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The World's Religions

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136851852
Total Pages : 1010 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The World's Religions written by Peter Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Gives an account of the history, the theological basis, the practice and the current state of the study of religion and religions throughout the world * Combines a clear and non-technical style of presentation with a structure and range of contributions which reflect the richness and complexity of religion itself, of the religions of the world and the study of religions * Comprehensive index, bibliographies and suggestions for further reading `Intriguing philosophical questions are raised about the nature of religion and the qualities needed for studying it.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `Excellent book ... remarkably successful, impressive as much for the sheer scale of the undertaking as for its consistent standard of analysis. It is a fine achievement which will serve both as a very suitable textbook for students and a reliable guide to the state of scholarship in the History and Study of Religions.' - Heythrop Journal

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

Author : Gavin Flood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119144884
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism written by Gavin Flood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible and up-to-date survey of scholarly thinking about Hinduism, perfect for courses on Hinduism or world religions The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hinduism examines the historical trajectories that have led to the modern religion of Hinduism. Covering main themes such as philosophy, practice, society, and science, this comprehensive volume brings together a variety of approaches and perspectives in Hindu Studies to help readers better appreciate the richness, complexity, and diversity of Hinduism. Essays by acknowledged experts in the field present historical accounts of all major traditions, analyze key texts, engage with Hindu theology and philosophy, address contemporary questions of colonialism and identity, and more. Throughout the text, the authors highlight the links, common threads, and issues that reoccur in the history of Hinduism. Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the Companion incorporates the most recent scholarship and reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism. New chapters examine the Goddess tradition, Hindu diaspora, Hinduism and inter-religious comparison, Hindu philosophy, and Indian astronomy, medicine, language, and mathematics. This edition places further emphasis on the importance of region-specific studies in analyzing Hinduism, discusses important theoretical issues, and offers fresh perspectives on current discourse in Hindu society and politics. Provides a thorough overview of major texts, their histories, and the traditions that preserve them Describes the major textual traditions in Sanskrit with examples in different Indian vernacular languages Addresses major issues and contemporary debates about the nature and study of Hinduism Discusses the importance of systematic, rational thinking in Indian sciences, philosophy, and theology Examines key socio-political themes in Hinduism that are of particular relevance to the modern world The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, Second Edition is an excellent text for undergraduate courses on Hinduism in Religious Studies and Philosophy departments, and an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers in Hindu Studies.

The Nisvasatattvasamhita

Author : Dominic Goodall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782855391519
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Nisvasatattvasamhita written by Dominic Goodall and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transmitted to us in a well-preserved ninth-century Nepalese manuscript, the Nisvasatattvasamhita has come in recent years to be recognised as probably the oldest surviving complete scripture of the Mantramarga. Although its historical importance has been hinted at by a range of scholars across the twentieth century, this is the first time its text appears in print. This volume presents a critical edition and annotated translation of the three earliest layers of the text : the Mulasutra, Uttarasuutra and Nayasutra. The topics dealt with include cosmology, rituals of worship and initiation, and forms of yoga. A lengthy introduction sets these sutras in context, in particular by examining the evidence for dating them. There follow a summary of their contents, an account of the early manuscript and its three twentieth-century apographs, and a treatment of the various ways in which the language of the Nisvasa deviates from Paminian norms.

The South East Asian Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The South East Asian Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788184702057
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Yoga

Author : Debra Diamond
Publisher : Smithsonian Books
ISBN 13 : 1588344592
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Yoga written by Debra Diamond and published by Smithsonian Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Yoga: The Art of Transformation, October 19, 2013 - January 26, 2014. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the exhibition travels to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 22-May 18, 2014, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 22-September 7, 2014."

Mapping the Chronology of Bhakti

Author : École française d'Extrême-Orient
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782855391380
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Chronology of Bhakti written by École française d'Extrême-Orient and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raṅgacārya Varadadesikan, b. 1923, a specialist of the Tamil sources of Vaiṣṇavism.

Yoga in Transformation

Author : Karl Baier
Publisher : V&R unipress GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3737008620
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Yoga in Transformation written by Karl Baier and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2018 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings.

The Brahmayāmalatantra Or Picumata

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788184702071
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages

Author : Vincenzo Vergiani
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110543109
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages written by Vincenzo Vergiani and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores the history of the book in pre-modern South Asia looking at the production, circulation, fruition and preservation of manuscripts in different areas and across time. Edited by the team of the Cambridge-based Sanskrit Manuscripts Project and including contributions of the researchers who collaborated with it, it covers a wide range of topics related to South Asian manuscript culture: from the material dimension (palaeography, layout, decoration) and the complicated interactions of manuscripts with printing in late medieval Tibet and in modern Tamil Nadu, to reading, writing, editing and educational practices, from manuscripts as sources for the study of religious, literary and intellectual traditions, to the creation of collections in medieval India and Cambodia (one major centre of the so-called Sanskrit cosmopolis), and the formation of the Cambridge collections in the colonial period. The contributions reflect the variety of idioms, literary genres, religious movements, and social actors (intellectuals, scribes, patrons) of ancient South Asia, as well as the variety of approaches, interests and specialisms of the authors, and their impassionate engagement with manuscripts.

Genesis and Development of Tantra

Author : Shingo Einoo
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5881347846
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Genesis and Development of Tantra written by Shingo Einoo and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dharma Pātañjala

Author : Andrea Acri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789069800004
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dharma Pātañjala written by Andrea Acri and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book presents an edition, English translation and study of the Dharma Pātañjala, a previously unpublished Old Javanese-Sanskrit Śaiva scripture transmitted through a single palm-leaf codex of West Javanese origin dating back to the 15th century AD. The cultural and doctrinal background of the text, as well as its codicological and philological aspects, are introduced in Part I. Part II presents an annotated diplomatic edition of the text with facsimile reproductions of the codex on facing pages, followed by a critical edition with English annotated translation. Part III is a systematic study focusing on the interpretation of the doctrines taught in the Dharma Pātañjala in comparison with related Sanskrit texts from the Indian Subcontinent and Old Javanese scriptures from the Indonesian Archipelago.

Abhinavagupta

Author : John R. Dupuche
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Abhinavagupta written by John R. Dupuche and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abhinavagupta, a leading figure in Kashmir Saivism is increasingly being recognised as one of the chief contributors to the evolution of Indian thought. In his encyclopaedic work the Tantraloka 'Light on the Tantras' he describes the various tantras of his day and places at their apex the most extreme of them, the Kula ritual which proposes the use of wine and meat and intercourse with women of the lowest castes. In Abhinavagupta's esteem of the Kula ritual just the shodow side of genius an aberration best forgotten? This work is a translation-the first into english of any chapter of the Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta's version of the Kula ritual.

Maṇḍalas and Yantras in the Hindu Traditions

Author : Gudrun Bühnemann
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004492372
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Maṇḍalas and Yantras in the Hindu Traditions written by Gudrun Bühnemann and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years maṇḍalas have attracted much interest among a wider public. The main focus of such interest has been directed toward Tibetan maṇḍalas, specimens of which have been included in numerous publications. But maṇḍalas are found across a wide spectrum of South Asian religious traditions, including those of the Hindus and Jains. Hindu maṇḍalas and yantras have hardly been researched. This book attempts to fill this gap by clarifying important aspects of maṇḍalas and yantras in specific Hindu traditions through investigations by renowned specialists in the field. Its chapters explore maṇḍalas and yantras in the Smārta, Pāñcarātra, Śaiva and Śākta traditions. An essay on the vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala and its relationship to architecture is also included. With 13 colour plates.

One-Volume Libraries: Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts

Author : Michael Friedrich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110495597
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book One-Volume Libraries: Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts written by Michael Friedrich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composite and multiple-text manuscripts are traditionally studied for their individual texts, but recent trends in codicology have paved the way for a more comprehensive approach: Manuscripts are unique artefacts which reveal how they were produced and used as physical objects. While multiple-text manuscripts codicologically are to be considered as production units, i.e. they were originally planned and realized in order to carry more than one text, composites consist of formerly independent codicological units and were put together at a later stage with intentions that might be completely different from those of its original parts. Both sub-types of manuscripts are still sometimes called "miscellanies", a term relating to the texts only. The codicological difference is important for reconstructing why and how these manuscripts which in many cases resemble (or contain) a small library were produced and used. Contributions on the manuscript cultures of China, India, Africa, the Islamic world and European traditions lead not only to the conclusion that "one-volume libraries" have been produced in many manuscript cultures, but allow also for the identification of certain types of uses.

Meaning in Tantric Ritual

Author : Alexis Sanderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Meaning in Tantric Ritual written by Alexis Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Beginning is Desire

Author : Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book In the Beginning is Desire written by Neela Bhattacharya Saxena and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By a Bengali woman and scholar, study of texts and the role of Kali within Indian culture. excellent pre-reviews. Astrong feminist statement, careful scholarship. Discussion of Rig Veda, Tagore's Chandalika, Karnad's Hayavandana, Chugtai's Crooked lIne, Devi, It Does Not Die, Eliade, Bengal Nights, Tagore, Gora, Roy, Good of Small Thing