Śaiva Siddhānta
Śaiva Siddhānta

Author: Hilko Wiardo Schomerus

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9788120815698

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The present book being an English translation of a German book entitled Der Saiva Siddhanta by H.W. Schomerus gives a full and documented account of this theistic movement then as now little known in the West. The book quickly became and still is the major reference work in this field in any European language. Schomerus cites siddhanta scriptures on each point. His book thus offers a systematic theology of the movement from its own basic texts many of which are not otherwise available in English.

THE COUNTER NARRATIVES OF POWER AND IDENTITY IN COLONIAL KERALAM
THE COUNTER NARRATIVES OF POWER AND IDENTITY IN COLONIAL KERALAM

Author: Dr. K. Vinod Chandran

Publisher: JEC PUBLICATION

Published:

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 9358500093

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Dr. K. Vinod Chandran, is a prolific writer in English and Malayalam and has wrote many articles and studies related to philosophy, literature, criticism, cultural studies, and intellectual or cultural history. He had attended many of the International Seminars on History and philosophy as a resource person, mostly held in New Delhi, Manipal, Hydrabad, and Kerala from 1990 to the present time. Area of specialization : Cultural or intellectual history , Philosophy and Literary Criticism. Born in 7-9-1955, Vinod Chandran retired in 2011 as an associate Professor and Head of the department of History, Sree Kerala varma college Thrissur, Kerala. The Title of his doctoral work is “The Counter-narratives of Power and Identity In Colonial Keralam—A reading of C.V.Ramanpilla”. The thesis, done under the supervision of Dr. K.N. Panikkar, the renowned Cultural historian of India, was submitted in 2004 to the Center of Historical studies, J.N.U. New Delhi. He was awarded PhD in 2005. The author is now preoccupied with publishing books in Malayalam, especially on The poetry and thought of Narayanaguru , on the art of C.V. Raman pilla, one of the greatest novelists of Malayalam, and on the contemporary poetry and literature of Malayalam. Presently he resides in Thrissur, Kerala.

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies

Author: Karl H. Potter

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13: 9788120803084

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This constitues the first volume of the series. It indicates the scope of the project and provides a list of sources which will be surveyed in the sebsequent volumes, as well as provide a guide to secondary literature for further study of Indian Philosophy. It lists in relative chronological order, Sanskrit and Tamil works. All known editions and translations into European languages are cited; where puplished versions of the text are not known a guide to the location of manuscripts of the work is provided.

Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion
Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion

Author: Anne Feldhaus

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780791428375

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The essays investigate the images of women and femininity found in the traditions of the Marathi language region of India, Maharashtra, and how these images contradict the actualities of women's lives.

Speaking Of Basava
Speaking Of Basava

Author: K. Ishwaran

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1000312887

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The bulk of the literature on Basava and Lingayatism incorporates both the Brahman and Bhakti movements. To do this is to lose sight of innovations that Basava introduced in reaction to his Brahman-dominated environment. Also, to look at Lingayatism as a direct linear descendant of the Hindu tradition is to ignore the revolutionary thrust of Lingayatism in its origin in the twelfth century A.O. and its continuing dynamism in the subsequent centuries.

Female Infanticide in India
Female Infanticide in India

Author: Rashmi Dube Bhatnagar

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0791483851

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Female Infanticide in India is a theoretical and discursive intervention in the field of postcolonial feminist theory. It focuses on the devaluation of women through an examination of the practice of female infanticide in colonial India and the reemergence of this practice in the form of femicide (selective killing of female fetuses) in postcolonial India. The authors argue that femicide is seen as part of the continuum of violence on, and devaluation of, the postcolonial girl-child and woman. In order to fully understand the material and discursive practices through which the limited and localized crime of female infanticide in colonial India became a generalized practice of femicide in postcolonial India, the authors closely examine the progressivist British-colonial history of the discovery, reform, and eradication of the practice of female infanticide. Contemporary tactics of resistance are offered in the closing chapters.

Hinduism as a Missionary Religion
Hinduism as a Missionary Religion

Author: Arvind Sharma

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-01-02

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1438432135

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Is Hinduism a missionary religion? Merely posing this question is a novel and provocative act. Popular and scholarly perception, both ancient and modern, puts Hinduism in the non-missionary category. In this intriguing book, Arvind Sharma re-opens the question. Examining the historical evidence from the major Hindu eras, the Vedic, classical, medieval, and modern periods, Sharma's investigation challenges the categories used in current scholarly discourse and finds them inadequate, emphasizing the need to distinguish between a missionary religion and a proselytizing one. A distinction rarely made, it is nevertheless an illuminating and fruitful one that resonates with insights from the comparative study of religion. Ultimately concluding that Hinduism is a missionary religion, but not a proselytizing one, Sharma's work provides us with new insights both on Hinduism and the consideration of religion itself.