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Oriental Rheno-Traiectina
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Orientalia Rheno-traiectina
Author: Hendrik Willem Obbink
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Oriental languages
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Oriental languages
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Orientalia Rheno-traiectina
Author: Jan Gonda
Publisher: Brill Archive
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher: Brill Archive
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Beyond Sacred Violence
Author: Kathryn McClymond
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801887763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Argues that the modern Western world's reductive understanding of sacrifice simplifies an enormously broad and dynamic cluster of religious activities, drawing on a comparative study of Vedic and Jewish sacrificial practices to demonstrate not only that sacrifice has no single, essential, identifying characteristic, but also that the elements most frequently attributed to such acts--death and violence--are not universal.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801887763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Argues that the modern Western world's reductive understanding of sacrifice simplifies an enormously broad and dynamic cluster of religious activities, drawing on a comparative study of Vedic and Jewish sacrificial practices to demonstrate not only that sacrifice has no single, essential, identifying characteristic, but also that the elements most frequently attributed to such acts--death and violence--are not universal.
The Daily Evening and Morning Offering
Author: H. W. Bodewitz
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004045323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004045323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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The Daily Evening and Morning Offering (Agnihotra) According to the Brāhmaṇas
Author: Bodewitz
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004645616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004645616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
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A Dictionary of Hinduism
Author: Margaret and James Stutley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429627548
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
‘Hinduism’ is a term often used to summarize the aspirations of the majority of the Indian people. But any simple definition of it is difficult, if not impossible. This is partly owing to the nuances of the Sanskrit language, in which many texts are written, and partly to the too literal interpretation of Hindu imagery and mythology that often veils its real significance. This book, first published in 1977, is an essential reference source that goes some way to clarifying the difficulties of understanding Hinduism.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429627548
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
‘Hinduism’ is a term often used to summarize the aspirations of the majority of the Indian people. But any simple definition of it is difficult, if not impossible. This is partly owing to the nuances of the Sanskrit language, in which many texts are written, and partly to the too literal interpretation of Hindu imagery and mythology that often veils its real significance. This book, first published in 1977, is an essential reference source that goes some way to clarifying the difficulties of understanding Hinduism.
Luzac & Co.'s Oriental List
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE
Author: Sonya Rhie Quintanilla
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047419308
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047419308
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VII
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691182922
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1544
Book Description
The seventh and final book of the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, the Uttarakāṇḍa, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rāma’s millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the rākṣasas and the violent career of Rāma’s villainous foe Rāvaṇa, and later recounts Rāma’s grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lankā as well as his romantic reunion with his wife Sītā. But dark clouds gather as Rāma makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rāma continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttarakāṇḍa has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of Sītā, as well as of Rāma’s killing of a low-caste ascetic. This seventh volume in the critical edition and translation of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa includes an extensive introduction and describes the complex reception history of the Uttarakāṇḍa, as well as exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691182922
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1544
Book Description
The seventh and final book of the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, the Uttarakāṇḍa, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rāma’s millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the rākṣasas and the violent career of Rāma’s villainous foe Rāvaṇa, and later recounts Rāma’s grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lankā as well as his romantic reunion with his wife Sītā. But dark clouds gather as Rāma makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rāma continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttarakāṇḍa has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of Sītā, as well as of Rāma’s killing of a low-caste ascetic. This seventh volume in the critical edition and translation of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa includes an extensive introduction and describes the complex reception history of the Uttarakāṇḍa, as well as exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.