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