Download or read book Understanding Rituals written by Daniel de Coppet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research. The contributors demonstrate how rituals create and maintain - or transform - a society's cultural identity and social relations. By examining specific rituals from various theoretical viewpoints, they reveal the ultimate and contradictory values to which each society as a whole is attached.
Download or read book Hinduism written by Panikkar, Raimon and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cultural Heritage of India Itih sas Pur as Dharma and other s stras 1962 written by Haridāsa Bhaṭṭācāryya and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Systems of Rural Settlements in Developing Countries written by R. B. Mandal and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Vedic Origins of Karma written by Herman Wayne Tull and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author seeks access to Karma's origins by following several clues suggested by the doctrine's earliest formulation in the Upanistexts (circa 600-500 B.C.) These clues lead back to the mythical and ritual structure firmly established in the Brahmana texts, texts concerned with the rituals that chronologically and conceptually precede the UpanisThe rise of the karma doctrine is tied to the increasing dominance in late Vedic thought of the cosmic man (Purusa/Prajapati) mythology and its ritual analogue the "building of the fire altar" (agnicayana).
Download or read book The Religions of India written by Roshen Dalal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy guide to every religion practised in India In India, the birthplace of some of the world’s major faiths and home to many more, religion is a way of life, existing as much in temples, mosques, churches and wayside shrines as it does in social laws, cultural practices and the political arena. The Religions of India contains, in a single volume, a comprehensive account of every major faith practised in the country today—Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and the Bahai faith. This meticulously researched work traverses a vast range of topics—from Somnatha Temple and Babri Masjid to Tirthankaras and the Akali Movement; from the Shariat and the Eucharist to Shabuoth and nirvana. It places each religion in its historical context, tracing its evolution from its inception to the present. • Incisive profiles of founders and key patrons, deities, saints, mystics and philosophers • Information on and insights into lesser-known and regional forms of worship, as well as important festivals, customs and rituals • Extensively cross-referenced with suggestions for further reading
Download or read book The Epic Civilization written by R.K. Pruthi and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: The Ramayana: A Historical Perspective, The Ramayana: In Immortal Epic, Ramayana in Kutiyattam, Kuttu and Pathakam, Economic Data in the Mahabharata, The Heroic Ideal, The Epics and Law, The Epic Ideals of Human Relations, Ancient Ideals of Human Relations, Buddha, Kautalya and Krishna.
Download or read book Religious Transformation in Modern Asia written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the religious transformation of each nation in modern Asia. When the Asian people, who were not only diverse in culture and history, but also active in performing local traditions and religions, experienced a socio-political change under the wave of Western colonialism, the religious climate was also altered from a transnational perspective. Part One explores the nationals of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, focusing on the manifestations of Japanese religion, Chinese foreign policy, the British educational system in Hong Kong in relation to Tibetan Buddhism, the Korean women of Catholicism, and the Scottish impact in late nineteenth century Korea. Part Two approaches South Asia through the topics of astrology, the works of a Gujarātī saint, and Himalayan Buddhism. The third part is focused on the conflicts between ‘indigenous religions and colonialism,’ ‘Buddhism and Christianity,’ ‘Islam and imperialism,’ and ‘Hinduism and Christianity’ in Southeast Asia.
Download or read book Concise History of Ancient India Hinduism society religion philosophy written by Asoke Kumar Majumdar and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River and Goddess Worship in India written by R.U.S. Prasad and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines Sarasvati’s origin, the course of her flow and the place of her disappearance in a holistic manner. Based on a close analysis of texts from the early Rig-Veda to the Brahmanas and the Puranas, it discusses different view-points in a balanced perspective and attempts to drive the discussions towards the emergence of a consensus view. The author delineates the various phases of Sarasvati’s evolution to establish her unique status and emphasise her continued relevance in the Hindu tradition. The book argues that the practice of pilgrimage further evolved after its association with the river Sarasvati who was perceived as divinity personified in Hindu tradition.
Download or read book The Strides of Vishnu written by Ariel Glucklich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books about Hinduism often begin by noting the immense size and complexity of the subject. Hinduism is vast and diverse, they say. Or it doesn't exist at all - Hinduism is merely a convenient (and foreign) term that masks a plurality of traditions. In either case, readers are discouraged by the sense that they are getting only a tiny sample or a shallow overview of something huge and impossible to understand. This book is designed to be accessible and comprehensive in a way that other introductions are not, maintaining an appealing narrative and holding the reader's interest in the unfolding sequence of ideas through time and place. Each of the 13 chapters combines historical material with key religious and philosophical ideas, supported by substantial quotations from scriptures and other texts. The overarching organizational principle is a historical narrative largely grounded in archaeological information. Historic places and persons are fleshed out as actors in a narrative about the relation of the sacred to ordinary existence as it is mediated through arts, sciences, rituals, and philosophical ideas. Although many books purport to introduce the Hindu tradition, this is the only one with a broad historical focus that emphasizes archaeological as well as textual evidence. It will nicely complement Vasuda Narayanan's forthcoming introduction, which takes the opposite approach of focusing on the lived experience of Hindu believers.
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Download or read book India of Vedic Kalpas tras written by Ram Gopal and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socioeconomic and religious conditions of ancient India, as revealed in the Vedic kalpasūtras, aphoristic texts on rituals and religious laws.
Download or read book Dharma stra written by Brajakishore Swain and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Critical articles on Dharmasastra of Manu, Lawgiver"-OCLC
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Download or read book In Dialogue with Classical Indian Traditions written by Brian Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dialogue is a recurring and significant component of Indian religious and philosophical literature. Whether it be as a narrative account of a conversation between characters within a text, as an implied response or provocation towards an interlocutor outside the text, or as a hermeneutical lens through which commentators and modern audiences can engage with an ancient text, dialogue features prominently in many of the most foundational sources from classical India. Despite its ubiquity, there are very few studies that explore this important facet of Indian texts. This book redresses this imbalance by undertaking a close textual analysis of a range of religious and philosophical literature to highlight the many uses and functions of dialogue in the sources themselves and in subsequent interpretations. Using the themes of encounter, transformation and interpretation – all of which emerged from face-to-face discussions between the contributors of this volume – each chapter explores dialogue in its own context, thereby demonstrating the variety and pervasiveness of dialogue in different genres of the textual tradition. This is a rich and detailed study that offers a fresh and timely perspective on many of the most well-known and influential sources from classical India. As such, it will be of great use to scholars of religious studies, Asian studies, comparative literature and literary theory.
