The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1799 page)
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. Their doctrines are known from the later
P
upata S
tra
and the commentary by Kau
nya (5th or 6th cent. CE). The P
upatas maintained that
iva is transcendent, and is the instrumental, not the material, cause of the world. The aim of P
upata practice, which comprised
yoga
,
asceticism
, and
mantra
repetition, was freedom from suffering, which comes about only through grace (
pras
da
). The P
ad. Their doctrines are known from the later
P
upata Straand the commentary by Kau
nya (5th or 6th cent. CE). The Pupatas maintained thativa is transcendent, and is the instrumental, not the material, cause of the world. The aim of Pupata practice, which comprisedyoga
,
asceticism
, and
mantra
repetition, was freedom from suffering, which comes about only through grace (
pras
da). The P
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