Author: Swami Bangovinda Parampanthi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avatars
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Study on the life of Paraśurāma (Hindu deity) and Parasuram Kunda, pilgrimage center, dedicated to the deity, in Assam.
Bhagawan Parashuram and Evolution of Culture in North-east India
Author: Swami Bangovinda Parampanthi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avatars
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Study on the life of Paraśurāma (Hindu deity) and Parasuram Kunda, pilgrimage center, dedicated to the deity, in Assam.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avatars
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Study on the life of Paraśurāma (Hindu deity) and Parasuram Kunda, pilgrimage center, dedicated to the deity, in Assam.
The Other Rāma
Author: Brian Collins
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438480407
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Other Rāma presents a systematic analysis of the myth cycle of Paraśurāma ("Rāma with the Axe"), an avatára of Viṣṇu best known for decapitating his own mother and annihilating twenty-one generations of the Kṣatriya warrior caste in an extermination campaign frequently referred to as "genocide" by modern scholars. Compared to Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the other human forms of Viṣṇu, Paraśurāma has a much darker reputation, with few temples devoted to him and scant worshippers. He has also attracted far less scholarly attention. But dozens of important castes and clans across the subcontinent claim Paraśurāma as the originator of their bloodline, and his mother, Reṇukā, is worshipped in the form of a severed head throughout South India. Using the tools of comparative mythology and psychoanalysis, Brian Collins identifies three major motifs in the mythology of Paraśurāma: his hybrid status as a Brahmin warrior, his act of matricide, and his bloody one-man war to cleanse the earth of Kṣatriyas. Collins considers a wide variety of representations of the myth, from its origins in the Mahābhārata to contemporary debates online. He also examines Paraśurāma alongside the Wandering Jew of European legend and Psycho's matricidal serial killer Norman Bates. He examines why mythmakers once elevated this transgressive and antisocial figure to the level of an avatāra and why he still holds such fascination for a world that continues to grapple with mass killings and violence against women.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438480407
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Other Rāma presents a systematic analysis of the myth cycle of Paraśurāma ("Rāma with the Axe"), an avatára of Viṣṇu best known for decapitating his own mother and annihilating twenty-one generations of the Kṣatriya warrior caste in an extermination campaign frequently referred to as "genocide" by modern scholars. Compared to Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the other human forms of Viṣṇu, Paraśurāma has a much darker reputation, with few temples devoted to him and scant worshippers. He has also attracted far less scholarly attention. But dozens of important castes and clans across the subcontinent claim Paraśurāma as the originator of their bloodline, and his mother, Reṇukā, is worshipped in the form of a severed head throughout South India. Using the tools of comparative mythology and psychoanalysis, Brian Collins identifies three major motifs in the mythology of Paraśurāma: his hybrid status as a Brahmin warrior, his act of matricide, and his bloody one-man war to cleanse the earth of Kṣatriyas. Collins considers a wide variety of representations of the myth, from its origins in the Mahābhārata to contemporary debates online. He also examines Paraśurāma alongside the Wandering Jew of European legend and Psycho's matricidal serial killer Norman Bates. He examines why mythmakers once elevated this transgressive and antisocial figure to the level of an avatāra and why he still holds such fascination for a world that continues to grapple with mass killings and violence against women.
The Journal of the North-East India Council for Social Science Research
Author: North-East India Council for Social Science Research
Publisher:
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Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
North-East India, a Bibliography
Author:
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Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
History of Northeastern India.
Publisher:
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Category : India, Northeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
History of Northeastern India.
Tribal Culture, Faith, History And Literature: Tangsas Of Arunachal Pradesh
Author: Narayan Singh Rao
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183241045
Category : Arunachal Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183241045
Category : Arunachal Pradesh (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Author: Constance Jones
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816075646
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
An illustrated A to Z reference containing more than 700 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Hinduism.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816075646
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
An illustrated A to Z reference containing more than 700 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to Hinduism.
International Books in Print
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Pilgrim Centre Parashuram Kund
Author: M. C. Behera
Publisher: Commonwealth Publishers (India)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: Commonwealth Publishers (India)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Cultural Heritage of Arunachal Pradesh
Author: N. Nagaraju
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Glory of India
Author:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description