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Author : Raviṣeṇa
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Padmacarita written by Raviṣeṇa and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English translation of 7th cent. Jaina epic poem.
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Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515070966
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Papers of Ernst Leumann in the Institute for the Culture and History of India and Tibet, University of Hamburg written by and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1998 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernst Leumann (1859-1931), professor in Strasbourg, was one of the most distinguished scholars of his time in Indology, especially renowned for his work in Jaina studies. The papers left by him fill roughly 550 notebooks. The majority of them contain still unpublished transcriptions of Jaina manuscripts which deal mainly with the Jaina narrative literature. A wealth of analytical material concerning Indian literature in general and various Indian languages is also to be found in Leumann's work. The present catalogue presents for the first time a complete list of the material, and is supplemented with notes as to the contents of the notebooks and with various indices. "A Bibliography of Studies Connected With the Avasyaka-Commentaries" by Klaus Bruhn has been added as an appendix. (Franz Steiner 1998)
Author : University of Oxford. Indian Institute. Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit Mss. in the Indian Institute Library, Oxford written by University of Oxford. Indian Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aaron Sherraden
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1839984716
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Śambūka and the Rāmāyaṇa Tradition written by Aaron Sherraden and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Vālmīki’s Sanskrit Rāmāyaṇa (early centuries CE), Śambūka was practicing severe acts of austerity to enter heaven. In engaging in these acts as a Śūdra, Śambūka was in violation of class- and caste-based societal norms prescribed exclusively by the ruling and religious elite. Rāma, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa epic, is dispatched to kill Śambūka, whose transgression is said to be the cause of a young Brahmin’s death. The gods rejoice upon the Śūdra’s death and restore the life of the Brahmin. Subsequent Rāmāyaṇa poets almost instantly recognized this incident as a blemish on Rāma’s character and they began problematizing this earliest version of the story. They adjusted and updated the story to suit the expectations of their audiences. The works surveyed in this study include numerous works originating in Hindu, Jain, Dalit and non-Brahmin communities while spanning the period from Śambūka’s first appearance in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa through to the present day. The book follows the Śambūka episode chronologically across its entire history—approximately two millennia—to illuminate the social, religious, legal, and artistic connections that span the entire range of the Rāmāyaṇa’s influence and its place throughout various phases of Indian history and social revolution.
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Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Singhi Jain Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sherry Fohr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474227554
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Sherry Fohr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jainism is arguably the most non-violent and austere religion in the world. While lay Jains attempt to never harm humans or animals, the strict non-violence followed by the highly revered monks and nuns also proscribes harm to any living being, even a microscopic organism. And while laywomen (and a few laymen) undergo long and difficult fasts, the longest being for one month, renouncers' austerities also include pulling their hair out by the roots two to five times a year, walking bare-foot throughout India most of the year, and, in the case of some monks, not wearing any clothing at all. Jainism: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear and thorough account of this fascinating tradition, explaining many basic Jain values, beliefs and practices in the same way they are taught to Jains themselves, through the medium of sacred narratives. Drawing from Jainism's copious and influential narrative tradition, the author explores the inner-logic of how renouncers' and laypeople's values and practices depend on an intricate Jain worldview.
Author : Sures Chandra Banerji
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120800632
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Sanskrit Literature written by Sures Chandra Banerji and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In course of his studies in Sanskrit literature and research relating to various aspects of it, the author of the present work often felt the need of a vade mecum containing brief accounts of authors and works, information about the principal characters of Sanskrit plays, poems and prose works, the meaning of certain technical terms in common use, the common geographical names and the notable myths and legends. A Companion to Sanskrit Literature, the first work of its kind, covers a period of nearly 3500 years from the Vedic age down to the modern times. It seeks to acquaint the reader, within a brief compass, with the contents of outstanding works and authors in Sanskrit literature, followed by up-to-date bibliographies. Brief accounts of the important character in well-known poems, dramas and prose works have also been given. Important geographical names, with their modern identification as far as practicable, have also been laid down. Common technical terms, used in the different branches of Sanskrit literature, have been briefly explained, Prominent figures in myths and legends have been dealt with. In a number of appendices, various kinds of useful information about Sanskrit literature including sciences, sports and pastimes, etc. in ancient and medieval India have been set forth. It is an indispensable vade mecum for the general readers, the specialists and researchers. It is like a capsule taking the reader through the vast firmament of Sanskrit literature up to remote ages. -- Amazon.com.
Author : Umakant Premanand Shah
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170172086
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana written by Umakant Premanand Shah and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The JAINA-RUPA-MANDANA Volume I is an authentic work on Jaina iconography from the pen of a well-known authority on the subject, Dr. Umakant P.Shah, an eminent Indologist and art-historian with specialization in Jaina art and literature. Illustrated profusely with over two hundred monochrome plates, the work is a standard textbook and a very useful guide to all students in Indian art and archaeology and to Museum Curators. The work is supplemented with a large number of iconographic tables for images of all important Jaina gods and goddesses. Dr. Shah, the author, has for the first time given solutions to various basis problems of Jaina iconography supported with ample evidence from both archaeology and literature including unpublished original texts still in manuscripts.
Author : Monika Saxena
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429826397
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Women and the Puranic Tradition in India written by Monika Saxena and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the diverse ways in which women have been represented in the Purāṇic traditions in ancient India – the virtuous wife, mother, daughter, widow, and prostitute – against the socio-religious milieu around CE 300–1000. Purāṇas (lit. ancient narratives) are brahmanical texts that largely fall under the category of socio-religious literature which were more broad-based and inclusive, unlike the Smṛtis, which were accessible mainly to the upper sections of society. In locating, identifying, and commenting on the multiplicity of the images and depictions of women’s roles in Purāṇic traditions, the author highlights their lives and experiences over time, both within and outside the traditional confines of the domestic sphere. With a focus on five Mahāpurāṇas that deal extensively with the social matrix Viṣṇu, Mārkaṇḍeya Matsya, Agni, and Bhāgavata Purāṇas, the book explores the question of gender and agency in early India and shows how such identities were recast, invented, shaped, constructed, replicated, stereotyped, and sometimes reversed through narratives. Further, it traces social consequences and contemporary relevance of such representations in marriage, adultery, ritual, devotion, worship, fasts, and pilgrimage. This volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars in women and gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, sociology, literature, and South Asian studies, as also the informed general reader.
Author : Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana
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Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the Mediæval School of Indian Logic written by Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raviṣeṇa
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Total Pages : 979 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Padmacarita written by Raviṣeṇa and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 979 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English translation of 7th cent. Jaina epic poem.
Author : Moriz Winternitz
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120802650
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (26 download)
Download or read book A History of Indian Literature written by Moriz Winternitz and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1981 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Agustin Panikar
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120834607
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Jainism written by Agustin Panikar and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jainism is a tradition which dates back thousands of years, which is unbelievably rich and profound, and which has certain unmistakable signs of identity. Contrary to what some might think, it is not in any sense a poor relation of Buddhism, nor is a strange, atheistic and ascetic sect within Hinduism. Jainism is, above all, the religion of non-violence (ahimsa), an ideal which all other religions of India were subsequently to make theirs and which was made universal by Gandhi in the 20th century. Like Buddhism, Jainism is a religion without God which paradoxically opens to the truly sacred in the deepest reaches of all living beings in the cosmos. And it is also the religion of non-absolutism (anekantavada), a particular form of philosophical pluralism, which seems astonishingly modern.
Author : Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Apabhraṁśa Language and Literature written by Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791413821
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (138 download)
Download or read book Purāṇa Perennis written by Wendy Doniger and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-02-23 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Purāṇas, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Purāṇas. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers.
Author : Anthony Kennedy Warder
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120804494
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Indian Kavya Literature written by Anthony Kennedy Warder and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is multi-volume series work. The main pupose of this work is literary criticism, evaluating a great tradition of literature and to present comprehensive study of sanskrit literature. So far 6 volumes have been published. Each volume presents literature itself in successive periods of its development. This fourth volume describes in more detail the extensive literature preserved from the 7th and 8th centuries. These centuries are relatively rich in extant movels, including those of Bana, Dandin, Kutuhala, Haribhadra and Uddyotana, from which we at last get a fairly full view of the scope of this genre in medieval India. The greatest Indian critics, writing in the 11th century, found the literature of these two centuries, and especially the plays of Harsa, Narayana, Matraraja and Bhavabhuti, of exceptional interest for such theories as those of the aesthetic development of emotions, and consequently provide us with very detailed analyses, here brought together for the first time. This suggests a distinctive character for the period here presented and a subtitle for the present volume. Historically it matches the rise of a new political system after the collapse of the Gupta Empire. The masterpieces of Matraraja, Kutuhala and Uddyotana, recently recovered from neglected manuscripts, are described in this volume, also the restored epic of Kumaradasa and the partly restored novel of Dandin.
Author : Hitesranjan Sanyal
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Indian Studies written by Hitesranjan Sanyal and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemorative volume for Niharranjan Ray, 1903-1981, Indic historian; comprises articles on his life and works and Indic civilization.
