The Hindu Religious Tradition by Thomas J. Hopkins, originally published in 1971, provided a comprehensive survey of Hindu development from the Indus civilization to the present.This volume is an invaluable resource for students in need of an introd...Loe edasi...
Nyya Stra offers a new English translation of the text ascribed to Akapda, an Indian philosopher who lived around the beginning of the Common Era. This book will be of interest to Indian philosophy, world philosophies, epistemology, philosophical me...Loe edasi...
First published in 1948, Hinduism presents an introductory outline of the story of Hinduism from the earliest times, and paves the way for further and more detailed study, as well as interests the general reader....Loe edasi...
This volume examines The Rmyaa traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. The three parts of this volume, organized as visual, literary, and performance cultures, discuss the sculpted, painted, inscribed, written, recited, and performed Rmyaas....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-May-2023, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9780429285202)
This book studies the relevance of dowry as a customary practice in Indian marriages. It examines the historical articulation between traditional cultural texts and modern statutory law to understand how daughters are valued, and how dowry as a cust...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Apr-2023, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003387640)
This introductory volume studies the challenges faced by the transgender community in India. It traces the history of the representation of the community in Hindu texts to understand the evolution of their status within Indian society....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Aug-2022, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003298137)
This book presents an overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation. It discusses themes such as popular cults; temples and associative strategies of social integration; ritual innovations in politics and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Aug-2022, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003310815)
The book critically analyses questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval religious texts of Bengal. It analyses the emergence of religious cults in patriarchal contexts, the humanisation of the goddess figure as a wife and mother who is subjec...Loe edasi...
A concise introduction to the long history of religion in the encounter between America and India. Ideal for students and scholars approaching the topic for the first time, the book includes sections in each chapter that provide useful theoretical t...Loe edasi...
This book introduces readers to Indian philosophy by presenting the first integral English translation of Vaieikastra with the earliest extant commentary of Candrnanda on the old aphorisms of Vaieika school of Indian philosophy....Loe edasi...
Dialogue is a recurring and significant component of Indian religious and philosophical literature. This book undertakes a close textual analysis of a range of religious and philosophical literature to highlight the many uses and functions of dialog...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Dec-2020, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781351061421)
The Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text under construction. Located amid conversations between modern discourses and ancient vocabulary, this volume grapples with dharma or righteo...Loe edasi...
This book, through a close study of Naini, as well as other poems, authored by Mahkavi Kumran n, demonstrates how n employed a theme of love among humans during the modern period in Kerala that was grounded in the native South Indian bhakti understa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Oct-2020, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003094456)
This volume is a systematic and comprehensive introduction to one of the most read texts in South Asia, the Bhagavad-gita. It brings together themes such as the Gitas structure, the history of its exegesis, its acceptance by different traditions wit...Loe edasi...
This book explores the philosophical implications of the Mahbhrata by paying attention to the centrality of dialogue, both as the texts prevailing literary expression and its organising structure....Loe edasi...
This book, first published in 1962, is an analysis of the history of the philosophy of a country that has never distinguished philosophy from religion. Indian philosophy is not merely metaphysical speculation, but has its foundation in immediate per...Loe edasi...
This book, first published in 1968, is a collection of twenty-five lectures by Swami Prabhavananda, the outstanding scholar and translator of Hindu scriptures. They present a direct and pragmatic approach to spiritual life, and a clear guide to Hind...Loe edasi...
This book, first published in 1968, comprises five articles on the immortality of the soul. According to Hindu tradition this immortality cannot be proved by the scientific method of reasoning it is based upon scriptural evidence and on the direct...Loe edasi...
This book, first published in 1957, was the first in English to provide a full and clear introduction to one of the most significant of Indian gods, and stresses his supreme role in Indian religion and art. There are 39 plates of Indian pictures, ea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2019, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9780429259401)
This book answers these foundational questions and more. It critically examines the Bhagavad-Gita in terms of its liberal, humanist and inclusive appeal, bringing out its significance for both present times and novel applications. The author elabora...Loe edasi...
