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Author : Chitrita Banerji
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
ISBN 13 : 9386228726
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Chaitanya Mahaprabhu written by Chitrita Banerji and published by Juggernaut Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : O. B. L. Kapoor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Saints of Vraja written by O. B. L. Kapoor and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collective biography of followers of Chaitanya (Sect) of Vrindāvan, India.
Author : Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023112919X
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal written by Rachel Fell McDermott and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of these festivals and their revelry, rivalry, and nostalgic power, this volume marks an unprecedented achievement in the mapping of a major public event. Rachel Fell McDermott describes the festivals' origins and growth under British rule. She identifies their iconographic conventions and carnivalesque qualities and their relationship to the fierce, Tantric sides of ritual practice. McDermott confronts controversies over the tradition of blood sacrifice and the status-seekers who compete for symbolic capital. Expanding her narrative, she takes readers beyond Bengal's borders to trace the transformation of the goddesses and their festivals across the world. McDermott's work underscores the role of holidays in cultural memory, specifically the Bengali evocation of an ideal, culturally rich past. Under the thrall of the goddess, the social, political, economic, and religious identity of Bengalis takes shape.
Author : Syed Serajul Islam
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003811426
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh written by Syed Serajul Islam and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh addresses the complex intersection of global politics and local dynamics in Bangladesh, particularly in relation to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (Jamaat). With multidisciplinary insights and perspectives, the contributors to this volume provide an objective socio-historical analysis of Islam, politics and society in Bangladesh. Separating fact from fiction, they attempt to uncover the truth about Jamaat, the largest Islam-based political party in the country. Suppressed and marginalized by the BAL regime, Jamaat remains active in the social landscape of Bangladesh. What makes Jamaat so resilient against all odds? Can it peacefully coexist with rival political parties in a polarised nation such as Bangladesh? This book seeks to answer these crucial questions. An essential read for those interested in Bangladeshi politics and political Islam.
Author : June McDaniel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226557235
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book The Madness of the Saints written by June McDaniel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-07-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although ecstasy has been explored in several Indian contexts, surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to its central role in Bengali devotion. In The Madness of the Saints, June McDaniel undertakes the first comprehensive study of religious ecstasy in Bengal, examining the texts that describe it, the people who experience it, and the traditions that support it.
Author : Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes indexes to Numismatic supplements.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Numismatic supplement," no. 5-45 (previously issued in the society's Journal, later in its Journal, 3rd ser.).
Author : Hans Harder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136831894
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh written by Hans Harder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the Maijbhandari movement in Chittagong, south-eastern Bangladesh, which claims the status of the only Sufi order originated in Bengal and which has gained immense popularity in recent years, this book provides a comprehensive picture of an important aspect of contemporary Bengali Islam in the South Asian context. Expertise in South Asian languages and literatures is combined with ethnographic field work and theoretical formulations from a range of disciplines, including cultural anthropology, Islamic studies and religious studies. Analysing the Maijbhandaris tradition of Bengali spiritual songs, one of the largest popular song traditions in Bengal, the book presents an in-depth study of Bengali Sufi theology, hagiography and Maijbhandari esoteric songs, as well as a discussion of what Bengali Islam is. It is a useful contribution to South Asia Studies, as well as Islamic Studies.
Author : Richard M. Eaton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520917774
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 written by Richard M. Eaton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does such a religious conversion take place? Richard Eaton uses archaeological evidence, monuments, narrative histories, poetry, and Mughal administrative documents to trace the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations. Moving from the year 1204, when Persianized Turks from North India annexed the former Hindu states of the lower Ganges delta, to 1760, when the British East India Company rose to political dominance there, Eaton explores these moving frontiers, focusing especially on agrarian growth and religious change.
Author : Richard Maxwell Eaton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520080775
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (87 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 written by Richard Maxwell Eaton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does such a religious conversion take place? Richard Eaton uses archaeological evidence, monuments, narrative histories, poetry, and Mughal administrative documents to trace the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations. Moving from the year 1204, when Persianized Turks from North India annexed the former Hindu states of the lower Ganges delta, to 1760, when the British East India Company rose to political dominance there, Eaton explores these moving frontiers, focusing especially on agrarian growth and religious change.
Author : Amiya P. Sen
Publisher : Primus Books
ISBN 13 : 8190891863
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Explorations in Modern Bengal, C. 1800-1900 written by Amiya P. Sen and published by Primus Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a regional culture as it was subjected to acute interpretative stress for much of the nineteenth century. This is done through a study of three key facets to contemporary Hindu thought - a possible interplay between the divinely ordained and human history, innovative extensions in the meaning of older terms like 'Dharma', and new moral and cultural theories around select mythical figures and traditionally revered texts.
Author : Bholanath Bhattacharya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (647 download)
Download or read book The Deified Saints of Bengal written by Bholanath Bhattacharya and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Muhammad Mojlum Khan
Publisher : Kube Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1847740626
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book The Muslim Heritage of Bengal written by Muhammad Mojlum Khan and published by Kube Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Muslim Heritage of Bengal is a multidimensional work. . . . I am sure this book will add to the vista of knowledge in the field of Muslim history and heritage of Bengal. I recommend this work."—Dr A. K. M. Yaqub Ali, Professor Emeritus, Islamic History & Culture, University of Rajshahi "Khan's book provides invaluable information which will inspire present and future generations."—Dr M. Abdul Jabbar Beg, former professor of Islamic History and Civilization, National University of Malaysia A popular history that covers eight hundred years of the history of Islam in Bengal through the example of forty two inspirational men and women up until the twentieth century. Written by the author of the bestselling The Muslim 100. Included are the prominent figures Shah Jalal, Nawab Abdul Latif, Rt. Hon. Syed Ameer Ali, Sir Salimullah Khan Bahadur, and Begum Rokeya. Muhammad Mojlum Khan was born in 1973 in Habiganj, Bangladesh, and was educated in England. He is a teacher, author, literary critic, and research scholar, and has published more than 150 essays and articles worldwide. He is the author of The Muslim 100 (2008). He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Director of the Bengal Muslim Research Institute, United Kindgom. He lives in England with his family.
Author : Sufia M. Uddin
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807877336
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Constructing Bangladesh written by Sufia M. Uddin and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia M. Uddin examines the complex history of Islamic state formation in Bangladesh, formerly the eastern part of the Indian province of Bengal. Uddin focuses on significant moments in the region's history from medieval to modern times, examining the interplay of language, popular and scholarly religious literature, and the colonial experience as they contributed to the creation of a unique Bengali-Islamic identity. During the precolonial era, Bengali, the dominant regional language, infused the richly diverse traditions of the region, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and, eventually, the Islamic religion and literature brought by Urdu-speaking Muslim conquerors from North India. Islam was not simply imported into the region by the ruling elite, Uddin explains, but was incorporated into local tradition over hundreds of years of interactions between Bengalis and non-Bengali Muslims. Constantly contested and negotiated, the Bengali vision of Islamic orthodoxy and community was reflected in both language and politics, which ultimately produced a specifically Bengali-Muslim culture. Uddin argues that this process in Bangladesh is representative of what happens elsewhere in the Muslim world and is therefore an instructive example of the complex and fluid relations between local heritage and the greater Islamic global community, or umma.
Author : Claire Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317335937
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Bengal Diaspora written by Claire Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India’s partition in 1947 and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 saw the displacement and resettling of millions of Muslims and Hindus, resulting in profound transformations across the region. A third of the region’s population sought shelter across new borders, almost all of them resettling in the Bengal delta itself. A similar number were internally displaced, while others moved to the Middle East, North America and Europe. Using a creative interdisciplinary approach combining historical, sociological and anthropological approaches to migration and diaspora this book explores the experiences of Bengali Muslim migrants through this period of upheaval and transformation. It draws on over 200 interviews conducted in Britain, India, and Bangladesh, tracing migration and settlement within, and from, the Bengal delta region in the period after 1947. Focussing on migration and diaspora ‘from below’, it teases out fascinating ‘hidden’ migrant stories, including those of women, refugees, and displaced people. It reveals surprising similarities, and important differences, in the experience of Muslim migrants in widely different contexts and places, whether in the towns and hamlets of Bengal delta, or in the cities of Britain. Counter-posing accounts of the structures that frame migration with the textures of how migrants shape their own movement, it examines what it means to make new homes in a context of diaspora. The book is also unique in its focus on the experiences of those who stayed behind, and in its analysis of ruptures in the migration process. Importantly, the book seeks to challenge crude attitudes to ‘Muslim’ migrants, which assume their cultural and religious homogeneity, and to humanize contemporary discourses around global migration. This ground-breaking new research offers an essential contribution to the field of South Asian Studies, Diaspora Studies, and Society and Culture Studies.
Author : Willem van Schendel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108473695
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book A History of Bangladesh written by Willem van Schendel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and updated edition of Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history, revealing the vibrant and colourful past of Bangladesh.
Author : Jeanne Openshaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521811255
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Seeking Bauls of Bengal written by Jeanne Openshaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author charts the rise of Bauls to their present iconic status as minstrels and mystics.
