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Author : Surajit Sinha
Publisher : Varanasi : N.K. Bose Memorial Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ascetics of Kashi written by Surajit Sinha and published by Varanasi : N.K. Bose Memorial Foundation. This book was released on 1978 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropological study of the Hindu ascetics of Varanasi.
Author : Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Sacred Complex of Kashi written by Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the importance of Varanasi as a centre for Hindu pilgrimage and the traditional priestcraft of the place.
Author : Lynn Teskey Denton
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791484629
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Female Ascetics in Hinduism written by Lynn Teskey Denton and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female Ascetics in Hinduism provides a vivid account of the lives of women renouncers—women who renounce the world to live ascetic spiritual lives—in India. The author approaches the study of female asceticism by focusing on features of two dharmas, two religiously defined ways of life: that of woman-as-householder and that of the ascetic, who, for various reasons, falls outside the realm of householdership. The result of fieldwork conducted in Varanasi (Benares), the book explores renouncers' social and personal backgrounds, their institutions, and their ways of life. Offering a first-hand look at and an insightful analysis of this little-known world, this highly readable book will be indispensable to those interested in female asceticism in the Hindu tradition and women's spiritual lives around the world.
Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190266406
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Indian Asceticism written by Carl Olson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play. Indian Asceticism focuses on the powers exhibited by ascetics of India from ancient to modern time. Carl Olson discusses the erotic, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous forms of play and their connections to power and violence. He focuses on Hinduism, but evidence is also presented from Buddhism and Jainism, suggesting that the subject matter of this book pervades India's major indigenous religious traditions. The book includes a look at the extent to which findings in cognitive science can add to our understanding of these various powers; Olson argues that violence is built into the practice of the ascetic. Indian Asceticism culminates with an attempt to rethink the nature of power in a way that does justice to the literary evidence from Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain sources.
Author : Baidyanath Saraswati
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Spectrum of the Sacred written by Baidyanath Saraswati and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. R. Momin
Publisher : Popular Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 9788171548316
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (483 download)
Download or read book The Legacy of G.S. Ghurye written by A. R. Momin and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises contributed articles on the life and thought of Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, b. 1893, and on Indian sociology and anthropology.
Author : Diana L. Eck
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307832953
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Banaras written by Diana L. Eck and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as Banāras. In this eloquent, finely observed study, Diana Eck shows how the city over the centuries has become a lens through which the Hindu vision of the world is precisely focused. She reveals the spiritual and historical resonance of this holy place where great sages such as the Buddha and Shankara were taught, where ashrams, palaces, and universities were built, where God has been imagined and imagined in a thousand ways. She describes the rites of its temples, the busy life of its riverfront, and the exuberance of its festivals. She tells how people travel from all over India to Banāras for the privilege of dying a good death here, for they believe that on the banks of the River Ganges where “the atmosphere of devotion is improbable in its strength,” it is possible to be released from the earthly round forever. In her account of the sacred history, geography, and art of the city, its elaborate and thriving rituals, its myths and literature, and its importance to pilgrims and seekers, Diana Eck uses her wealth of scholarship to make the Hindu tradition come powerfully alive so that we come to understand the meaning of this sacred city to the millions of believers who have been coming here for over 2,500 years.
Author : Michael S. Dodson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000365646
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Banaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories written by Michael S. Dodson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a rich and surprising account of the recent history of the north Indian city of Banaras. Supplementing traditional accounts, which have focused upon the city’s religious imaginary, this volume brings together essays written by acknowledged experts in north Indian culture and history to examine the construction of diverse urban identities in, and after, the British colonial period. Drawing on fields such as archaeology, literature, history, and architecture, these accounts of Banaras understand the narratives which inscribe the city as having been forged substantially in the experiences of British rule. But while British rule transformed the city in many respects, the essays also emphasize the importance of Indian agency in these processes. The book also examines the essential ambiguity of modernization schemes in the city as well as the contingency of elements of religious narrative. The introduction, moreover, attempts to resituate Banaras into a wider tradition of urban studies in South Asia. The book will be of interest to not only scholars and students of north Indian culture and urban history, but also anyone looking to gain a deeper appreciation of this remarkable, and complex, city.
Author : Gert Melville
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110457466
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Potency of the Common written by Gert Melville and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central question of the book is as follows: To what extent does the community present a challenge in the life of the individual? Well-known international Philosophers, historians, anthropologists, political scientists, theologians and sociologists attempted to find explications by intercultural comparison.
Author : Nita Kumar
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400886996
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Artisans of Banaras written by Nita Kumar and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nita Kumar offers an evocative and sensitive portrayal of rarely explored aspects of Hindu culture through her analysis of the way leisure time is used by Hindu and Muslim artisans of Banaras--the weavers, metalworkers, and woodworkers. Music, festivals, the place of physical culture, and the importance of going "to the outer side" all are examined as Kumar looks at changes that have occurred in leisure-time activities over the last century. The discussion raises questions of the cultural and conceptual aspects of working-class life, the role of fun and play in Indian thought, the importance of public activities in terms of personal identity, and the meaning of an Indian city to its residents. This analysis turns away from the usual models of Hindu-Muslim conflict by seeing divisions based on occupation, income level, education, and urban neighborhood as more relevant for the construction of identity than those based on religion or community. Kumar draws her information from police station records, Hindi newspapers and periodicals, publications of local individuals and organizations, oral history, and ethnographic data. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Bradley R. Hertel
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791413319
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Living Banaras written by Bradley R. Hertel and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on contemporary popular religious traditions, the book represents a substantial contribution to the study of modern religious practices in Banaras, holy city of India. This book offers in-depth, ethnographic views of many contemporary popular religious practices that have, for the most part, received little attention by scholars. Topics covered include the Ramlila celebrations, devotion to Hanuman, and goddess worship, and the way that Banarsi Boli, the local dialect of Banaras, supports its users in their identification with the sacred city.
Author : Rana Singh
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443815799
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Banaras written by Rana Singh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrating the making of the Hindus’ most sacred and heritage city of India (Banaras) this book will serve as lead reference and insightful reading for understanding the cultural complexities, archetypal connotations, ritualscapes and vivid heritagescapes that maintain India’s pride of history and culture.
Author : Matthew Clark
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047410025
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book The Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs written by Matthew Clark and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the organisation, practices and history of the Daśanāmī-Saṃnyāsīs, one of the largest sects of sādhu-s (‘holy men’) in South Asia, founded, according to tradtion, by the legendary philosopher Śaṅkarācārya.
Author : Alf Hiltebeitel
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887069819
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (698 download)
Download or read book Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees written by Alf Hiltebeitel and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hindu sacred order is guarded by the very gods who violate it and the demons who oppose it. This book is a who's who of such transgressive figures, both familiar and unfamiliar, showing their place within the Hindu order that they violate. It is also a reflection of the serious scholarly debate over the nature and composition of this Hindu order. The chapters range from pan-Hindu deities such as Bhairava and Virabhadra to guardian gods of specific regions and lineages and of different goddess cults. Chapters cover violent themes in SAaivite hagiography, the position of Brahmans in relation to cultic carnivorism, guardian heroes in folk epic, the deified dead, the royal mythology of a "criminal caste," and a wide-ranging overview of transgressive sacrality.
Author : Alka Patel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004218874
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition written by Alka Patel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors in this volume explore Indo-Muslim cultures developing in South Asia from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, sharing central themes but showing significant contextual variations by time and place. They focus a much-needed analytical gaze on the rich layers of circulation and exchange of art, architecture, and literature within South Asia and testify to the interaction of Muslims and Islamic traditions with other people and traditions in India for centuries.
Author : William R. Pinch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520200616
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Peasants and Monks in British India written by William R. Pinch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-06-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling social history, William R. Pinch tackles one of the most important but most neglected fields of the colonial history of India: the relation between monasticism and caste. The highly original inquiry yields rich insights into the central structure and dynamics of Hindu society—insights that are not only of scholarly but also of great political significance. Perhaps no two images are more associated with rural India than the peasant who labors in an oppressive, inflexible social structure and the ascetic monk who denounces worldly concerns. Pinch argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, North India's monks and peasants have not been passive observers of history; they have often been engaged with questions of identity, status, and hierarchy—particularly during the British period. Pinch's work is especially concerned with the ways each group manipulated the rhetoric of religious devotion and caste to further its own agenda for social reform. Although their aims may have been quite different—Ramanandi monastics worked for social equity, while peasants agitated for higher social status—the strategies employed by these two communities shaped the popular political culture of Gangetic north India during and after the struggle for independence from the British.
Author : Makhan Jha
Publisher : M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9788175330818
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)
Download or read book India and Nepal written by Makhan Jha and published by M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on empirical fieldworkes carried out in different parts of both india and Nepal,this volume throws light on the thread anthropological researches in both neighbouring countries.The chapters in this book range from tribal situation in india to the Muslim tribes of Lakshadeep island including complex societies,industrialization and urbanization and the various aspects of the Sacred Complex studies in india.Besides,the various aspects of religions of Kathmandu and Janakpur.
