Yama’s Second Boon in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad. Bodewitz, H. In Heilijgers, D., Houben, J., & van Kooij, K., editors, Vedic Cosmology and Ethics, volume 19, of Selected Studies, pages 66–85. Brill, 2019.
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The problems of KaṭhU 1, 13–19 concern the stratification of the text, the interpretation of difficult and rare words¹ and the analysis of the ritualistic and metaritualistic contents. Yama’s three boons in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (3, 11, 8: a parallel and possible source) and in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad are the following. Naciketas asks that he may happily return home (i.e. that his father is no more angry), that he may learn the imperishableness of the merits of sacrificing and religious liberality (TB), respectively the Agni which gives entrance to heaven (KaṭhU), and as third wish that he may know
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	series = {Selected {Studies}},
	title = {Yama’s {Second} {Boon} in the {Kaṭha} {Upaniṣad}},
	volume = {19},
	isbn = {978-90-04-39864-1},
	url = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctvrxk42v.11},
	abstract = {The problems of KaṭhU 1, 13–19 concern the stratification of the text, the interpretation of difficult and rare words¹ and the analysis of the ritualistic and metaritualistic contents.  Yama’s three boons in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (3, 11, 8: a parallel and possible source) and in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad are the following. Naciketas asks that he may happily return home (i.e. that his father is no more angry), that he may learn the imperishableness of the merits of sacrificing and religious liberality (TB), respectively the Agni which gives entrance to heaven (KaṭhU), and as third wish that he may know},
	urldate = {2023-06-07},
	booktitle = {Vedic {Cosmology} and {Ethics}},
	publisher = {Brill},
	author = {Bodewitz, Henk},
	editor = {Heilijgers, Dory and Houben, Jan and van Kooij, Karel},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {66--85},
}

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