Dictionary of Hindu Literature
Author | : Kuśa Satyendra |
Publisher | : Sarup & Sons |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Hindu literature |
ISBN | : 9788176251594 |
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Author | : Kuśa Satyendra |
Publisher | : Sarup & Sons |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Hindu literature |
ISBN | : 9788176251594 |
Author | : Hindol Sengupta |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2017-10-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1442267461 |
Winner of the 2018 Wilbur Award There are more than one billion Hindus in the world, but for those who don’t practice the faith, very little seems to be understood about it. Followers have not only built and sustained the world’s largest democracy but have also sustained one of the greatest philosophical streams in the world for more than three thousand years. So, what makes a Hindu? Why is so little heard from the real practitioners of the everyday faith? Why does information never go beyond clichés? Being Hindu is a practitioner’s guide that takes the reader on a journey to very simply understand what the Hindu message is, where it stands in the clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, and why the Hindu way could yet be the path for plurality and progress in the twenty-first century.
Author | : William Q Judge |
Publisher | : Theophania Publishing |
Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 2011-06-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781770831902 |
The Bagavad Gita is a conversation between Lord Krishna and the Pandava prince Arjuna taking place on the battlefield before the start of the Kurukshetra War. Responding to Arjuna's confusion and moral dilemma about fighting his own cousins, Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna his duties as a warrior and prince, and elaborates on different Yogic and Vedantic philosophies, with examples and analogies. This has led to the Gita often being described as a concise guide to Hindu theology and also as a practical, self-contained guide to life. During the discourse, Lord Krishna reveals His identity as the Supreme Being Himself (Svayam Bhagavan), blessing Arjuna with an awe-inspiring vision of His divine universal form. Two words that are of paramount importance in grasping the Upanishads are Brahman and Atman. The Brahman is the universal spirit and the Atman is the individual Self. Differing opinions exist amongst scholars regarding the etymology of these words. Brahman comes from the root brh which means "The Biggest The Greatest The ALL." Brahman is "the infinite Spirit Source and fabric and core and destiny of all existence, both manifested and unmanifested and the formless infinite substratum and from whom the universe has grown." Brahman is the ultimate, both transcendent and immanent, the absolute infinite existence, the sum total of all that ever is, was, or shall be. The word Atman means the immortal perfect Spirit of any living creature, being, including trees etc. The idea put forth by the Upanishadic seers that Atman and Brahman are One and the same is one of the greatest contributions made to the thought of the world. The Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. Some of its verses are still recited as Hindu prayers, at religious functions and other occasions, putting these among the world's oldest religious texts in continued use. The Rigveda contains several mythological and poetical accounts of the origin of the world, hymns praising the gods, and ancient prayers for life, prosperity, etc.
Author | : Elizabeth Armstrong Reed |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Hindu literature, Sanskrit |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert Charles Zaehner |
Publisher | : Everyman |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781857150643 |
Comprises such sacred books of India as the hymns of the Rig-Veda, the world's first recorded poems, the stirring pantheistic speculations of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita, a cosmic drama of God's self-revelation in human history, on the field of human battle.
Author | : Barbara Powell |
Publisher | : Jain Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0875730728 |
A timely book to understand and put into perspective the vast corpus of the Hindu religious literature which a typical Western reader otherwise finds so daunting that he/she gets discouraged and simply gives up. Besides being of enormous value to spiritual seekers, the book is ideally suited for study in a classroom environment.
Author | : Amit Chaudhuri |
Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 2004-11-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781417709403 |
Chaudhuri's extravagant and discerning collection unfurls the full diversity of Indian writing from the 1850s to the present in English, and in elegant new translations from Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. Among the 38 authors represented are contemporary superstars such as Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, and Pankaj Mishra.
Author | : Patrick Olivelle |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 1999-09-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0192838822 |
"The law codes of ancient India"--Cover.
Author | : Ainslie T. Embree |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2011-03-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0307779092 |
This book, compiled from basic Hindu writings, is an exploration of the essential meaning of the Hindu tradition, the way of thinking and acting that has dominated life in India for the last three thousand years. Selections from religious, literary and philosophic works are preceded by introductory material that summarizes historical developments and cultural movements. While much attention is given to religion, many selections deal with social life, political relationships, and the Indian attitude to human love and passion. The arrangement of the material suggests the growth and development of Indian life through the centuries, and makes clear that Indian culture has never been static, but rather has been characterized at all times by a remarkable vitality and creativity. The selections range in time from the Rig Veda, composed around 1000 B.C., to the writings of Radhakrishnan, formerly the President of India. They illustrate both the continuity of the Hindu tradition and its vitality, for Hinduism is probably more vibrant and alive at the present time than it has been for many centuries. The ideals and values, the unquestioned assumptions and the persistent doubts that are presented here from the literature of the past are the fundamental ingredients of the life of modern India.
Author | : Ram Padarth Sharma |
Publisher | : Gyan Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788121205016 |
A comprehensive and polemical study of the Hindu view of women, the present study seeks to deconstruct, question and expose the phallogocentrism of patriarchal metaphysics which pervades the entire corpus of Hindu literature on the subject By to be free and respectable women is therefore urged in this study to see through and reject once for all, the traditional Patriarchal game in order to establish herself as a new centre of knowledge and power.