Author: S. RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Bhakti Tradition of Vaiṣṇava Āḷvārs and Theology of Religions
Author: S. RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Religion and Society
Author: The Wonder That Is Urdu
Author: Krishna S. DhirPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120843010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
Language is a Developmental, social and cultural phenomenon. When Urdu started its literary journey, writing also treasured it and today we are proud of the great collection of Urdu books. Urdu lovers have also done a remarkable job in writing books on various topics and in conveying the standard writings to the Urdu circles by giving them solid ink. This book although written in English, is one such masterpiece by Krishna S. Dhir. However, it clearly reflects the love of the writer for the Urdu language and its literature. The beginning of this book is an excellent illustration of how the various apabhransha of South Asia interacted with Perso-Arabic and European languages, to give rise to various languages, including Urdu and how they grew up through the time of the Mughals and the British. How all the major religions of the world originated in the Asian continent and the observation of Sufis are highlighted in the second chapter of this book. The role of social and economic institutions and traditions in the evolution of Urdu has been shed light upon. Krishna S. Dhir has painstakingly elaborated upon the protest literature and extensively quoted Mir, Ghalib, Daagh Dehlvi, Sahir Ludhianvi, Faiz Ahmad, Ahmad Fraz and other poets to prove how Urdu poetry has been used to protest against siege, raids, imprisonment, imperialism and colonisation, and to express love and peace. Finally, the writer explores how Urdu is deployed by the diaspora that uses it.
The Seed of Yggdrasill
Author: Maria KvilhuagPublisher: The Three Little Sisters
ISBN: 1959350021
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to Norse literature, historical folk lore and more. Kvilhaug peels back the layers of the Eddas, Poems and Sagas to reveal hidden truths within Maria's background in research and archaeology is visible throughout with full illustrations, timelines and beautiful translations of passages providing the key to unlocking and deciphering the hidden wisdom within. Her exploration of modern interpretations, past parables, and related cultural mythos provides a deeper layer into the mysteries of Old Norse practices.
Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Āl̲vārs
Author: S. M. Srinivasa ChariPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120813427
Category : Alvari
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Buddhist monk Upagupta, who preached and taught meditative practices in Northwest India over two thousand years ago, is venerated today by the laity in parts of Burma, Thailand, and laos as a proctective figure endowed with magical powers. The author demonstrates a remarkable continuity among traditions focused on Upagupta in ancient Sarvastivadin Sanskrit materials, key Pali texts, medieval Thai and Burmese texts, and rituals in Southeast Asia. In so doing he reflects the orientation of popular Sanskrit Hinayana Buddhism, which allows for new perspectives on such classic questions as the nature of enlightnment, the evil, the worship of the Buddha image, the veneration of saints, master-disciple relationships, the treatment of heterodoxy, and the relation of myth and ritual.
Gods and Religions
Author: Saul Silas FathiPublisher: Writers Republic LLC
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 897
Book Description
Vaiṣṇavism
Author: S. M. Srinivasa ChariPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120810983
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This is a scholarly book on one of the oldest living relgions of India. Tracing the basic tenets of Vaisnavism to the hymns of Rgveda the earliest religious literature of the world, the author has shown how an ancient cult has developed itself by successive stages into a well formulated monotheistic system in the hands of Ramanuja and his illustrious followers. In the second part of the book the fundamental philosophical theories of Visistadvaita Vedanta are presented to prove that Vaisnavism is not a mere religious cult, but has a credible philosophic foundation.
National Council of Churches Review
Author: Hymns for the Drowning
Author: NammalvarPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 935118742X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The poems in this book are some of the earliest about Visnu, one of the Hindu Trinity, also known as Tirumal, the Dark One. Tradition recognizes twelve alvars, saint-poets devoted to Visnu, who lived between the sixth and ninth century in the Tamil-speaking region of south India. These devotees of Visnu and their counterparts, the devotees of Siva (nayanmar), changed and revitalized Hinduism and their devotional hymns addressed to Visnu are among the earliest bhakti (devotional) texts in any Indian language. In this selection from Nammalvar's works, the translations like the originals reflect the alternations of philosophic hymns and love poems, through recurring voices, roles and places. They also enact a progression"from wonder at the Lord's works, to the experience of loving him and watching others love him, to moods of questioning and despair and finally to the experience of being devoured and possessed by him.
Approaching the Divine
Author: Bharati JagannathanPublisher:
ISBN: 9789384082130
Category : Alvars
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Approaching the Divine: The Integration of Āḻvār Bhakti in Śrīvaiṣṇavism is situated in the context of the ongoing scholarly debate regarding the historical evolution of Tamil Śrīvaiṣṇavism. This study spans the period from the second half of the first millennium, i.e. the bhakti period to the period of consolidation of the scriptural and sectarian tradition in the first half of the second millennium. Traditionally, the lives of the bhakti saints have been used to understand their hymns. Examination of these hagiographies through the lenses of theology, caste, sectarian conflict and popular legends, however, suggests that these life stories might themselves be constructs of the latter period, and are governed by socio-economic and political impulses as much as by spiritual ones. This work attempts to trace the process whereby a Sanskritic brahmanical tradition and a devotional Tamil folk tradition were knit together, arguing that the ways in which the saint-poets' hymns were interpreted and integrated contained elements of both continuity and change.