Download or read book Laksmi Tantra written by Sanjukta Gupta and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visnuism is one of the chief religions of the Hindus and the Pancaratra is the oldest surviving Visnuite sect. The influence of its tenets on later Visnuism has undoubtedly been great but has never been thoroughly explored. Despite change and corruption the ritual worship described in the old Pancaratra texts is still performed today in many of the famous temples in southern India and in some in the north. A deeper insight into the historical development of the Visnuite sects, their ritual, occultism and building of temples and images can only be obtained from the scientific study of these ancient Pancaratra texts which formulate the relevant basic concepts. The theological and ritualistic aspects of the Pancaratra system have attracted scholars for some time past and a number of texts have been edited. Some of these publications are of a high standard and include illuminating introductions. The reason why the author has chosen to translate the text of the Laksmi Tantra is that its philosophical pronouncements incorporate many of the sectÍs earlier traditions. A second reason is because of its occultism, which throws light on an aspect of the Pancaratra system that is not dealt with in any other known text. However, keeping the size of this book she has refrained from discussing the interesting topic of ritualistic esoterism. Among the vast number of Pancaratra Agamic texts, the Laksmi Tantra stands out because it deals almost exclusively with Laksmi. The divine creative impulse, intelligence, potency, potentiality, power, majesty and speech. The focus of the text is on Pancaratra philosophy (including cosmogony) and the practice of yoga based on it, with its attendant Mantra Sastra. By dealing with the role of Sakti in the creation and maintenance of the world, totally rely on God's mercy and benevolence, the Laksmi Tantra succeeds in overcoming sectarian boundaries.
Download or read book Querying the Medieval written by Ronald Inden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indologist Ronald Inden has in the past raised questions about the images of a "traditional" or "medieval" India deployed by colonial scholars and rulers--"Orientalists"--and has also argued that a history of "early medieval" India very different from both the colonial and nationalist accounts could be written. This volume is designed as an important first step towards that goal. The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of precolonial India. All three essays challenge not only colonialist scholarship but the attempts by religious nationalists to identify Hinduism as the essence of national identity in India and Buddhism as the essence of nationality in Sri Lanka.
Download or read book Selected Studies on Ritual in the Indian Religions written by Kloppenborg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material /Ria Kloppenborg -- Introduction /Ria Kloppenborg -- The Concluding Bath of the Varunapraghāsa /Jan Gonda -- The Fourth Priest (The Brahmán) in Vedic Ritual /Henk W. Bodewitz -- The Changing Pattern of Pāñcarātra Initiation: A Case Study in the Reinterpretation of Ritual /Sanjukta Gupta -- Some Beliefs and Rituals Concerning Time and Death in the Kubjikāmata /Teun Goudriaan -- Protective Covering (Kavaca) /Karel R. van Kooij -- Interpreting Fire-Walking /Kees W. Bolle -- A Magic Kĕris from Kalimantan /Jan A. Schoterman -- The Earliest Buddhist Ritual of Ordination /Ria Kloppenborg -- Spells on the Life-Wood. An Introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist Ceremony of Consecration /Losang Paldhen Gyalzur and Antony H.N. Verwey -- Index of Ritual Terms /Ria Kloppenborg -- Notes on Authors /Ria Kloppenborg -- Bibliography D.J. Hoens /Ria Kloppenborg.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Hinduism written by Bruce M. Sullivan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the Hindu religious tradition's major events, individuals, texts, sects, and concepts in the context of its historical development through various periods.
Download or read book The Making of Early Kashmir written by Muhammad Ashraf Wani and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length history of early Kashmir locating it beyond its regional context, from pre-history to the thirteenth century. Drawing on a variety of sources—including conventional archaeological and literary sources, as well as non-conventional sources like philology, toponym and surnames—it presents a connected history of early Kashmir over the longue duree. It challenges tendencies towards nationalist historiographies of the region by situating it in the context of the shared histories of humanity. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, anthropology and South Asian studies.
Download or read book Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia written by Dougald J. W. O'Reilly and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the archaeological record, O'Reilly traces the rise of the state in Southeast Asia in a general synthesis.
Download or read book Pancaratra Samhitas and Early Vaisnava Theology written by Mitsunori Matsubara and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shastric Traditions in Indian Arts written by Anna Libera Dallapiccola and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Origin and Evolution of Religion written by Edward Washburn Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religious History of Early Medieval Punjab written by Sukhninder Kaur Dhillon and published by National Book Organization. This book was released on 1991 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious History Of Early Medieval Punjab Is An Entirely Fascinating Account Of Just Such A Moment In History Where Three Of The World?S Major Religions Vied With Each Other For Supremacy In The Indian Mind. A Host Of Minor Religions, Sects And Cults In Addition Have Made Punjab Of The 7Th, 8Th, 9Th And 10Th Centuries The Ideal Region For Exactly This Kind Of Exploratory Work. Sukhninder Kaur?S Tracing Of The Evolution, Growth And Decline Of Different Faiths In The Punjab Covers Buddhism, Jainism, Vaisnavism And Saivism, Saktism, Tantra And Islam, A Wonderful Instance Of A Civilization Actively In Search Of Unity With The Absolute. The Historical Personages Connected With The Religions In North India Are In Themselves Interesting Reading Material.
Download or read book Yoga written by Mircea Eliade and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1958 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga, exploring how its guiding principle, that of freedom, involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such "conditionings" as time and history. Drawing on years of study and experience in India, Eliade provides a comprehensive survey of Yoga in theory and practice from its earliest foreshadowings in the Vedas through the twentieth century. The subjects discussed include Patañjali, author of the Yoga-sutras; yogic techniques, such as concentration "on a Single Point," postures, and respiratory discipline; and Yoga in relation to Brahmanism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Oriental alchemy, mystical erotism, and shamanism.
Download or read book Khmer Mythology written by Vittorio Roveda and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolution of Hindu Sects Up to the Time of a karac rya written by Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya and published by New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal. This book was released on 1970 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: This book deals with the origin and development of what later evolved into important Hindu sects. It traces the history of these theistic sects of ancient India from the earliest period to the time of the great religious reformer Samkaracarya.
Download or read book Introduction to the Pancaratra and the Ahirbudhnya Samhita written by Friedrich Otto Schrader and published by Clarke Press. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings Supplements 1966 1971 Cumulation written by Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
