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

Revival: Caste in India (1930) - The Facts and the System (Paperback): E Mile Charles Marie Senart Revival: Caste in India (1930) - The Facts and the System (Paperback)
E Mile Charles Marie Senart; Translated by Edward Denison Ross
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The aim of this book is to discover in what light the religious and literary tradition of India appears where caste is concerned; including discussions on the present system, the past, and its origins.

Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata (Hardcover): Simon Brodbeck, Brian Black Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata (Hardcover)
Simon Brodbeck, Brian Black
R4,521 Discovery Miles 45 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the most important texts to emerge from the Indian cultural tradition. At almost 75,000 verses it is the longest poem in the world, and throughout Indian history it has been hugely influential in shaping gender and social norms. In the context of ancient India, it is the definitive cultural narrative in the construction of masculine, feminine and alternative gender roles.

This book brings together many of the most respected scholars in the field of Mahabharata studies, as well as some of its most promising young scholars. By focusing specifically on gender constructions, some of the most innovative aspects of the Mahabharata are highlighted. Whilst taking account of feminist scholarship, the contributors see the Mahabharata as providing an opportunity to frame discussion of gender in literature not just in terms of the socio-historical roles of men and women. Instead they analyze the text in termsof the wider poetic and philosophical possibilities thrown up by the semiotics of gendering. Consequently, the book bridges a gap in text-critical methodology between the traditional philological approach and more recent trends in gender and literary theory.

Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata will be appreciated by readers interested in South Asian studies, Hinduism, religious studies and gender studies.

The Khecarividya of Adinatha - A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga (Hardcover,... The Khecarividya of Adinatha - A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga (Hardcover, illustrated edition annotated edition)
James Mallinson
R4,517 Discovery Miles 45 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time. The author, James Mallinson, draws on thirty Sanskrit works, as well as original fieldwork amongst yogins in India who use the practice, to demonstrate how earlier tantric yogic techniques developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga. Accompanied by an introduction and an extensively annotated translation, the work sheds light on the development of hathayoga and its practices.

The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami - When Knowledge Meets Devotion (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Ravi M. Gupta The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami - When Knowledge Meets Devotion (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Ravi M. Gupta
R4,212 Discovery Miles 42 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition is famous for its depth of devotion to Krishna, the blue-hued Deity. Chaitanya Vaishnavas are known for having refined the practice and aesthetics of devotion into a sophisticated science. This imposing devotional edifice was constructed upon a solid foundation of philosophical argument and understanding. In this book, Ravi Gupta sheds new light on the contribution of Chaitanya Vaishnavism to the realm of Indian philosophy. He explores the hermeneutical tools employed, the historical resources harnessed, the structure of the arguments made, and the relative success of the endeavor. For most schools of Vaishnavism, the supporting foundation consists of the philosophical resources provided by Vedanta. The Chaitanya tradition is remarkable in its ability to engage in Vedantic discourse and at the same time practice an ecstatic form of devotion to Krishna. The prime architect of this balance was the scholar-devotee Jiva Gosvami (ca. 1517 - 1608). This book analyses Jiva Gosvami's writing concerning the philosophy of the Vedanta tradition. It concludes that Jiva's writing crosses 'disciplinary boundaries', for he brought into dialogue four powerful streams of classical Hinduism: the various systems of Vedanta, the ecstatic bhakti movements, the Puranic commentarial tradition, and the aesthetic rasa theory of Sanskrit poetics. With training in and commitments to all of these traditions, Jiva Gosvami produced a distinctly Chaitanya Vaishnava system of theology.

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre - Thumri Lyrics (Hardcover): Lalita Du Perron Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre - Thumri Lyrics (Hardcover)
Lalita Du Perron
R4,361 Discovery Miles 43 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with the musical genre still prevails in the twenty-first century.

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre examines Thumri Lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective. On a cultural level, it discusses the interface between devotional and secular poetry. Furthermore, it explains the impact of social and political change on the musical life on North India.

Well-written and thoroughly researched, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of South Asian studies. It will be interesting to academics across the discipline, including linguistics, politics, sociology, cultural and gender studies.

Defining Hinduism - A Reader (Hardcover): J.E. Llewellyn Defining Hinduism - A Reader (Hardcover)
J.E. Llewellyn
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Defining Hinduism' focuses on what Hinduism is, what it has been, and what some have argued it should be. The oldest of the world religions, Hinduism presents a complex pantheon and system of beliefs. Far from being unchanging, Hinduism has, like any faith of duration, evolved in response to changing cultural, political and ideological demands. The book brings together some of the leading scholars working on South Asian religions today.

Self-Surrender (prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism - Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys? (Hardcover, New): Srilata Raman Self-Surrender (prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism - Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys? (Hardcover, New)
Srilata Raman
R4,217 Discovery Miles 42 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender - prapatti - in late 12th - 13th century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. It is a unique textual study, which shows that medieval sectarian formation in its theological dimension is a fluid and ambivalent enterprise, where conflict and differentiation are presaged on "sharing," whether of a common canon, or two languages (Tamil and Sanskrit), a common saint, a common corpus of rituals or of a "meta-social" arena such as the temple itself.
Arguing that the core ideas of prapatti in these texts reveal the description of a heterogeneous theological concept, its nature dependent on the status of its practitioner, this book demonstrates that this concept is theologically moulded by the emergence of new literary genres, such as commentaries with hagiographical elements, in this period. The author puts forward the idea that this original heterogeneous understanding of prapatti is a majorcontributory cause to the emergence of sectarian divisions among the Shrivaishnavas, which lead to the eventual formation of two sub-sects, the Tenkalai and the Vatakalai, who stand respectively, for the "cat" and "monkey" theological positions.
The book contributes to a new, intellectual history of medieval Indian religion with a specific emphasis on South Indian Shrivaishnavism. It will be of interest to scholars of Shrivaishnavism and Hindu and Indian Religious Studies.

Caitanya Vaisnavas in Bengal - Social Impact and Historical Implications (Hardcover): Rembert Lutjeharms Caitanya Vaisnavas in Bengal - Social Impact and Historical Implications (Hardcover)
Rembert Lutjeharms; Joseph T. O'Connell
R3,917 Discovery Miles 39 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Within the broad Hindu religious tradition, there have been for millennia many subtraditions generically called Vaisnava, who insist that the most appropriate mode of religious faith and experience is bhakti, or devotion, to the supreme personal deity, Visnu. Caitanya Vaisnavas are a community of Vaisnava devotees who coalesced around Krsna Caitanya (1486-1533), who taught devotion to the name and form of Krsna, especially in conjunction with his divine consort Radha and who also came to be looked upon by many as Krsna himself who had graciously chosen to be born in Bengal to exemplify the ideal mode of loving devotion (prema-bhakti). This book focusses on the relationship between the 'transcendent' intentionality of religious faith of human beings and their 'mundane' socio-cultural ways of living, through a detailed study of the social implications of the Caitanya Vaisnava devotional Hindu tradition in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal. Structured in two parts, the first analyzes the articulation of Krsna-bhakti within the broad Hindu sector of Bengali society. The second section examines Hindu-Muslim relationships in Bengal from the particular vantage point of the Caitanya Vaisnava tradition, and in which the subtle influence of Krsna-bhakti, it is argued, may be detected. In both sections, the bulk of attention is given to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Bengal was under independent Sultanate or emergent Mughal rule and thus free of the impact of British and European colonial influence. Arguing that the Caitanya Vaisnava devotion contributed to the softening of the potentially alienating socio-cultural divisions of class, caste, sect and religio-political community in Bengal, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Asian Religion and Hinduism, in particular devotional Hinduism, both premodern and modern, as well as to scholars and students of South Asian social history, Hindu-Muslim relations, and Bengali religious culture.

Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism - The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati (Hardcover): Sanjukta Gupta Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism - The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati (Hardcover)
Sanjukta Gupta
R4,352 Discovery Miles 43 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Indian philosophy and theology, the ideology of Vedanta occupies an important position. Hindu religious sects accept the Vedantic soteriology, which believes that there is only one conscious reality, Brahman from which the entire creation, both conscious and non-conscious, emanated.

Madhusudana Sarasvati, who lived in sixteenth century Bengal and wrote in Sanskrit, was the last great thinker among the Indian philosophers of Vedanta. During his time, Hindu sectarians, rejected monistic Vedanta. Although a strict monist, Madhusudana tried to make a synthesis between his monistic philosophy and his theology of emotional love for God.

Sanjukta Gupta provides the only comprehensive study of Madhusudana Sarasvati's thought. She explores the religious context of his extensive and difficult works, offering invaluable insights into Indian philosophy and theology.

The Life Divine (Paperback): Sri Aurobindo The Life Divine (Paperback)
Sri Aurobindo
R991 R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Save R134 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Life Divine explores for the Modern mind the great streams of Indian metaphysical thought, reconciling the truths behind each and from this synthesis extends in terms of consciousness the concept of evolution. The unfolding of Earth's and man's spiritual destiny is illuminated, pointing the way to a Divine Life on Earth. Index.

Attending Krishna's Image - Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth (Hardcover, annotated edition): Kenneth... Attending Krishna's Image - Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Kenneth Russell Valpey
R4,349 Discovery Miles 43 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is a steady and growing scholarly and popular interest in Hindu religious - especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. This book extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West. It focuses on one specific worship tradition, the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition of the 14th to 16th centuries, as it develops and sustains itself in two specific locales. By applying the comparative category of "religious truth," the author provides a comprehensive understanding of a living religious tradition. He successfully demonstrates the understanding of devotion as a process of participation with divine embodiment in which worship of Krishna's image is integral.
A presentation of a traditional north Indian Krishna temple, which represents an "embodied community" and a western Krishna temple to represent a "missionizing tradition" of the Hari Krishnas (ISCON-The International Society of Krishna Consciousness), completes this analysis.
This book offers an original contribution to comparative religious studies.

Samkara's Advaita Vedanta - A Way of Teaching (Paperback): Jacqueline G. Suthren Hirst Samkara's Advaita Vedanta - A Way of Teaching (Paperback)
Jacqueline G. Suthren Hirst
R1,623 Discovery Miles 16 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Samkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This book serves as an introduction to Samkara's thought which takes this as a central theme. The author develops an innovative approach based on Samkara's ways of interpreting sacred texts and creatively examines the profound interrelationship between sacred text, content and method in Samkara's thought. The main focus of the book is on Samkara's teaching method. This method is, for Samkara, based on the Upanishads' own; it is to be employed by Advaitin teachers to draw pupils skilfully towards that realisation which is beyond all words. Consequently, this book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Indian philosophy, but to all those interested in the relation between language and that which is held to transcend it.

Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images of the Hindu Tradition - The Song of the Lord (Hardcover, annotated edition):... Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images of the Hindu Tradition - The Song of the Lord (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Catherine A Robinson
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the "Bhagavad-Gita" and the Hindu tradition.
The Bhagavad-Gita is probably the most popular - and certainly the most frequently quoted and widely studied - work of the Hindu scriptures. This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.
Taking into account a range of influential Indian and western thinkers to illustrate trends in writing about the Bhagavad-Gita including Western academic; Indian activist; Christian theological; Hindu Universalist; perennialist mystical and contemporary experiential accounts. Examining the ideas of such influential figures as F Max Muller, M K Ghandi, Bede Griffiths, Swami Vivekananda, Aldous Huxley and Swami Bhakivedanta, this book demonstrates the inextricable link between different interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and images of the Hindu tradition.
This accessible book aptly demonstrates the relevance of the Bhagavad-Gita for an understanding of Hinduism as a modern phenomenon.

The Integral Philosophy of Aurobindo - Hermeneutics and the Study of Religion (Paperback): Brainerd Prince The Integral Philosophy of Aurobindo - Hermeneutics and the Study of Religion (Paperback)
Brainerd Prince
R1,360 Discovery Miles 13 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. This book is an enquiry into the integral philosophy of Aurobindo and its contemporary relevance. It offers a reading of Aurobindo's key texts by bringing them into conversation with religious studies and the hermeneutical traditions. The central argument is that Aurobindo's integral philosophy is best understood as a hermeneutical philosophy of religion. Such an understanding of Aurobindo's philosophy, offering both substantive and methodological insights for the academic study of religion, subdivides into three interrelated aims. The first is to demonstrate that the power of the Aurobindonian vision lies in its self-conception as a traditionary-hermeneutical enquiry into religion; the second, to draw substantive insights from Aurobindo's enquiry to envision a way beyond the impasse within the current religious-secular debate in the academic study of religion. Working out of the condition of secularism, the dominant secularists demand the abandonment of the category 'religion' and the dismantling of the academic discipline of religious studies. Aurobindo's integral work on 'religion', arising out of the Vedanta tradition, critiques the condition of secularity that undergirds the religious-secular debate. Finally, informed by the hermeneutical tradition and building on the methodological insights from Aurobindo's integral method, the book explores a hermeneutical approach for the study of religion which is dialogical in nature. This book will be of interest to academics studying Religious Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Continental Hermeneutics, Modern India, Modern Hinduism as well as South Asian Studies.

The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth - Ring Composition, Royal Power and The Dharmic Double Helix (Hardcover): Raj Balkaran The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth - Ring Composition, Royal Power and The Dharmic Double Helix (Hardcover)
Raj Balkaran
R3,903 Discovery Miles 39 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Sanskrit narrative text Devi Mahatmya, "The Greatness of The Goddess," extols the triumphs of an all-powerful Goddess, Durga, over universe-imperiling demons. These exploits are embedded in an intriguing frame narrative: a deposed king solicits the counsel of a forest-dwelling ascetic, who narrates the tripartite acts of Durga which comprise the main body of the text. It is a centrally important early text about the Great Goddess, which has significance to the broader field of Puranic Studies. This book analyzes the Devi Mahatmya and argues that its frame narrative cleverly engages a dichotomy at the heart of Hinduism: the opposing ideals of asceticism and kingship. These ideals comprise two strands of what is referred to herein as the dharmic double helix. It decodes the symbolism of encounters between forest hermits and exiled kings through the lens of the dharmic double helix, demonstrating the extent to which this common narrative trope masterfully encodes the ambivalence of brahmanic ideology. Engaging the tension between the moral necessity for nonviolence and the sociopolitical necessity for violence, the book deconstructs the ideological ambivalence throughout the Devi Mahatmya to demonstrate that its frame narrative invariably sheds light on its core content. Its very structure serves to emphasize a theme that prevails throughout the text, one inalienable to the rubric of the episodes themselves: sovereignty on both cosmic and mundane scales. The book sheds new light on the content of the Devi Mahatmya and contextualizes it within the framework of important debates within early Hinduism. It will be of interest to academics in the fields of Asian Religion, Hindu Studies, Goddess Studies, South Asian Studies, Narrative Studies and comparative literature.

Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Marathi language] (Hardcover): A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup ada Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Marathi language] (Hardcover)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup ada
R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Debating 'Conversion' in Hinduism and Christianity (Paperback): Ankur Barua Debating 'Conversion' in Hinduism and Christianity (Paperback)
Ankur Barua
R1,354 Discovery Miles 13 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hindu and Christian debates over the meanings, motivations, and modalities of 'conversion' provide the central connecting theme running through this book. It focuses on the reasons offered by both sides to defend or oppose the possibility of these cross-border movements, and shows how these reasons form part of a wider constellation of ideas, concepts, and practices of the Christian and the Hindu worlds. The book draws upon several historical case-studies of Christian missionaries and of Hindus who encountered these missionaries. By analysing some of the complex negotiations, intersections, and conflicts between Hindus and Christians over the question of 'conversion', it demonstrates that these encounters revolve around three main contested themes. Firstly, who can properly 'speak for the convert'? Secondly, how is 'tolerating' the religious other connected to an appraisal of the other's viewpoints which may be held to be incorrect, inadequate, or incomplete? Finally, what is, in fact, the 'true Religion'? The book demonstrates that it is necessary to wrestle with these questions for an adequate understanding of the Hindu and Christian debates over 'conversion.' Questioning what 'conversion' precisely is, and why it has been such a volatile issue on India's political-legal landscape, the book will be a useful contribution to studies of Hinduism, Christianity and Asian Religion and Philosophy.

Theft of a Tree (Hardcover): Nandi Timmana Theft of a Tree (Hardcover)
Nandi Timmana; Translated by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Velcheru Narayana Rao
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire. Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or Parijatapaharanamu, which he based on a popular millennium-old tale, to help the wife of Krishnadevaraya, king of the south Indian Vijayanagara Empire, win back her husband's affections. Theft of a Tree recounts how Krishna stole the parijata, a wish-granting tree, from the garden of Indra, king of the gods. Krishna does so to please his favorite wife, Satyabhama, who is upset when he gifts his chief queen a single divine flower. After battling Indra, Krishna plants the tree for Satyabhama-but she must perform a rite temporarily relinquishing it and her husband to enjoy endless happiness. The poem's narrative unity, which was unprecedented in the literary tradition, prefigures the modern Telugu novel. Theft of a Tree is presented here in the Telugu script alongside the first English translation.

Vijayanagara Voices - Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature (Hardcover, Rev Ed): William J. Jackson Vijayanagara Voices - Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature (Hardcover, Rev Ed)
William J. Jackson
R3,922 Discovery Miles 39 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Vijayanagara Empire flourished in South India between 1336 and 1565. Conveying the depth and creativity of Hindu religious and literary expression during that time, Vijayanagara Voices explores some of the contributions made by poets, singer-saints, and philosophers. Through translations and discussions of their lives and times, Jackson presents the voices of these cultural figures and reflects on the concerns of their era, looking especially into the vivid images in their works and their legends. He examines how these images convey both spiritual insights and physical experiences with memorable candour. The studies also raise intriguing questions about the empire's origins and its response to Muslim invaders, its 'Hinduness', and reasons for its ultimate decline. Vijayanagara Voices is a book about patterns in history, literature and life in South India. By examining the culture's archetypal displays, by understanding the culture in its own terms, and by comparing associated images and ideas from other cultures, this book offers unique insights into a rich and influential period in Indian history.

Religion and Identity in the South Asian Diaspora (Paperback): Rajesh Rai, Chitra Sankaran Religion and Identity in the South Asian Diaspora (Paperback)
Rajesh Rai, Chitra Sankaran
R1,034 Discovery Miles 10 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Religious identity constitutes a key element in the formation, development and sustenance of South Asian diasporic communities. Through studies of South Asian communities situated in multiple locales, this book explores the role of religious identity in the social and political organization of the diaspora. It accounts for the factors that underlie the modification of ritual practice in the process of resettlement, and considers how multicultural policies in the adopted state, trans-generational changes and the proliferation of transnational media has impacted the development of these identities in the diaspora. Also crucial is the gender dimension, in terms of how religion and caste affect women's roles in the South Asian diaspora. What emerges then from the way separate communities in the diaspora negotiate religion are diverse patterns that are strategic and contingent. Yet, paradoxically, the dynamic and evolving relationship between religion and diaspora becomes necessary, even imperative, for sustaining a cohesive collective identity in these communities. This bookw as published as a special issue of South Asian Diaspora.

Genealogy of the South Indian Deities - An English Translation of Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript... Genealogy of the South Indian Deities - An English Translation of Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary (Hardcover)
Daniel Jeyaraj
R3,939 Discovery Miles 39 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For the first time, the work "Genealogy of the South Indian Deities" of the first Protestant missionary to India, Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment and his willingness to learn from the South Indians. The text contains the original voices of knowledgeable South Indians from various religious backgrounds and presents South India in a vivid, direct and unfiltered way. In this volume Daniel Jeyaraj edits and presents the German original in an English translation. This is followed by a detailed textual analysis, a glossary and an appendix. This book is invaluable for anyone interested in reliable information about the interactions of Europeans with Hindu and Tamil religion and culture.

Grace in Christianity and Hinduism (Paperback): Sabapathy Kulandran Grace in Christianity and Hinduism (Paperback)
Sabapathy Kulandran
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is often said that the real confrontation between Christianity and the great religions of the world is only just beginning. Bishop Kulandran's book on the pivotal religious doctrine of Grace marks the first stage in the new encounter between Christianity and Hinduism. The result of considerable research and theological reflection, Bishop Kulandran's book is an objective and scholarly appraisal of Christianity and Hinduism, their similarities and differences, and of the two different worlds in which they move. Hinduism's uncertainty about the character of God and Christianity's dogmatic certainty are examined in detail. The sense of man's need of God's grace in Christianity, and Hinduism's rejection of any act of reconciliation are seen by Bishop Kulandran as central to the dialogue between the two religions. As Dr. Hendrik Kraemer says in the foreword, Bishop Kulandran's book "is animated by the desire for fair presentation and understanding and is a new and important contribution to the subject and not merely a repetition of what has often been said before". The author belonged by birth and experience to the Indian world and as a Bishop of the Church of South India knew the power as well as the limitations of the Christian mission in the world of Hinduism. This scholarly work is a valuable contribution to comparative religion and is an illuminating exploration of two of the world's most important religions.

The Vivekacudamani of Sankaracarya Bhagavatpada - An Introduction and Translation (Hardcover, New Ed): John Grimes The Vivekacudamani of Sankaracarya Bhagavatpada - An Introduction and Translation (Hardcover, New Ed)
John Grimes
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Advaita Vedanta is one of the most important and widely studied schools of thought in Hindu religion and the Vivekacudamani is one of the most important texts in the Advaita tradition and the most popular philosophical work ascribed to the great Indian philosopher, Sankara. Sankara (c.650-700) is considered to be a giant among giants and probably the most venerated philosopher in India's long history. The Vivekacudamani is in the form of a dialogue between a preceptor (guru) and a pupil (sisya) expounding the quintessence of Advaita in which the pupil humbly approaches the preceptor and, having served the teacher selflessly, implores to be rescued from worldly existence (samsara). The guru promises to teach the way to liberation (moksa) which culminates in the ecstatic experience of one's own Self. This book presents an accessible translation of the entire text and also includes Upanisadic cross-referencing to most of its 580 verses, extensive notes, a lengthy Introduction, list of variant readings, an extensive bibliography, and an index to the verses. All those interested in Indian religion and philosophy, Hindu studies, or Sanskrit, will find this readable English translation of an Indian philosophical classic invaluable.

Revival: Caste in India (1930) - The Facts and the System (Hardcover): E Mile Charles Marie Senart Revival: Caste in India (1930) - The Facts and the System (Hardcover)
E Mile Charles Marie Senart; Translated by Edward Denison Ross
R5,374 Discovery Miles 53 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The aim of this book is to discover in what light the religious and literary tradition of India appears where caste is concerned; including discussions on the present system, the past, and its origins.

Imagining Hinduism - A Postcolonial Perspective (Hardcover): Sharada Sugirtharajah Imagining Hinduism - A Postcolonial Perspective (Hardcover)
Sharada Sugirtharajah
R3,326 Discovery Miles 33 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Imagining Hinduism examines how Hinduism has been defined, interpreted and manufactured through Western categorizations, from the foreign interventions of eighteenth and nineteenth century Orientalists and missionaries to the present day. Sugirtharajah argues that ever since early Orientalists 'discovered' the ancient Sanskrit texts and the Hindu 'golden age', the West has nurtured a complex and ambivalent fascination with Hinduism, ranging from romantic admiration to ridicule. At the same time, Hindu discourse has drawn upon Orientalist representations in order to redefine Hindu identity.
As the first comprehensive work to bring postcolonial critique to the study of Hinduism, this is essential reading for a full understanding of Hinduism.

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