Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780719018664
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Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Hindu literature
ISBN : 9780389207887
Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 1990-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0226618471
"A wider range than usual of Sanskrit texts: not only interesting Vedic, epic, and mythological texts but also a good sampling of ritual and ethical texts. . . . There are also extracts from texts usually neglected, such as medical treatises, works on practical politics, and guides to love and marriage. . . . Readings from the vernacular Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil traditions [serve to] enrich the collection and demonstrate how Hinduism flourished not just in Sanskrit but also in its many mother tongues."—Francis X. Clooney, Journal of Asian Studies
Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition
Author : Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 21,76 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1136240314
Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.
Hindu Primary Sources
Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 34,52 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0813540704
Bringing together texts from a variety of sectarian traditions, this reader provides the broadest selection of primary source Hindu literature available to date. The volume is divided into two major parts. The first section presents selections that explore major themes in classical Sanskrit traditions, including those in the Vedic, Upanisadic, and Dharma literatures, as well as the classical philosophical-religious schools. The second part includes selections that highlight the sectarian and devotional movements related to major deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, Krishna, Rama, Sant, Tantra, and the goddess figures. In addition to a general introductory chapter on Indian literature, each major section is introduced by an essay that places the selections within the context of Hindu history. This comprehensive reader stands on its own as an indispensable anthology of original textual sources for courses in Hinduism, while also serving as a companion volume to the text The Many Colors of Hinduism: A Thematic-Historical Introduction.
Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,77 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Hindu literature
ISBN : 9780719018664
The Oxford History of Hinduism
Author : Gavin Flood
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 019873350X
An authoritative collection on the history of Hindu religious practices. Hindu Practice considers traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion, including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time.
Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu
Author : Michael J. Altman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0190654929
Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu is a groundbreaking analysis of American representations of religion in India before the turn of the twentieth century. Before Americans wrote about "Hinduism," they wrote about "heathenism," "the religion of the Hindoos," and "Brahmanism." Americans used the heathen, Hindoo, and Hindu as an other against which they represented themselves. The questions of American identity, classification, representation and the definition of "religion" that animated descriptions of heathens, Hindoos, and Hindus in the past still animate American debates today.
A Hindu Theology of Liberation
Author : Anantanand Rambachan
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 15,56 MB
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438454554
Discusses Hindu Advaita Ved?nta as a philosophy of social justice for the modern world. This expansive and accessible work provides an introduction to the Hindu tradition of Advaita Ved?nta and brings it into discussion with contemporary concerns. Advaita, the non-dual school of Indian philosophy and spirituality associated with ?a?kara, is often seen as other-worldly, regarding the world as an illusion. Anantanand Rambachan has played a central role in presenting a more authentic Advaita, one that reveals how Advaita is positive about the here and now. The first part of the book presents the hermeneutics and spirituality of Advaita, using textual sources, classical commentary, and modern scholarship. The books second section considers the implications of Advaita for ethical and social challenges: patriarchy, homophobia, ecological crisis, child abuse, and inequality. Rambachan establishes how Advaitas non-dual understanding of reality provides the ground for social activism and the values that advocate for justice, dignity, and the equality of human beings. Rambachan has written an original, creative, and provocative book that will assure that Hinduism has a greater voice in the general arena of interreligious dialogue. Paul F. Knitter, Union Theological Seminary This is an important contribution to the advancement of constructive work in Hindu theology, comparative theology, and the study of South Asian religious traditions. It has the potential to revolutionize how scholars view Hinduism generally, and Advaita Ved?nta in particular. Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College
Textual Studies in Hinduism
Author : Arvind Sharma
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Religion
ISBN :