Change and Continuity in Indian Religion
Author: Jan Gonda
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 484
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Change And Continuity In Indian Sufism A Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Branch In The Hindu Environment
Author: Thomas Dahnhardt
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788124604052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr. Thomas Dahnhardt Deals With The Evolution Of The Indian Lineage Of The Naqshbandiyya _ Also Called Mujaddidiyya _ To Study The Spiritual Symbiosis Between The Hindu And Muslim Communities. He Surveys Various Masters Of The Tradition, The Establishment Of A New Khanaqah And The Emergence And Methodology Of The Hindu Offshoot Of The Mujaddidiyya Mazhariyya.
Change and Continuity in Indian Religion
Author: Jan Gonda
Publisher:
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9788121500142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescription: In this book the author intends to make some critical remarks apropos of substratum theories advanced to explain the numerous differences between the ancient Vedic culture of India and Hinduism. It would appear to him that the problems with which we are confronted in studying the history of India are much more complicated than certain archaeologists, linguists and students of the history of religions would have us believe and that many hypotheses based on a predominant influence of the substratum are ill-founded. The book contains studies on various subjects which are intended to criticize some of these theories and to show that very complex developments and difficult problems have often been unjustly simplified. Certain cultural changes which at first sight may appear to have been due to the impact of foreign elements may on second thoughts be rather ascribed to an internal development within the Aryan community. After a general introduction on substratum theories there are chapters on Soman, Amrta, and the Moon; on the absence of vahanas (mounts, horses, etc. of gods) in the Veda and their occurrence in Hindu art and literature; the number sixteen, the Isvara idea; maya; gifts; the guru; brahmacarya and a long chapter on diksa.
Problems and Methods of the History of Religions
Author: Bianchi
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-08-14
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9004378103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreliminary Material /U. Bianchi , C. J. Bleeker and A. Bausani -- La personalità morale di Raffaele Pettazzoni /Luigi Salvatorelli -- La méthode comparative: entre philologie et phénoménologie /Geo Widengren -- The Definition of Religion (On the Methodology of Historical-Comparative Research) /Ugo Bianchi -- The Contribution of the Phenomenology of Religion to the Study of the History of Religions /C. Jouco Bleeker -- Islam in the History of Religions /Alessandro Bausani -- Problems and Prospects of the Studies on Persian Religion /Gherardo Gnoli -- Some Internal and Comparative Problems in the Field of Indian Religions /Corrado Pensa.
Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion
Author: Brian K. Smith
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9788120815322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe classical Vedic texts that deal with large-scale sacrificial ritual and those writings that deal with domestic ritual have traditionally been treated as unrelated. The former are devoted to the explication of rituals that are dominated by wealthy male elites; the latter concern humble private ceremonies more open to famale participation. Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual and Religion argues that there is in fact, a fundamental connection between these two large and important bodies of Indic religious literature.
The Indian Way
Author: John M Koller
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-23
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 1315507404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is no other book that explains both the philosophies and religions of India in their full historical development. The Indian Way is accessible to beginning students, and does justice to the Indian tradition’s richness of religious and philosophical thought. Clear and powerful explanations of yajna and dharma, and appealing, intimate descriptions of Krishna, Kali, and Shiva allow students to read some of the great Indian texts for themselves.
Change, Continuity and Complexity
Author: Jae-Eun Shin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-30
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0429831021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mahāvidyās are the representative Tantric feminine pantheon consisting of ten goddesses. It is formed by divergent religious strands and elements: the mātṛ and yoginī worship, the cult of Kālī and Tripurasundarī, Vajrayāna Buddhism, Jain Vidyādevīs, Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava faith, Śrīvidyā, the Brahmanical strand of Puranic traditions, etc. This volume is the first attempt to explore the historical process, through which these traditions culminated in the Mahāvidyā cult and the goddesses with different origins and contradictory attributes were brought into a cluster, with special reference to socio-political changes in the lower Gaṅgā and Brahmaputra Valley between the 9th and 15th centuries CE. Based on a close analysis of Purāṇas, Tantras and inscriptional evidence, and on extensive field research on archaeological remains as well as sacred sites, Jae-Eun Shin discusses the two trajectories of the Mahāvidyās in eastern Śākta traditions. Each led to the systematization of Daśamahāvidyās in a specific way: one, as ten manifestations of Durgā upholding dharma in the cosmic dimension, and the other, as ten mandalic goddesses bearing magical powers in the actual sacred site. Their attributes and characteristics have neither been static nor monolithic, and the mode of worship prescribed for them has changed in a dialectical religious process between Brahmanical and Tantric traditions of the region. This is the definitive work for anyone seeking to understand goddess cults of South Asia in general and the history of eastern Śākta traditions in particular. To aid study, the volume includes images, diagrams and maps. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The Great Transformation
Author: Karen Armstrong
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2007-04-10
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 0385721242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary investigation of a critical moment in the evolution of religious thought—from the New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Spiral Staircase “A splendid book.... Lucid, highly readable.... Relevant to a world still embroiled in military conflict and sectarian hatreds.” —The New York Times In the ninth century BCE, events in four regions of the civilized world led to the rise of religious traditions that have endured to the present day—development of Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Armstrong, one of our most prominent religious scholars, examines how these traditions began in response to the violence of their time. Studying figures as diverse as the Buddha and Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah, Armstrong reveals how these still enduring philosophies can help address our contemporary problems.
Myth, Cult and Symbols in Sakta Hinduism
Author: Beane
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9004642862
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Author: John Harriss
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2020-12-02
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781509539703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndia has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century. In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, and political changes occurring in India today, and their implications for the people of India and the world. Each of the book’s fourteen chapters seeks to answer a key question: Is India’s democracy under threat? Can India’s Growth be sustained? How are youth changing India? Drawing on a wealth of scholarly and popular material as well as their own experience researching the country during this period of major transformation, the authors draw the reader into key debates about economic growth, poverty, environmental justice, the character of Indian democracy, rights and social movements, gender, caste, education, and foreign policy. India, they conclude, has undergone some extraordinary and positive changes since the early 1990s but deeply worrying threats remain: increasing authoritarianism, growing inequality, entrenched poverty, and environmental vulnerability. How India responds to these crucial challenges will shape the world’s largest democracy for years to come.
