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The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice (Hardcover)
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The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford History Of Hinduism
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Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including
dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time.
Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga,
are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation
and go back several thousand years. These practices, borne witness
to in ancient texts called Upanisads, as well as in other
traditions, notably early Buddhism and Jainism, are the subject of
this volume in the Oxford History of Hinduism. Practices of
meditation are also linked to asceticism (tapas) and its
institutional articulation in renunciation (samnyasa). There is a
range of practices or disciplines from ascetic fasting to taking a
vow (vrata) for a deity in return for a favour. There are also
devotional practices that might involve ritual, making an offering
to a deity and receiving a blessing, dancing, or visualization of
the master (guru). The overall theme-the history of religious
practices-might even be seen as being within a broader intellectual
trajectory of cultural history. In the substantial introduction by
the editor this broad history is sketched, paying particular
attention to what we might call the medieval period (post-Gupta)
through to modernity when traditions had significantly developed in
relation to each other. The chapters in the book chart the history
of Hindu practice, paying particular attention to indigenous terms
and recognizing indigenous distinctions such as between the ritual
life of the householder and the renouncer seeking liberation,
between 'inner' practices of and 'external' practices of ritual,
and between those desirous of liberation (mumuksu) and those
desirous of pleasure and worldly success (bubhuksu). This whole
range of meditative and devotional practices that have developed in
the history of Hinduism are represented in this book.
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