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Sura The Liquor And The Vedic Sacrifice
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Book Synopsis Surā, the Liquor and the Vedic Sacrifice by : Madhavi Bhaskar Kolhatkar
Download or read book Surā, the Liquor and the Vedic Sacrifice written by Madhavi Bhaskar Kolhatkar and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Work Offers An In-Depth Study Of The Sautramani Vedic Sacrifice In Its Caraka And Kaukili Forms. It Shows How The Brahmanas Compare It With A Soma Sacrifice, And How Sautramani Itself Has Evolved Over Time.
Book Synopsis The Myth of the Holy Cow by : D.N. Jha
Download or read book The Myth of the Holy Cow written by D.N. Jha and published by Verso. This book was released on 2004-02-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugely controversial upon its publication in India, this book has already been banned by the Hyderabad Civil Court and the author’s life has been threatened. Jha argues against the historical sanctity of the cow in India, in an illuminating response to the prevailing attitudes about beef that have been fiercely supported by the current Hindu right-wing government and the fundamentalist groups backing it.
Book Synopsis Indian Fire Ritual by : Musashi Tachikawa
Download or read book Indian Fire Ritual written by Musashi Tachikawa and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2001 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to explain the most basic ritual called Isti with the help of the original texts and the photographs of the actual performance of that sacrifice that took place in Pune, India, in July 1979. The book contains in all 140 photographs showing various stages of the sacrifice with explanation of the rites. It also provides a Roman transcript of the Sanskrit text of the Pavitrestiprayoga along with its English translation.
Book Synopsis The Lost Self by : Todd E. Feinberg M.D.
Download or read book The Lost Self written by Todd E. Feinberg M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity is an in-depth exploration into one of the most mysterious and controversial topics in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology-namely, the search for the biological basis of the self. The Lost Self is a guide to understanding how the brain creates who we are, and what happens when things go wrong.
Book Synopsis Rethinking Hindu Identity by : Dwijendra Narayan Jha
Download or read book Rethinking Hindu Identity written by Dwijendra Narayan Jha and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen the emergence of a virulent version of Hindu nationalism and fundamentalism in India under the banner of Hindutva. This xenophobic movement has obfuscated and mystified the notion of Hindu identity and reinforced its stereotypes. Its arguments range from the patently unscientific - humankind was created in India, as was the first civilisation - to historical whitewash: Hinduism has continued in one, unchanged form for 5000 years; Hinduism has always been a tolerant faith. 'Rethinking Hindu Identity' offers a corrective based on a deep and detailed reading of Indian history. Written in a riveting style, this study provides a fresh history of Hinduism - its practices, its beliefs, its differences and inconsistencies, and its own myths about itself. Along the way, the book systematically demolishes the arguments of Hindu fundamentalism and nationalism, revealing how the real history of Hinduism is much more complex.
Book Synopsis A History of Alcohol and Drugs in Modern South Asia by : Harald Fischer-Tiné
Download or read book A History of Alcohol and Drugs in Modern South Asia written by Harald Fischer-Tiné and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the 21st century, alcoholism, transnational drug trafficking and drug addiction constitute major problems in various South Asian countries. The production, circulation and consumption of intoxicating substances created (and responded to) social upheavals in the region and had widespread economic, political and cultural repercussions on an international level. This book looks at the cultural, social, and economic history of intoxicants in South Asia, and analyses the role that alcohol and drugs have played in the region. The book explores the linkages between changing meanings of intoxicating substances, the making of and contestations over colonial and national regimes of regulation, economics, and practices and experiences of consumption. It shows the development of current meanings of intoxicants in South Asia – in terms of politics, cultural norms and identity formation – and the way in which the history of drugs and alcohol is enmeshed in the history of modern empires and nation states — even in a country in which a staunch teetotaller and active anti-drug crusader like Mohandas Gandhi is presented as the ‘father of the nation’. Primarily a historical analysis, the book also includes perspectives from Modern Indology and Cultural Anthropology and situates developments in South Asia in wider imperial and global contexts. It is of interest to scholars working on the social and cultural history of alcohol and drugs, South Asian Studies and Global History.
Book Synopsis Ancient Vedic Beverages by : Rekha Rao
Download or read book Ancient Vedic Beverages written by Rekha Rao and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores two prevalent beverages of the ancient Vedic period. Nearly 4000 years ago, these beverages called Soma (a stimulant) and Sura (beer like beverage) were in vogue. They were meticulously prepared and offered to deities in Soma Yajnas. The book illustrates why the supreme deity Indra was fond of consuming Soma. A study of the ingredients, the associated ideology and mythical content is presented along with the process for making and consuming these beverages.
Download or read book Prācī-jyoti written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dharmasutras written by and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1999-09-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dharmasutras are the four surviving works of the ancient Indian expert tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behaviour a community recognizes as binding on its members. Written in a pithy and aphoristic style and representing the culmination of a long tradition of scholarship, the Dharmasutras record intense disputes and divergent views on such subjects as the education of the young and their rites of passage, ritual procedures and religious ceremonies, marriage and marital rights and obligations, dietary restrictions, the right professions for and the proper interaction between different social groups, sins and their expiations, institutions for the pursuit of holiness, king and the administration of justice, crimes and punishments, death and ancestral rites. In short, these unique documents give us a glimpse of how people, especially Brahmin males, were ideally expected to live their lives within an ordered and hierarchically arranged society. In this first English translation of the Dharmasutras for over a century, Patrick Olivelle uses the same lucid and elegant style as in his award-winning translation of the Upanisads and incorporates the most recent scholarship on ancient Indian law, society, and religion. Complex material is helpfully organized, making this the ideal edition for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian society and religion.
Book Synopsis Vedic India by : Govind Sadashiv Ghurye
Download or read book Vedic India written by Govind Sadashiv Ghurye and published by Bombay : Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1979 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute by : Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute
Download or read book Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute written by Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 5 has also special t.-p.: V.S. Sukthankar memorial volume, 21st January 1944.
Download or read book Hamdard written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Institute's Annual report, 1921-1933.
Book Synopsis Paradise Rediscovered by : Michael A. Cahill
Download or read book Paradise Rediscovered written by Michael A. Cahill and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a long-forgotten era -- an age of slavery, of glorious new scientific innovations, revolutionary wonders, warrior heroes, Titans, Druids and bards, magicians, dragons and serpents, of angels and gods; an age of immortality and sacrificial death, of oppression, exploitation, social upheaval, indeed the age of the catastrophic biblical flood and, the fulcrum to social structure, of the struggle for control of the closely guarded secret and eternal wisdom of the undying Holy Elect of Paradise -- in a long forgotten era, a man, just a mortal man, may have escaped his death by usurping the power of the goddess and her people to his own ends in a political coup that changed his world, and produced ours... Join Dr Michael Cahill as he explores the origins of civilisation, using information from history, archaeology, mythology, linguistics, geology, astronomy and philosophy to learn more about who we are. Paradise Rediscovered will challenge your intellect and spur your imagination, as you journey with him to uncover secrets, solve mysteries and consider the foundations that shaped our modern society and may yet change its face again. Note: This title is published as a two volume work in its physical edition, and as a complete work in its digital editions.
Book Synopsis Human Ecology in the Vedas by : Marta Vannucci
Download or read book Human Ecology in the Vedas written by Marta Vannucci and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Analyses Vedic Writings To Highlight The Ancient Rsis Perceptions Of The Universe, Nature, And Cause-Effect Relationships. It Discusses Selected Rgvedic Hymns And Explores Important Aspects Of Indra And Varuna.
Book Synopsis The Satapatha-brâhmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school by :
Download or read book The Satapatha-brâhmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Drink by : James Samuelson
Download or read book The History of Drink written by James Samuelson and published by London, Trübner & Company. This book was released on 1878 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
