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Author : Gérard Toffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Newar Society written by Gérard Toffin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bal Gopal Shrestha
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144383825X
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Town of Sankhu written by Bal Gopal Shrestha and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a detailed view of Newar society and culture, and its socio-economic, socio-religious and ritual aspects, concentrating on the Newar town of Sankhu in the Valley of Nepal. The foundation of the town of Sankhu is attributed to the goddess Vajrayoginī, venerated by both Buddhists and Hindus in Nepal and beyond. Myths, history, and topographical details of the town and the sanctuary of the goddess Vajrayoginī and her cult are discussed on the basis of published sources, unpublished chronicles, and inscriptions. The book deals with the relation between Hinduism and Buddhism, with the interrelations between the Newar castes (jāt), caste-bound associations (sī guthi), and above all with the numerous socio-religious associations (guthi) that uphold ritual life of the Newars. All major and minor Newar feasts, festivals, dances, fasts and processions of gods and goddesses are discussed.
Author : Steven M. Parish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Hierarchy and Person in the Moral World of the Newars written by Steven M. Parish and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Isaac Levy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520069114
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Mesocosm written by Robert Isaac Levy and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A first-rate anthropological study of Hinduism. . . . The scholarship is clearly of superior quality. There is no study with the [same] kind of comprehensive breadth and treatment.Robert Levy and Kedar Rajopadhyaya show us how to do anthropology at this time in our history."--Triloki N. Pandey, University of California, Santa Cruz "I have no doubt that Mesocosm will become a classic in South Asian anthropology and Indology--leaving aside its implications for our understanding of other traditional cities in ancient European and Middle Eastern as well as more recent Oriental civilizations. . . . A very welcome and clear ordering of the very detailed and complex material."--Michael Witzel, Harvard University
Author : Per Löwdin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Food, Ritual, and Society written by Per Löwdin and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James F. Fisher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110806495
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Himalayan Anthropology written by James F. Fisher and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David N. Gellner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788185618135
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Monk, Householder, and Tantric Priest written by David N. Gellner and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Per Löwdin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Food Ritual and Society Among the Newars written by Per Löwdin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David N. Gellner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Contested Hierarchies written by David N. Gellner and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley provides a paradigm for the study of caste and Hindu kingship. In this book, six anthropologists, in a genuinely collaborative international endeavour, pool their knowledge of the three ancient Newar cities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur, and settlements nearby. The social institutions of all the main case groups - priests, patrons, artisans, farmers, and low castes - are given extended consideration, and the study is framed by a historical introduction and a comparative conclusion. In addition, it is well illustrated with fascinating black and white photos which have been specially taken to illustrate aspects of the society under study. The result is the most complete description and analysis yet of a regional caste system. Located within wider theoretical debates surrounding the nature of caste, the book should appeal not only to students of Hinduism and South Asia, but to all anthropologists and comparative sociologists interested in the interrelations of politics, ritual, kinship, economy, and ideology in complex, pre-industrial societies.
Author : Mark Pickett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789745241367
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (413 download)
Download or read book Caste and Kinship in a Modern Hindu Society written by Mark Pickett and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly contribution to the anthropology of caste, and of Hindu society more generally.
Author : Chittadhar Hrdaya
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1611806194
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)
Download or read book The Epic of the Buddha written by Chittadhar Hrdaya and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation of the modern Nepalese classic Winner of the Toshihide Numata Book Award in Buddhism and the Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding Translation This award-winning book contains the English translation of Sugata Saurabha (“The Sweet Fragrance of the Buddha”), an epic poem on the life and teachings of the Buddha. Chittadhar Hṛdaya, a master poet from Nepal, wrote this tour de force while imprisoned for subversion in the 1940s and smuggled it out over time on scraps of paper. His consummate skill and poetic artistry are evident throughout as he tells the Buddha’s story in dramatic terms, drawing on images from the natural world to heighten the description of emotionally charged events. It is peopled with very human characters who experience a wide range of emotions, from erotic love to anger, jealousy, heroism, compassion, and goodwill. By showing how the central events of the Buddha’s life are experienced by Siddhartha, as well as by his family members and various disciples, the poem communicates a fuller sense of the humanity of everyone involved and the depth and power of the Buddha’s loving-kindness. For this new edition of the English translation, the translators improved the beauty and flow of most every line. The translation is also supplemented with a series of short essays by Todd Lewis, one of the translators, that articulates how Hṛdaya incorporated his own Newar cultural traditions in order to connect his readership with the immediacy and relevancy of the Buddha’s life and at the same time express his views on political issues, ethical principles, literary life, gender discrimination, economic policy, and social reform.
Author : Dhirendra Narain
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788170222354
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Research in Sociology written by Dhirendra Narain and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstracts were prepared under the general supervision of Dr. D. Narain, University of Bombay."
Author : Bal Gopal Shrestha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789937623339
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)
Download or read book The Newars of Sikkim written by Bal Gopal Shrestha and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kshitis Prasad Chattopadhyay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Essay on the History of Newar Culture written by Kshitis Prasad Chattopadhyay and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Todd T. Lewis
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791492435
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal written by Todd T. Lewis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and story narratives have shaped the religious life and culture of the only surviving South Asian Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu. It begins with an account of the Newar Buddhist community's history and its place within the religious environment of Nepal and proceeds to build around five popular translations, several of which were known across Asia: the Srngabheri Avadana, the Simhalasarthabahu Avadana, the Tara, the Mahakala Vratas, and the Pancaraksa. Lewis documents how the respective texts have been domesticated in Nepal's art and architecture, healing traditions, and rituals. He shows how they provide paradigmatic case studies that transcend the Nepalese context, illustrating universal practices or issues in all Buddhist communities, such as gender relations and stupa veneration, the role of merchants, ethnicity, violence, devotions to celestial bodhisattvas by kings and women, and the role of mantra recitations and healing rituals in the lives of Buddhists.
Author : Gopal Singh Nepali
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Newars written by Gopal Singh Nepali and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521424349
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Spectacles and Predicaments written by Ernest Gellner and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1979 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays concerned with some key problems in the study of philosophy, politics and society.
