Download or read book Eye and Gaze in the Veda written by Jan Gonda and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dar an written by Diana L. Eck and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2007 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performance and sound. This book is about the power and importance of "seeing" in the Hindu religious tradition. In the Hindu view, not only must the gods keep their eyes open, but so must we, in order to make contact with them, to reap their blessings and to know their secrets. When hindus go to temple, their eyes meet the powerful, eternal gaze of the eyes of God. It is called Darsan, "Seeing" the divine image and it i
Download or read book Rice and Barley Offerings in the Veda written by Jan Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Functions and Significance of Gold in the Veda written by Jan Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the significance attached to gold by the authors of the Veda; the use made of it in rites and ceremonies (symbolical actions transferring its inherent power, purification, magic etc.); its importance as an element of theological and speculative thought, e.g. the figure of Hiraṇyagarbha in the Veda and the Vedānta.
Download or read book The Rig Veda written by Wendy Doniger and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 108 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture - an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.
Download or read book Mantra Interpretation in the atapatha Brahman a written by Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicine in the Veda written by Kenneth G. Zysk and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vedic Ritual written by J. Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Mantras written by Harvey P. Alper and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Singing the Body of God written by Steven P. Hopkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Singing the Body of God' is a study of the devotional poetry of the 14th-century poet-philosopher Vedāntadeśika, one of the most influential figures in the Hindu tradition of Sri-Vaishnavism.
Download or read book The Medium in the R gveda written by Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1979-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beware the Evil Eye written by John H Elliott and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth makes reference to one of the oldest beliefs in the ancient world - the malignity of an Evil Eye. The Holy Scriptures in their original languages contain no less than twenty-four references to the Evil Eye, although this is obscured by most modern Bible translations. John H. Elliott's Beware the Evil Eye describes this belief and associated practices, its history, its voluminous appearances in ancient cultures, and the extensive research devoted to it over the centuries in order to unravel this enigma for readers who have never heard of the Evil Eye and its presence in the Bible. This is the first of a four-volume work on the Evil Eye.
Download or read book Soul and Self in Vedic India written by Per-Johan Norelius and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the Vedic Indians think of life, consciousness, and personhood? How did they envisage man’s fate after death? Did some part of the person survive the death of the body and depart for the beyond? Is it possible to speak of a “soul” or “souls” in the context of Vedic tradition? This book sets out to answer these questions in a systematic manner, subjecting the relevant Vedic beliefs to a detailed chronological investigation. Special attention is given to the ways in which the early Indians’ answers to the above problems changed over time, with an early pluralism of soul-like concepts later giving way to the unified “self” of the Upaniṣads.
Download or read book The Jyotist oma Ritual written by H W Bodewitz and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consecration of Images and St pas in Indo Tibetan Tantric Buddhism written by Yael Bentor and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is an investigation of the Indo-Tibetan ritual for consecrating images, stûpas, books and temples. It is based on a thorough examination of the relevant Tibetan textual material contained in Tantras, commentaries, ritual manuals and explanatory works on consecration. As rituals are meant to be performed, this textual study is combined with observations of performances and interviews with performers. The book opens with a general discussion of certain principles of tantric rituals and the foundations of Indo-Tibetan consecration. The main part focuses on a specific performance of the ritual in a Tibetan monastery located in the Kathmandu Valley. This volume contributes to the often neglected field of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist rituals. It is concerned with the sacred nature of objects for worship as well as with the main Buddhist tantric transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha.
Download or read book Popular Hindi Cinema written by Ronie Parciack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular Hindi film industry is the largest in India and the most conspicuous film industry in the non-Western world. This book analyses the pivotal visual and narrative conventions employed in popular Hindi films through the combined prism of film studies and classical Indian philosophy and ritualism. The book shows the films outside Western paradigms, as visual manifestations and outcomes of the evolution of classical Hindu notions and esthetic forms. These include notions associated with the Advaita-Vedānta philosophical school and early Buddhist thought, concepts and dynamism stemming from Hindu ritualism, rasa esthetic theories, as well as Brahmanic notions such as dharma (religion, law, order), and mokṣa (liberation). These are all highly abstract notions which the author defines as "the unseen": a cluster of diversified concepts denoting what subsists beyond the phenomenal, what prevails beyond the empirical world of saṁsāra and stands out of this world (alaukika), while simultaneously being embodied and transformed within visual filmic imagery, codes and semiotics that are teased out and analyzed. A culturally sensitive reading of popular Hindi films, the interpretations put forward are also applicable to the Western context. They enable a fuller understanding of religious phenomena outside the primary religious field, within the vernacular arenas of popular culture and mass communication. The book is of interest to scholars in the fields of Indology, modern Indian studies, film, media and cultural studies.
Download or read book Prayer and Blessing written by Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
