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Palencia-Roth, Michael Christopher Minkowski Adisasmito-Smith, Steven Eric 2015-09-28T15:51:08Z 2015-09-28T15:51:08Z 10000-01-01 2003 2003 The Bhagavad-Gita and the Manusmr&dotbelow;ti view the self as the locus of divine authority, but they struggle with the social implications. Jones and Wilkins filtered their translations through a Neoplatonic Christian lens with a liberal Enlightenment tint, while also weakening the political implications. Emerson, fueled by the Romantic drive for originality, restored these elements: the power of self-trust arose from reliance on God within. Thoreau cultivated himself by the asceticism of The Laws of Manu, and he transformed the Bhagavad-Gita's reflections on action into the grounds for political resistance. Gandhi recombined the Transcendentalists with Indian ideas to develop his satyagraha (holding to the truth in a good cause), swadeshi swadharma (self imposed duties of self-reliant individuals for their own communities), and true swaraj (self control as the key to political independence). The idea of self-rule was extended by these interconnections, from the self-mastery to harness the power of truth of classical Hinduism, to the liberal truth and emancipated self of European thought, to the reforming power of soul-force. It developed as a result of its translation by active interpreters. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T15:51:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3101790.pdf: 16241535 bytes, checksum: f27d06405592de9364c14326cad406bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 88565 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 328 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87284 (MiAaPQ)AAI3101790 eng Religion, General "Svaraj and Self -Reliance: Translating the Self and Its Rule From the ""Bhagavad -Gita"" and ""Manusmr&dotbelow;ti"" to the Works of Emerson, Thoreau, and Gandhi" text Comparative Literature Comparative Literature University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.