Download or read book Socio religious Life of the Assamese Hindus written by Hemantakumāra Śarmā and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communities of Women in Assam written by Nandana Dutta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses communities of women as a framework for reading women’s experience, rights and aspirations in Assam and Northeast India. It explores the varying roles played by such communities in the formation of society, the emergence of a women’s public sphere and the representation of these communities in culture. The essays in the volume study a host of women’s communities including the Mahila Samiti, Jain women’s organisations, Lekhika Sanstha, lesbian communities, religious gatherings, scientific and environmental groups, women’s collaborations through cookbooks, as well as nebulous communities of victims of persecution. They examine how women’s communities are both empowering and transformational but may paradoxically also be regressive and static. Lucid, analytical, and rich with case studies, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of gender studies, sociology, political science, history and cultural studies, particularly those interested in Northeast India.
Download or read book A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion written by Mikel Burley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique introduction to studying the philosophy of religion, drawing on a wide range of cultures and literary sources in an approach that is both methodologically innovative and expansive in its cross-cultural and multi-religious scope. Employing his expertise in interdisciplinary and Wittgenstein-influenced methods, Mikel Burley draws on works of ethnography and narrative fiction, including Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, to critically engage with existing approaches to the philosophy of religion and advocate a radical, pluralist approach. Breaking away from the standard fixation on a narrow construal of theism, topics discussed include conceptions of compassion in Buddhist ethics, cannibalism in mortuary rituals, divine possession and animal sacrifice in Hindu Goddess worship and animism in indigenous traditions. Original and engaging, Burley's synthesis of philosophical, anthropological and literary elements expands and diversifies the philosophy of religion, providing an essential introduction for anyone interested in studying the radical plurality of forms that religion takes in human life.
Download or read book Making Virtuous Daughters and Wives written by June McDaniel and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the folk religion of India and the role of girls and women within it, author June McDaniel focuses on the brata (vrata) ritual in which moral lessons are taught and goddesses are revealed. Bratas are performed to gain such goals as a healthy family, a good husband, and a happy life. They are also performed so that the performers (bratinis) develop such virtues as devotion, humility, and compassion.This book presents data from fieldwork, along with brata stories, songs, poems, and ritual activities. It discusses Bengali folk religion, offers an example of ritual worship in folk Hinduism, and surveys a variety of bratas. The author analyzes the similarities and differences among these rituals in low-caste village life and in high-caste Hindu tradition, and notes that the development of these rituals involves a form of continuing divine revelation with women as the primary transmitters. Bratas act to maintain traditional Hindu values, but also emphasize the power of women, whose virtues can save their husbands from hell worlds and their families from disasters.
Download or read book Socio cultural History of an Indian Caste written by C. Dwarakanath Gupta and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Vaisyas caste of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Download or read book Fish written by Harlan Walker and published by Oxford Symposium. This book was released on 1998 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of the discussions was not just fish but the diet of fishermen, and any foodstuff from the sea.
Download or read book Fairs and Festivals of Indian Tribes written by Robin D. Tribhuwan and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: An Introduction to Tribal Fairs and Festivals, Fairs and Festivals of the Kinnaras of Western Himalaya, Asur Festivals, Festivals of Sauria Paharia, Disuasendra in Santhal Society, Tribal Fairs and Festivals of Rajasthan, Celebration of Life, Fairs and Festivals of the Bhilala Tribe, Tribal Festivals in Maharashtra, Nyokum: The Festival of the Nyishis of Arunachal Pradesh, Tribal Festivals in Kalhandi, Orissa, Influence of Kali Puja Festival on Tribals of West Bengal, Festivals in India: A Theoretical Consideration, Bohada: The Mask Festival of Bharsatmet, Festivals and Fairs of the Nagas, Festivals of Selected Tribes from South India, Vaneshwar Fair, Fairs in Tribal Bihar, Folk Dance in the Season of Fairs and Festivals Amongst Juangs, Gujarat s Tribal Fairs, Toranmal Fir of the Tribals from Satpuda Mountain Ranges, Bhima Shanker Tribal Fair, The Mahalaxmi Fair of Tribals in South Gujarat and Western Maharashtra, Devmogra and Asthamba Fairs.
Download or read book Native Life in India written by Rev. Henry Rice (of Madras.) and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Folk element in Hindu Culture written by Benoy Kumar Sarkar and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Renowned Goddess of Desire written by Loriliai Biernacki and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tantra is a family of rituals modeled on those of the Vedas and their attendant texts and lineages. These rituals typically involve the visualization of a deity, offerings, and the chanting of his or her mantra. Common variations include visualizing the deity in the act of sexual union with a consort, visualizing oneself as the deity, and "transgressive" acts such as token consumption of meat or alcohol. Most notoriously, non-standard or ritualized sex is sometimes practiced. This accounts for Tantra's negative reputation in some quarters and its reception in the West primarily as a collection of sexual practices. Although some today extol Tantra's liberating qualities, the role of women remains controversial. Traditionally there are two views of women and Tantra. Either the feminine is a metaphor and actual women are altogether absent, or Tantra involves the transgressive use of women's bodies to serve male interests. Loriliai Biernacki presents an alternative view, in which women are revered, worshipped, and considered worthy of spiritual attainment. Her primary sources are a collection of eight relatively modern Tantric texts written in Sanskrit from the 15th through the 18th century. Her analysis of these texts reveals a view of women that is generally positive and empowering. She focuses on four topics: 1) the "Kali Practice," in which women appear not only as objects of reverence but as practitioners and gurus; 2) the Tantric sex rite, especially in the case that, contrary to other Tantric texts, the preference is for wives as ritual consorts; 3) feminine language and the gendered implications of mantra; and 4) images of male violence towards women in tantric myths. Biernacki, by choosing to analyse eight particular Sanskrit texts, argues that within the tradition of Tantra there exists a representation of women in which the female is an authoritative, powerful, equal participant in the Tantric ritual practice.
Download or read book North East India written by S. M. Dubey and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1978 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kamakhya a Socio cultural Study written by Nihar Ranjan Mishra and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A Comprehensive Work On The Kamakhya Temple Complex In Assam: The Complex Processes Of The Deity S Sanskritization And The Temple S Role In Integrating The People Of This Region With The Mainland. It Makes A Detailed Study Of The Temple Rituals, Festivals And Personnel And Socio-Cultural Life And Includes An Account On Spread Of Saktism In The Region.
Download or read book Religion in North East in sic India written by Soumen Sen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religion of the Boros and Their Socio cultural Transition written by Sekhar Brahma and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study conducted at undivided Kokrajhar District of Assam, India.
Download or read book Calcutta Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Greater India Experiment written by Arkotong Longkumer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.
Download or read book Christianity in Assam and Inter faith Dialogue written by Mathew Muttumana and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
