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Author : J. J. Roy Burman
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788183243452
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (434 download)
Download or read book Ethnography of a Denotified Tribe written by J. J. Roy Burman and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vertul Singh
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357088709
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Banaras written by Vertul Singh and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banaras has been home to sages, artists, poets, musicians and seekers from all parts of India. The ancient canon of texts passed down orally by the sages was written and transcribed in the lanes and by-lanes of this city. Over the centuries, the art of grafting and subsuming the religious and cultural ethos became the hallmark of Banaras. In this book, Vertul Singh presents a kaleidoscopic view of Banaras that charts a narrative spanning from the present-day city and its origins as Kashi to the fin de siècle of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which witnessed the city’s inclusionary development as a cultural and pilgrimage centre, an opulent trading hub and a basilica of political power. Weaving facts, interesting anecdotes and untold stories to make a rich tapestry, this book is an insider’s account and an unparalleled portrait of the city.
Author : Usha Sharma
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788183241137
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Festivals In Indian Society (2 Vols. Set) written by Usha Sharma and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rajeev Garg
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9352716841
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (527 download)
Download or read book Concise General Knowledge written by Rajeev Garg and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crisp and updated content according to the current trend of various competitive examinations like SSC-CGL, Railway Recruitment Board exams, IBPS and others. Timeline is coverd up to 2018 in History section (first time in any G.K. book) and many unique boxes. Many additional boxes and important text based on various competitive exams. Many unique in formations in the Geography section. Special coverage of Union Budget 2018-19, Demonetisation, GST and Cryptocurrency in the economics section. Important facts are incorporated in Box, Tables and Charts. Mnemonics are given along with the content for quick revision. Relevant diagrams are given in Science and Geography section for better understanding of the concepts.
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Publisher : Er. Rohit Sharma
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book written by and published by Er. Rohit Sharma . This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph S. Alter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520912175
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Wrestler's Body written by Joseph S. Alter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-08-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wrestler's Body tells the story of a way of life organized in terms of physical self-development. While Indian wrestlers are competitive athletes, they are also moral reformers whose conception of self and society is fundamentally somatic. Using the insights of anthropology, Joseph Alter writes an ethnography of the wrestler's physique that elucidates the somatic structure of the wrestler's identity and ideology. Young men in North India may choose to join an akhara, or gymnasium, where they subject themselves to a complex program of physical and moral fitness. Alter's first-hand description of each detail of the wrestler's regimen offers a unique perspective on South Asian culture and society. Wrestlers feel that moral reform of Indian national character is essential and advocate their way of life as an ideology of national health. Everyone is called on to become a wrestler and build collective strength through self-discipline.
Author : Punam Kumari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Social and Cultural Life of the Nepalese written by Punam Kumari and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEPAL - SOCIAL - CULTURAL (Indus)
Author : Aśoka Jeratha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Folk Art of Duggar written by Aśoka Jeratha and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the Dogra region in Jammu and Kashmnir.
Author : Sandhya Jain
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Adi Deo Arya Devata written by Sandhya Jain and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-03-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British claimed that India’s Adivasi population lay beyond the pale of mainstream Hindu society. Yet even a cursory mapping of the spiritual-cultural landscape reveals a deep symbiotic relationship between tribals and non-tribals, which is amply reflected in the ancient literature and inscriptions. Indeed, it was also noted by colonial anthropologists and ethnographers (mainly British officials), who deliberately delinked tribals from Hindu society through the imposition of racial categories and census classifications. Tribals have made an enormous contribution to India’s civilisation; all major gods of the Indic tradition have tribal links. Shiva was worshipped by forest-dwelling communities in large parts of the country, as were Vishnu’s incarnations as Varaha (boar) and Narasimha (lion). Vishnu, in fact, evolved out of several distinct deities, notably Vasudeva, the supreme lord of the Vrishni/Satvata tribe; Krishna of the Yadava clan; Gopala of the Abhira tribe and Narayana of the Hindukush mountains. Similarly, Gautama Buddha hailed from the Sakya tribe; Vardhaman Mahavira was a scion of the Jnatrikas. There is to this day a close relationship between the Kurumba, Lambadi, Yenadi, Yerukula and Chenchu tribes and Shri Venkateshwar of Tirupathi. Lord Ayyappam in Kerala and Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu also appear to have tribal links. All these gods and temples, as also that of Jagannath in Puri, enjoy a pre-eminent status in the classical Hindu pantheon. Even caste, long regarded as the keynote of Hindu society, possibly originated in the tribal clan or gotra. The term ‘jat’ or ‘jati’ is used equally for caste and tribe in most Indian languages and tribal dialects. Moreover, the defining characteristics of tribes apply equally to castes, such as claims of descent from a common ancestor, common language, endogamy and clan exogamy, caste/tribal councils, certain taboos in matters of diet and marriage alliances, presence of hierarchy within groups and limited self-sufficiency. Mahatma Gandhi insisted that tribals are an inalienable part of Hindu society. This work suggests that tribal society constitutes the keynote and the bedrock of Hindu civilisation.
Author : Robert Hazel
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527542920
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Snakes, People, and Spirits, Volume One written by Robert Hazel and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume publication offers an in-depth analysis of ophidian symbolism in Eastern Africa, while setting the topic within its regional and historical context: namely, with regards to the rest of Africa, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Greek world, ancient Palestine, Arabia, India, and medieval and pre-Christian Europe. Through the ages, most of those areas have connected with Eastern Africa in a broad sense, where ophidian symbolism was as “rampant” and far-reaching, if not more so, as anywhere else on the continent, and perhaps in past civilisations. Much as in the wider context, snakes were held to be long-lived, closely related to holes, caverns, trees, and water, life and death, and credited with a liking for milk. Even though ophidian symbolism has always been developed out of the outstanding biological and ethological features of snakes, the process of symbolisation, which plays a crucial role in the elaboration of cultural systems and the shaping of human experience, was inevitably at work. This first volume deals with snakes as a zoological category; snake symbolism as perceived by encyclopaedists and psychologists; and ophidian symbolism as it occurred in ancient civilisations. It explores the traditional African scene in general with a view to set the scene for a more proximate baseline for comparison. The divide between animals and humans was porous, and snakes had a more or less equal footing in both the animal realm and the spiritual world. Key features of snake symbolism in traditional Eastern Africa are then examined in detail, especially phantasmagorical snakes, the rainbow serpent, snake-totems, and snake-related witches and ritual leaders, among others. In Eastern Africa, the meanings attributed to snakes were multifaceted and paradoxical. Overall, the two volumes of this publication show that African snake symbolism broadly echoed the diverse representations of ancient civilisations. The widely acknowledged assimilation of snakes to death and Evil is therefore unrepresentative, both historically and culturally.
Author : Sir Monier Monier-Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book Religious Thought and Life in India written by Sir Monier Monier-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Fergusson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Tree and Serpent Worship written by James Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Śaṅkarācārya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788170816003
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Saundaryalahari written by Śaṅkarācārya and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hymn to Tripurasundarī (Hindu deity).
Author : Govinda Gāre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tribals in an Urban Setting written by Govinda Gāre and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the socioeconomic conditions and urbanization of a Maharashtrian tribal community.
Author : H. H. Risley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Tribes and Castes of Bengal written by H. H. Risley and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : India. Office of the Registrar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Census of India, 1961 written by India. Office of the Registrar and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sanjay Agarwal
Publisher : AccountAid India
ISBN 13 : 8191085402
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Daan and Other Giving Traditions in India written by Sanjay Agarwal and published by AccountAid India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
