Download or read book Obscure Religious Practices Among Some Vaisnavas of Assam written by Narendra N. Dutta and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Obscure Religious Practices Among Some Vai avas of Assam written by Narendra Nath Dutta and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Inhabitants Of Assam Are Called Assamese, Belong, To Many Ethnic Groups Of Both The Aryan And The Non-Aryan Stocks. The Religious Traits Of The People Of Assam Exhibit A Strange Admixture.

Download or read book Mutating Goddesses written by Saswati Sengupta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutating Goddesses traces the shifting fortunes of four specific Hindu deities—Manasa, Candi, Sasthi and Laksmi—from the fifteenth century to the present time. It focuses on the goddess-invested tradition of Bengal's Hinduism to argue for a historical evolution/devolution of divinities in tandem with sectarian interests and illumines in the process the knotted correlation of gender, caste and class in the sanctioning of female subjectivities through goddess formation. The critical studies of Hindu goddesses have been dominated by the sastrik perspective deriving from the Sanskrit scriptures authorized by the male Brahman. But there are religious practices and beliefs under the broad rubric of Hinduism that are neither governed by the male Brahman nor articulated in Sanskrit. It is this vibrant laukika archive—considered low from the hegemonic perspective—that Mutating Goddesses explores to realize the politic trafficking between this realm and the sastrik. The book excavates the multiple and layered heritage of the region which includes tribal culture, Buddhism, Tantricism, and so on, as is available in rituals, proverbs, verses, circulating myths, poetic genres and kathas, caste manuals, census records etc to illustrate how tradition is a matter of strategic selection.

Download or read book Religious History of Arunachal Pradesh written by Byomakesh Tripathy and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book consists 27 research papers on religious culture of Arunachal Pradesh including tribal culture with emphasis on spirits and deities, sacred specialists, and sacred rituals etc. The Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism as practised by some Arunachali tribes are presented in a historical setting along with Brahminical culture in the foothills. This is the first such study of religious history of Arunachal Pradesh and their interaction with the people of Assam, Tibet and Myanmar through the ages.

Download or read book Essays on Vai avism in Bengal written by Rahul Peter Das and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Goddess and the Slave written by Rudrani Fakir and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the rich inter-connected levels of meaningwithin the Fakir culture, especially with respect to the living,breathing paradigmatic Mother 3 as Nature, as the Goddessto be worshipped and as the mother whose service is heridentity 3 The Goddess and the Slave demonstrates the crisisfaced by the unique Baul-Fakir sadhana, by the non-urbanBengali, and by Indian society itself through the major changesbrought by modernization and globalization.Rudrani Fakir, as an anthropologist and as a practitioner, usesthe Fakir sadhana as a critical tool of understanding, presentingthis objective study through her highly engaged subjectiveperspective. The first part of this book outlines the Fakir societyand esoteric sadhana. The second part delves into the declineand decay of the reality of the Goddess, the changing status ofwomen and of the true nature of wealth, and draws together thethreads of the old knowledge paradigms 3 esoteric and modern,spoken and wordless, powerless and empowered.

Download or read book Srimanta Sankaradeva Vaishnava Saint of Assam written by Bimal Phukan and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sankaradevas 16thcentury figured silk tapestries, known as Vrindavani Vastra, today adorn museums of the world including those at London, Paris and Los Angeles. However, Srimanta Sankaradeva, the Vashnava Saint of Assam, is revered most as a religious reformer. A contemporary of Kabir, Nanak and Chaitanya, Sankaradeva is one of the religious leaders of great endowment who blazed across the Indian horizon in the 15thcentury bearing the message ofbhaktito the people. Sankaradeva (1469-1568) was a man of creativity, and above all, he was a man of religion. His literary and artistic activities are not ends in themselves; they are consciously oriented towards the sharing of his creed. His work be it a hymn, a verse for chanting, dramas for the stage, dance forms, or even a drum for accompaniment was only to draw his audience to the word of God. That he performed each task with consummate excellence is a measure of his greatness. His key literary texts are a part of every Assamese household and his dance forms are today a part of classical canon of Indian dance traditions. It remains a pity that despite his great achievements, Sankaradeva is relatively unknown outside his native state of Assam. This book attempts to give an overview of the life and works of the multi-faceted genius encompassing art, literature, music, dance and drama.

Download or read book Early History of the Vai ava Faith and Movement in Assam written by Maheswar Neog and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1980 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book North East India a Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Northeastern India.

Download or read book Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 2432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pur as and Acculturation written by Vijay Nath and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Among the Luminaries in Assam written by Anjali Sarma and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Civilization of the People of Assam to the Twelfth Century A D written by Pratap Chandra Choudhury and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Accessions List South Asia written by Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gunamala written by শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ (Srimanta Shankardeb) and published by ASCOSYS. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: গুণমালা পুথি মহাপুৰুষ শংকৰদেৱৰ এক অনন্য সৃষ্টি। মহাভাগৱতৰ সাৰমৰ্ম মাত্ৰ ৬ টি অধ্যায়ত সামৰি ৰচনা কৰা গুণমালা পুথিখন গুৰুজনাৰ এক অপূৰ্ব সৃষ্টি হিচাপে গণ্য কৰা হয়। কোঁচৰজা নৰনাৰায়ণৰ ৰাজসভাত মহাপুৰুষজনাৰ ভাগৱত কথা শুনি থাকোঁতে বিচাৰ কথাত বিদ্যামান ব্ৰাহ্মণ পণ্ডিতক মহাভাগৱতৰ শাস্ত্ৰভাগ একেদিনাই পঢ়িব পৰাকৈ লিখি দিবলৈ দিয়া নিৰ্দেশনা ব্ৰাহ্মণ পণ্ডিতসকলে একেমুখে অসম্ভৱ বুলি কোৱাৰ বিপৰীতে শঙ্কৰদেৱ গুৰুজনাই ১ ইঞ্চি x ২ ইঞ্চি সাঁচি পাতত কুষম মালা স্তম্বত কৃষ্ণস্তৱ বা ব্ৰহ্মস্ততি অথবা গুণমালা পুথিখন একে ৰাতিৰ ভিতৰতে ৰচনা কৰি ৰজাক প্ৰদান কৰিছিল। ভাগৱৎ প্ৰেমময় গ্ৰন্থ গুণমালা পুথিখন ভক্তিৰ মাধ্যমৰে এখন তত্ত্বমূলক গ্ৰন্থ। এই পুথিখন কলেৱৰত সৰু হ’লেও শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ মাহাত্ম্য লীলা বিষয়ক কথা চমুকৈ কিন্তু বৈশিষ্ট্য পূৰ্ণ ভাৱে ব্যক্ত হোৱা বাবে পুথিখন সাহিত্যৰ এক মূল্যবান গ্ৰন্থ হিচাপে মান্যতা প্ৰদান কৰা হয়। ইয়াত নাৰায়নৰ পূৰ্ণৰূপ অৱতাৰ ভগৱান শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ মহত্বময় গুণ বৰ্ণোৱা হৈছে।