Discourses on Siva
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Genre | : Siva (Hindu deity) |
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Author | : Michael W. Meister |
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ISBN | : 9780812279092 |
Author | : Michael W. Meister |
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Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Art |
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Seal on t.p.: South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania.
Author | : Dhirendra Nath Paul |
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Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Hindu mythology |
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Author | : Doris Meth Srinivasan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 1997-09-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9004644970 |
One of the first things that strike the Western viewer of Indian art is the multiplicity of heads, arms and eyes. This convention grows out of imagery conceived by Vedic sages to explain creation. This book for the first time investigates into the meaning of this convention. The author concentrates on its origins in Hindu art and on preceding textual references to the phenomenon of multiplicity. The first part establishes a general definition for the convention. Examination of all Brahmanical literature up to, and sometimes beyond, the 1st - 3rd century A.D., adds more information to this basic definition. The second part applies this literary information mainly to icons of the Yaksa, Śiva, Vāsudeva-Kṛsṇa and the Goddess, and indicates how Brahmanical cultural norms, exemplified in Mathurā, can transmit textual symbols. Both Part I and Part II provide iconic modules and a methodology to generate interpretations for icons with this remarkable feature through the Gupta age.
Author | : Karin Kapadia |
Publisher | : Westview Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1998-04-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780813334912 |
This book examines two subordinated groups—“untouchables” and women—in a village in Tamilnadu, South India. The lives and work of “untouchable” women in this village provide a unique analytical focus that clarifies the ways in which three axes of identity—gender, caste, and class—are constructed in South India. Karin Kapadia argues that subordinated groups do not internalize the values of their masters but instead reject them in innumerable subtle ways.Kapadia contends that elites who hold economic power do not dominate the symbolic means of production. Looking at the everyday practices, rituals, and cultural discourses of Tamil low castes, she shows how their cultural values repudiate the norms of Brahminical elites. She also demonstrates that caste and class processes cannot be fully addressed without considering their interrelationship with gender.
Author | : M. D. Muthukumaraswamy |
Publisher | : NFSC www.indianfolklore.org |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 8190148168 |
Contributed articles with reference to India.
Author | : Constance Jones |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0816075646 |
An illustrated A to Z reference containing more than 700 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Hinduism.
Author | : Ksenia Gerasimova |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2017-07-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 131540348X |
The development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been a contentious topic for the last three decades. While there have been a number of social science analyses of the issues, this is the first book to assess the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the debate at such a wide geographic scale. The various positions, for and against GMOs, particularly with regard to transgenic crops, articulated by NGOs in the debate are dissected, classified and juxtaposed to corresponding campaigns. These are discussed in the context of key conceptual paradigms, including nature fundamentalism and the organic movement, post-colonialism, food sovereignty, anti-globalisation, sustainability and feminism. The book also analyses how NGOs interpret the debate and the persuasive communication tactics they use. This provides greater understanding of the complexity of negotiations in the debate and explains its specific features such as its global scope and difficulty in finding compromises. The author assesses the long-term interests of various participants and changes in perceptions of science and in public communication as a result. Examples of major NGOs such as Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF are included, but the author also provides new research into the role of NGOs in Russia.