Download or read book Tapta-Marga written by Walter O. Kaelber and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-09-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive study yet made of tapas and of asceticism during the Vedic period. It also explains three other essential components of Vedic thought: sacrifice, homology, and knowledge. These concepts, along with tapas and initiation symbolism, reveal the heart of Vedic religion. therefore, this study presents a “history of Vedic religion,” organized around the central building blocks of that tradition.