Religious systems ancient india (4 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Religion has played an important role in man's life, since times immemorial. A number of religious systems had their origin in ancient India, and she played host to a number of religious systems, which had their origins in other countries. The present work begins with religious life, beliefs, and philosophy, of the Harappan and vedic peoples, and goes on to deal with the heterodox sects-Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikism, and the doctrines of some other heretical teachers, and epic-puranic sects-Vaishavism, Saivism, Saktism, and other sects and religious denominations. The last four chapters are dedicated to religious systems, from 'across the borders' of India-Zoroastrianism, Greek religion, Christianity, and Islam, which have been discussed, in some detail. The numismatic evidence, for the worship of certain Roman and Alexandrian deities, and Oriental deities, has been briefly presented, under two separate appendices. These are usually missing in books, dealing with religious history in ancient India, although they were, very much, a part of the religious life of ancient Indians. The book, aimed primarily at undergraduate and postgraduate students, has not been burdened with bibliographical references, in the form of footnotes or endnotes: A Select Bibliography, at the end, is meant to indicate sources of study, and to suggest further reading.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Editor's Preface. 1. The Corpus of Vedic Texts and Their Commentators/Ratnabali Basu. 2. Age of the Vedic Literature/Ratnabali Basu. 3. Bharatamuni's Natyashastra and the Notions of Indian Aesthetics/Radhavallabh Tripathi. 4. History of Pali Literature/Aiswarya Biswas. 5. An Outline of the History of Prakrit Canonical Literature/J.R. Bhattacharya. 6. History of Ancient Tamil Literature/Nanditha Krishna. 7. Historiography of Indian Philosophy: Some Reflections on Periodization and Conceptualization/B. Devarakonda. 8. A History of Indian Philosophy Since Earliest Times till AD 1300/Arpita Mitra. 9. History of Hinduism/Nanditha Krishna. 10. The Way of Divine Love: Bhakti Movement in Tamil Nadu/Prema Nandakumar. 11. Notes on the Archaeology of Hinduism and Buddhism/D.K. Chakrabarti. Index. The multitude of major themes in the ancient Indian domains of literature, religion and philosophy makes it virtually impossible for a single volume to incorporate them, but here in the present volume some of the major issues have been clearly outlined with reference to their historical aspects. The essays on the major systems of Indian philosophy, history of Tamil literature, Bhakti movement in Tamil Nadu, and a well-defined study of aesthetics in Sanskrit literature are among the important highlights of this volume. The philosophical and literary discourse has been framed by a structural analysis of the Vedic literature and two firmly rooted narratives of the history of Pali literature. A brief but perceptive essay on the history of Hinduism adds additional lustre to this volume and is accompanied by notes on the archaeology of Hinduism and Buddhism. There is also a major essay on the textual connotation of Dharma in ancient India.…