatives, 85 as death, 89–94, 96 definition of, 63 and detachment, 75–79 disabilities, 85 eliminates ghostly state, 74, 93 erasing sins, 71, 73–74 of fire, 86–89, 102–3 formula of, 94–95 as initiation, 96 as internalization of ritual, 68–71 and knowledge, 79–81 legal effects of, 71, 74, 90