INTRODUCTION
-Vedic and Western Thought
-The History of Religions and the Notion of the Self
CHAPTER 1: METHODOLOGY
-Previous Studies
-Methodological Challenges
---Terminology Related to the Self and its Analysis
---Timeline of Vedic Development
---HTML: "History of the Texts and Making the Links"
CHAPTER 2: SYNCHRONIC ANALYSIS: TERMINOLOGY AND TOOLS
-Terminology: The "State of the Art" for Early Vedic
-Linguistic and Phonetic Categories of Analysis
--Linguistic Variations
CHAPTER 3: RELATIVE CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY AND MIDDLE VEDIC
-Relative Chronology of the Texts
---Early Vedic: The Rg Veda
---Middle Vedic
-Conclusions
CHAPTER 4: TERMINOLOGY FOR THE SELF IN THE FAMILY BOOKS
-brahman
-tanuu
-tman
-aatman and puruSa
-Conclusions
CHAPTER 5: TERMINOLOGY FOR THE SELF IN THE LATE RG VEDA
-brahman
-tanuu
-tman
-aatman
-puruSa
-Conclusions
CHAPTER 6: LATER DEVELOPMENT: MIDDLE VEDIC CONNECTION
Overview of Developments
brahman
tanuu
The Piling up of Boons in the Agnicayana: MS, KS, & TS
aatman and puruSa
The Threshold of Inquiry