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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism

Bharat Ke Prasiddh Mandir, Teerth Aur Dham (Hindi, Hardcover): Shashikant 'Sadaiv' Bharat Ke Prasiddh Mandir, Teerth Aur Dham (Hindi, Hardcover)
Shashikant 'Sadaiv'
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Indian Philosophy and Meditation - Perspectives on Consciousness (Hardcover): Rahul Banerjee, Amita Chatterjee Indian Philosophy and Meditation - Perspectives on Consciousness (Hardcover)
Rahul Banerjee, Amita Chatterjee
R4,470 Discovery Miles 44 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

India has a rich tradition of meditative practices designed to study the phenomenon of consciousness. From the distant past to the present, India has evolved a unique psychological culture with grand unifying themes and universal modes of meditative practice. This book provides a detailed analysis of classical and modern Indian views on consciousness along with their related meditative methods. It offers a critical analysis of three distinct trends of Indian thought, viz., a dualistic mode of understanding and realizing consciousness in Hindu Samkhya, an interactive mode in early Buddhist abhidhamma, and the evolutionary transformational mode in the teachings of the twentieth-century sage Sri Aurobindo. This book explores the unifying features in Indian first person practices with regard to consciousness and the importance of these applied psychological practices and their associated understanding of our conscious inner lives. The most striking feature of the work is that side by side theoretical exposition of consciousness, it includes a number of worksheets which explain how to use meditation to achieve relaxation as well as cognitive 'maps' of the different levels of conscious states and instruction and how one can traverse from one state to another. The final chapter explores Sri Aurobindo who introduced new and decisive Indian spiritual thought and practice to India in the form of Integral Yoga. This innovative book will be of interest to scholars studying Indian philosophy, Indian religion and the emerging field of contemplation studies.

Views on Hindu Dharma by M.K. Gandhi (Hardcover): Neerja Arun Gupta Views on Hindu Dharma by M.K. Gandhi (Hardcover)
Neerja Arun Gupta
R4,512 Discovery Miles 45 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi took pride in calling himself a Sanatani Hindu. He lived by what he professed. Indeed, he spiritualized his entire political existence and his very opinion, world view and discourse was weighted with morality and ethics born of Hindu Dharma. This timely compilation of Mahatma Gandhi's views on Hindu Dharma is a remarkable and systematically arranged compendium of his ideas on every aspect of India's social and political life. Gandhi's views - disseminated through many short essays in Harijan and other journals of his time - on Sanatan Dharma, idol worship, Rama as a God, compulsory teaching of Gita in schools, conversion, cow-slaughter and protection, varnashramas, untouchability and other aspects are presented here in his own words. This volume is indispensable for scholars of Modern South Asian History, Gandhian Thought, Colonialism and Religious Studies. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

A Woman's Ramayana - Candravati's Bengali Epic (Paperback): Mandakranta Bose, Sarika Bose A Woman's Ramayana - Candravati's Bengali Epic (Paperback)
Mandakranta Bose, Sarika Bose
R1,667 Discovery Miles 16 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Ramayana, an ancient epic of India, with audiences across vast stretches of time and geography, continues to influence numberless readers socially and morally through its many re-tellings. Made available in English for the first time, the 16th century version presented here is by Candravati, a woman poet from Bengal. It is a highly individual rendition as a tale told from a woman's point of view which, instead of celebrating masculine heroism, laments the suffering of women caught in the play of male ego. This book presents a translation and commentary on the text, with an extensive introduction that scrutinizes its social and cultural context and correlates its literary identity with its ideological implications. Taken together, the narrative and the critical study offered here expand the understanding both of the history of women's self-expression in India and the cultural potency of the epic tale. The book is of interest equally to students and researchers of South Asian narratives, Ramayana studies and gender issues.

Hindu Pilgrimage - Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Srisailam in South India (Paperback): Prabhavati C. Reddy Hindu Pilgrimage - Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Srisailam in South India (Paperback)
Prabhavati C. Reddy
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms of the Hindu faith that are concretely embodied in temples, icons, artworks, rituals, and pilgrimage practices. This book analyses the phenomenon of pilgrimage as a religious practice and experience and examines Shri Shailam, a renowned south Indian pilgrimage site of Shiva and Goddess Durga. In doing so, it investigates two dimensions: the worldview of a place that is of utmost sanctity for Hindu pilgrims and its historical evolution from medieval to modern times. Reddy blends religion, anthropology, art history and politics into one interdisciplinary exploration of how Shri Shailam became the epicentre for Shaivism. Through this approach, the book examines Shri Shailam's influence on pan-Indian religious practices; the amalgamation of Brahmanical and regional traditions; and the intersection of the ideological and the civic worlds with respect to the management of pilgrimage centre in modern times. This book is the first thorough study of Shri Shailam and brings together phenomenological and historical study to provide a comprehensive understanding of both the religious dimension and the historical development of the social organization of the pilgrimage place. As such, it will be of interest to students of Hinduism, Pilgrimage and South Asian Studies.

Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions - Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki (Hardcover): Julia Leslie Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions - Hinduism and the Case of Valmiki (Hardcover)
Julia Leslie
R2,623 R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Save R1,547 (59%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed 'sacred', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus, in India and beyond, Valmiki is the poet-saint who composed the epic RA mA yaAa. Yet for a vocal community of dalits (once called 'untouchables'), within and outside India, Valmiki is God. How then does one explain the popular story that he started out as an ignorant and violent bandit, attacking and killing travellers for material gain? And what happens when these two accounts, Valmiki as God and Valmiki as villain, are held simultaneously by two different religious groups, both contemporary, and both vocal? This situation came to a head with controversial demonstrations by the Valmiki community in Britain in 2000, giving rise to some searching questions which Julia Leslie now seeks to address.

Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology - A History of Reception in Premodern India (Paperback): Ajay K. Rao Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology - A History of Reception in Premodern India (Paperback)
Ajay K. Rao
R1,485 Discovery Miles 14 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Ramayana of Valmiki is considered by many contemporary Hindus to be a foundational religious text. But this understanding is in part the result of a transformation of the epic's receptive history, a hermeneutic project which challenged one characterization of the genre of the text, as a work of literary culture, and replaced it with another, as a work of remembered tradition. This book examines Ramayana commentaries, poetic retellings, and praise-poems produced by intellectuals within the Srivaisnava order of South India from 1250 to 1600 and shows how these intellectuals reconceptualized Rama's story through the lens of their devotional metaphysics. Srivaisnavas applied innovative interpretive techniques to the Ramayana, including allegorical reading, slesa reading (reading a verse as a double entendre), and the application of vernacular performance techniques such as word play, improvisation, repetition, and novel forms of citation. The book is of interest not only to Ramayana specialists but also to those engaged with Indian intellectual history, literary studies, and the history of religions.

Auspicious Wisdom - The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India (Paperback, New): Douglas Renfrew Brooks Auspicious Wisdom - The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India (Paperback, New)
Douglas Renfrew Brooks
R813 Discovery Miles 8 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tantric Revisionings - New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion (Paperback): Geoffrey Samuel Tantric Revisionings - New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion (Paperback)
Geoffrey Samuel
R1,548 Discovery Miles 15 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tantric Revisionings presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion, particularly their Tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies. Geoffrey Samuel adopts an historically and textually informed anthropological approach, seeking to locate and understand religion in its social and cultural context. The question of the relation between 'popular' (folk, domestic, village, 'shamanic') religion and elite (literary, textual, monastic) religion forms a recurring theme through these studies. Six chapters have not been previously published; the previously published studies included are in publications which are difficult to locate outside major specialist libraries.

The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi (Paperback): Makarand Paranjape The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi (Paperback)
Makarand Paranjape
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Who is responsible for the Mahatma's death? Just one single, but determined, fanatic, the whole ideology of Hindu nationalism, the ruling Congress-led government whichfailed to protect him, or a vast majority of Indians and their descendants who considered Gandhi irrelevant? Such questions mean that Gandhi, even after his tragic and brutal death, continues to haunt India - perhaps more effectively in his afterlife than when he was alive. The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi is a groundbreaking and profound analysis of the assassination of the 'father of the nation' and its after-effects. Paranjape argues that such a catastrophic event during the very birth pangs of a new nation placed a huge burden of Oedipal guilt on Indians, and that this is the reason for the massive repression of the murder in India's political psyche. The enduring influence of Gandhi is analysed, including his spectral presence in Indian cinema. The book culminates in Paranjape's reading of Gandhi's last six months in Delhi, where, from the very edge of the grave, he wrought what was perhaps his greatest miracle, the saving of Delhi and thus of India itself from internecine bloodshed. This evocative and moving meditation into the meaning of the Mahatma's death will be relevant to scholars of Indian political and cultural history, as well as those with an interest in Gandhi and contemporary India

Encountering the Goddess - A Translation of the Devi-Mahatmya and a Study of Its Interpretation (Paperback, New): Thomas B.... Encountering the Goddess - A Translation of the Devi-Mahatmya and a Study of Its Interpretation (Paperback, New)
Thomas B. Coburn
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Light from the East - Being Letters on Gnanam, The Divine Knowledge (Paperback): Hon. P. Arunachalam Light from the East - Being Letters on Gnanam, The Divine Knowledge (Paperback)
Hon. P. Arunachalam; Edited by Edward Carpenter
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Light from the East collates letters between Hon. P. Arunachalam of the legislative council of Ceylon and Edward Carpenter, which expand on issues of the Gnanam or divine knowledge. Carpenter edited these letters for publication in 1927 as well as writing additional articles on issues such as desire, birth control and bisexuality in relation to the customs of Ceylon and religious laws of Hinduism to give the reader a broad insight into the religion. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology and religious studies.

The Law Code of Manu (Paperback): Patrick Olivelle The Law Code of Manu (Paperback)
Patrick Olivelle
R402 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R24 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Manu was seated, when the great seers came up to him: "Please, Lord, tell us the Laws of all the social classes, as well as of those born in between..."' The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and the best-known legal text of ancient India. Famous for two thousand years it still generates controversy, with Manu's verses being cited in support of the oppression of women and members of the lower castes. A seminal Hindu text, the Law Code is important for its classic description of so many social institutions that have come to be identified with Indian society. It deals with the relationships between social and ethnic groups, between men and women, the organization of the state and the judicial system, reincarnation, the workings of karma, and all aspects of the law. Patrick Olivelle's lucid translation is the first to be based on his critically edited text, and it incorporates the most recent scholarship on ancient Indian history, law, society, and religion. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Monastic Wanderers - Nath Yogi Ascetics in Modern South Asia (Hardcover): Veronique Bouillier Monastic Wanderers - Nath Yogi Ascetics in Modern South Asia (Hardcover)
Veronique Bouillier
R4,502 Discovery Miles 45 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How have the premodern Shaiva ascetic sect of the Nath Yogis (known also as the Yogis with splitted ears) succeeded in maintaining its presence and importance until today? This book intends to give a general survey of this sampradaya which is said to have been founded by the Siddha Gorakhnath, known for his strong link to Hatha Yoga. However, rather than to Yoga, the history and expansion of the Nath sect are linked to its rich legendary corpus. Dealing first with the marks of belonging (such as the huge earrings worn by the fully initiated Yogis) which give the sect its unity, the book then focuses on its organization and explores the dialectics between the wandering Yogis and the monastic settlements. The Nath monasteries belong to two categories: the pancayati maths, collectively owned and managed by the sectarian authorities, which ensure the permanency of the sect, and the niji maths, owned on a personal basis and transmitted from guru to disciple, which permits innovative initiatives The book gives a detailed account of two pancayati monasteries, the Kadri Math of Mangalore where its head's enthronement is spectacularly performed every twelve years, and the Caughera Math of Dang Valley in Nepal, the royal foundation of which gives a glimpse of the complex relationships that can exist between monasteries and kingdoms. It then focuses on three niji maths: Amritashram in Fatehpur (Rajasthan), Ashtal Bohar in Rohtak (Haryana) and the Gorakhpur mandir (UP). Each of them shows a different mode of adaptation to a modern context and attests of the present importance and continuity of this pluri-secular tradition of asceticism.

Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds (Paperback): Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds (Paperback)
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sai Baba - Man of Miracles (Paperback, New edition): Howard Murphet Sai Baba - Man of Miracles (Paperback, New edition)
Howard Murphet 2
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An account of some of the achievements of Sathya Sai Baba, one of the most impressive men of miracles to appear for centuries.

Parvon Ka Mahaparv Dipawali (Hindi, Hardcover): Shashikant 'Sadaiv' Parvon Ka Mahaparv Dipawali (Hindi, Hardcover)
Shashikant 'Sadaiv'
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sri Isopanisad (Paperback): A. C Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada Sri Isopanisad (Paperback)
A. C Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada
R154 Discovery Miles 1 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Prophet of a New Hindu Age - The Life and Times of Acharya Pranavananda (Hardcover): Ninian Smart, Swami Purnananda Prophet of a New Hindu Age - The Life and Times of Acharya Pranavananda (Hardcover)
Ninian Smart, Swami Purnananda
R2,367 Discovery Miles 23 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the fascinating biography, first published in 1985, of the remarkable Bengali religious leader Swami Pranavananda who lived in the turbulent years of the early twentieth century. The story of his life has to some extent been eclipsed by the struggle for Indian independence, but his extraordinary personal qualities, his determined asceticism, his high ideals of social service and commitment to Hindu solidarity all serve to set him apart from his contemporaries and entitle him to be better known by political and religious historians of the period.

Hindu and Christian in South-east India - Aspects of Religious Continuity and Change, 1800-1900 (Hardcover, illustrated... Hindu and Christian in South-east India - Aspects of Religious Continuity and Change, 1800-1900 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
G.A. Oddie
R2,816 Discovery Miles 28 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Recent studies of South India in the 19th- and 20th-centuries concentrate primarily on political and social issues. Studies of specifically religious developments, of religious encounter, institutions and movements, particularly of the 19th-century, have been few in number. The prupose of this study is to examine religious institutions, trends and developments in parts of South-east India, focusing on the Tanjore and Trichonopoly districts - areas famous for cultural and religious activity. It is recalled that neither Hinduism and Christianity were totally static forms of religious organization, ritual or belief, but were living traditions always in the process of change and adaptation. Thus, one of the major concerns of this book deals with continuities, conversion and change.

Pilgrimage and Politics in Colonial Bengal - The Myth of the Goddess Sati (Hardcover): Imma Ramos Pilgrimage and Politics in Colonial Bengal - The Myth of the Goddess Sati (Hardcover)
Imma Ramos
R4,918 Discovery Miles 49 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation in literature and visual culture in order to inspire patriotism amongst the indigenous population. This book will examine the process by which the Hindu goddess Sati rose to sudden prominence as a personification of the subcontinent and an icon of heroic self-sacrifice. According to a myth of cosmic dismemberment, Sati's body parts were scattered across South Asia and enshrined as Shakti Pithas, or Seats of Power. These sacred sites were re-imagined as the fragmented body of the motherland in crisis that could provide the basis for an emergent territorial consciousness. The most potent sites were located in eastern India, Kalighat and Tarapith in Bengal, and Kamakhya in Assam. By examining Bengali and colonial responses to these temples and the ritual traditions associated with them, including Tantra and image worship, this book will provide the first comprehensive study of this ancient network of pilgrimage sites in an art historical and political context.

Osho ki jeevan yatra (Hindi, Hardcover): Shashikant 'Sadaiv' Osho ki jeevan yatra (Hindi, Hardcover)
Shashikant 'Sadaiv'
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas - Original Devanagari Text, No Translation (Hindi, Hardcover): Goswami Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas - Original Devanagari Text, No Translation (Hindi, Hardcover)
Goswami Tulsidas; Edited by Vidya Wati
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Astrology of the Seers - A Guide to Vedic/Hindu Astrology (Paperback, Updated, Expand): David Frawley Astrology of the Seers - A Guide to Vedic/Hindu Astrology (Paperback, Updated, Expand)
David Frawley
R462 R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vedic Astrology, also called Jyotish, is the traditional astrology of India and its profound spiritual culture. It possesses a precise predictive value as well as a deep interpretation of the movement of life, unfolding the secrets of karma and destiny. Astrology of the Seers, first published in 1990, is regarded as one of the classic modern books on Vedic astrology, covering all the main aspects of its philosophy, background and practice. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.

Osho ka is jagat ko yogadaan (Hindi, Hardcover): Shashikant 'Sadaiv' Osho ka is jagat ko yogadaan (Hindi, Hardcover)
Shashikant 'Sadaiv'
R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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