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Author : Iyengar P. T. Srinivasa
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120601499
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Pre-aryan Tamil Culture written by Iyengar P. T. Srinivasa and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Pre-Aryan Tamil Culture written by P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. T. Srinivasa Aiyangar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780836417203
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Pre-Aryan Tamil Culture written by P. T. Srinivasa Aiyangar and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pre-Aryan Tamil Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Atul Kumar Sur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Pre-aryan Elements in Indian Culture written by Atul Kumar Sur and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Asko Parpola
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190226935
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Roots of Hinduism written by Asko Parpola and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism has two major roots. The more familiar is the religion brought to South Asia in the second millennium BCE by speakers of Aryan or Indo-Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family. Another, more enigmatic, root is the Indus civilization of the third millennium BCE, which left behind exquisitely carved seals and thousands of short inscriptions in a long-forgotten pictographic script. Discovered in the valley of the Indus River in the early 1920s, the Indus civilization had a population estimated at one million people, in more than 1000 settlements, several of which were cities of some 50,000 inhabitants. With an area of nearly a million square kilometers, the Indus civilization was more extensive than the contemporaneous urban cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Yet, after almost a century of excavation and research the Indus civilization remains little understood. How might we decipher the Indus inscriptions? What language did the Indus people speak? What deities did they worship? Asko Parpola has spent fifty years researching the roots of Hinduism to answer these fundamental questions, which have been debated with increasing animosity since the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in the 1980s. In this pioneering book, he traces the archaeological route of the Indo-Iranian languages from the Aryan homeland north of the Black Sea to Central, West, and South Asia. His new ideas on the formation of the Vedic literature and rites and the great Hindu epics hinge on the profound impact that the invention of the horse-drawn chariot had on Indo-Aryan religion. Parpola's comprehensive assessment of the Indus language and religion is based on all available textual, linguistic and archaeological evidence, including West Asian sources and the Indus script. The results affirm cultural and religious continuity to the present day and, among many other things, shed new light on the prehistory of the key Hindu goddess Durga and her Tantric cult.
Author : P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120601451
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book History of the Tamils written by P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2001 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vijaya Ramaswamy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538106868
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Tamils written by Vijaya Ramaswamy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tamils have an unbroken history of more than two thousand years. Tamil, the language they speak, is one of the oldest living languages in the world. The only people comparable to the Tamils in terms of their hoary past and vibrant present would be the Jews with one marked difference. The Tamils have always had their homeland 'Tamilaham' (alternately pronounced and spelt 'Tamizhaham') known today as Tamil Nadu which to them represents their mother and is revered by them as 'Tamizh Tai' literally ‘Tamil Mother’. This is in striking contrast to the Jews who have been through a long and arduous struggle to gain their homeland, a deeply contested site to this day with Hebrewisation of Israel being a key marker of Jewish identity in the region. Tamils, by contrast have a clear numerical majority in the region that now comprises Tamil Nadu and the language unites rather than divides adherents of different faiths. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Tamils contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Tamils.
Author : M.K.V. Narayan
Publisher : Readworthy
ISBN 13 : 8189973878
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (899 download)
Download or read book Exploring the Hindu Mind written by M.K.V. Narayan and published by Readworthy. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism has a rich cultural heritage spanning the past four thousand years or more. In this long epoch starting from the Vedic times and its evolution through spiritual and Puranic periods in a multi-ethnic and multi -linguistic settings, the religion had absorbed many changes and modifications to blossom into modern Hinduism. In this book, an attempt is made to bring out the symbolisms apparent or hidden in the ideas of Hindu mythology, rituals and cultural practices touching some visible parallel thoughts in modern science. Explaining the concept of God in India, the book discusses at length the Hindu mythology of earthly life, cultural advance, network of Hindu godheads, Vedic symbolism, rituals, iconography, marriage customs, temple culture, and music and dance.
Author : Xavier S. Thani Nayagam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Tamil Culture written by Xavier S. Thani Nayagam and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sumathi Ramaswamy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520918797
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Passions of the Tongue written by Sumathi Ramaswamy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? Passions of the Tongue analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Sumathi Ramaswamy suggests that these discourses cannot be contained within a singular metanarrative of linguistic nationalism and instead proposes a new analytic, "language devotion." She uses this concept to track the many ways in which Tamil was imagined by its speakers and connects these multiple imaginings to their experience of colonial and post-colonial modernity. Focusing in particular on the transformation of the language into a goddess, mother, and maiden, Ramaswamy explores the pious, filial, and erotic aspects of Tamil devotion. She considers why, as its speakers sought political and social empowerment, metaphors of motherhood eventually came to dominate representations of the language.
Author : R.S. Sharma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199087865
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book India's Ancient Past written by R.S. Sharma and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan civilization. In addition, the rise of Jainism and Buddhism, Magadha and the beginning of territorial states, and the period of Mauryas, Central Asian countries, Satvahanas, Guptas, and Harshavardhana are also analysed. Next, it stresses varna system, urbanization, commerce and trade, developments in science and philosophy, and cultural legacy. Finally, the process of transition from ancient to medieval India and the origin of the Aryan culture has also been examined.
Author : Raj Kumar
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788171417100
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Essays on Indian Society written by Raj Kumar and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Culture and Society, Our Social Dilemma, Social Life, South India, Origins of the Indian Village System, The Ideal Social Order, The Religion and Social Organisation of the Sikhs, Prospects of an Integrated Approach to Social Reality, Religion and its Impact on Indian Society, Besant on Social Reform, The Theosophical Society and its Contribution to Tamil Society in the 19th Century, Theosophy and Social Change in India, Nationalism and Social Change, Social History of Modern India: A Trend Report, New Social Patterns: Voluntary Community Action.
Author : Nitin Arora
Publisher : Arora IAS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book NCERT COMBO (4 Book Set) Mind Map (MindMap) ( Quick Revision Notes) for UPSC / IAS / State PCS / EPFO /CAPF / CDS / CTET / PET/ Railway / One day govt exam written by Nitin Arora and published by Arora IAS . This book was released on with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Total 4 PDF NCERT History 6 to 12 Class NCERT Geography 6 to 12 Class NCERT Polity 6 to 12 Class NCERT Economy 9 to 12 Class
Author : Team Arora IAS
Publisher : Arora IAS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book NCERT POLITY ( 6 to 12 Class) MindMap For Quick Revision (IAS/PCS/SSC/Railway/NDA/NET-JRF/School Exam written by Team Arora IAS and published by Arora IAS . This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Klaus K. Klostermaier
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887068072
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book A Survey of Hinduism written by Klaus K. Klostermaier and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive survey of the Hindu tradition, dealing with the history of Hindusim, the sacred writings of the Hindus, the Hindu worldview, and the specifics of the major branches of Hindusim--Vaisnavism, S aivism, and S aktism. It also focuses on the geographical ties of Hinduism with the land of India, the social order created by Hinduism, and the various systems of Hindu philosophio-theological thought. Klostermaier describes the new development of Hinduism in the 19th and 20th centuries, including present-day political Hinduism and the efforts to turn Hinduism into a modern-world religion. A unique feature of this book is its treatment of Hinduism in a topical fashion, rather than by chronological description of the development of Hinduism or by summary of the literature. The complexities of Hindu life and thought are thus made real to the reader. Hindus will recognize it as their own tradition. A glossary and a chronological table are useful additional features.
Author : Mahadev Chakravarti
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120800533
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Concept of Rudra-Śiva Through the Ages written by Mahadev Chakravarti and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book throws new light on the gradual development of the concept of Rudra-Siva in his animal, phallic and human forms, since the days of the Harappa Civilization. It examines how Siva, the composite Aryan-non-Aryan Divinity, was not only admitted but was ultimately crowned with an exalted position in the Brahmanical pantheon; how the bull once identified with the deity, was regulated to the position of a vahana; how phallism was related to Saivism and also how Siva, in his different forms, was represented in early Indian Art and the Art of Further India. The wide range and depth of the author's research fills a vital gap in the subject and his treatment of the entire subject is unique. This methodical study on Siva also contains an exhaustive bibliography.
