Author: Sachindra NarayanPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Deoghar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Study of the importance of Deoghar and Rajgir, Hindu pilgrimage centers in Bihar.
Sacred Complexes of Deoghar and Rajgir
Author: Sachindra NarayanPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Deoghar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Study of the importance of Deoghar and Rajgir, Hindu pilgrimage centers in Bihar.
Sacred Complex of Budhi Santani
Author: Prasanta Kumar AcharyaPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180690495
Category : Brahmapur (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Based On The Sacred Complex Designed By L.P. Vidyarthi. It Reveals Novelty In The Application Of This Model. In Addition To Sacred Geography, Sacred Performaces And Sacred Specialists, It Throws Light On Sacred Sacrifices, Sacred Symbols And Sacred Beliefs. Useful For Those Who Wish To Know About The Integrational As Well As Dynamics Aspects Of Hindu Civilization.
The Sacred Complex of Kashi
Author: Lalita Prasad VidyarthiPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Study of the importance of Varanasi as a centre for Hindu pilgrimage and the traditional priestcraft of the place.
Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition
Author: Knut A. JacobsenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415590388
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the historical process of how salvific space and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition developed. It discusses how the traditions of salvific space exemplify the decentred polycentrism that defines Hinduism. The book uses original data from field research, as well as drawing on main textual sources such as Mahābhārata, the Purāṇas, the medieval digests on pilgrimage places (tīrthas), and a number of Sthalapurāṇas and Māhātmyas praising the salvific power of the place. By looking at some of the contradictions in and challenges to the tradition of Hindu salvific space in history and in contemporary India, the book is a useful study on Hinduism and South Asian Studies.
Human Impact on Ganga River Ecosystem
Author: Sharad Bhalchandra ChaphekarPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Human beings
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Buddhist Learning in South Asia
Author: Pintu KumarPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498554938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This interdisciplinary study is the first book to provide a complete survey of Śrī Nālandā Mahāvihāra from the perspective of its educational curricula as well as its religious influence. It provides detailed descriptions of the origin, growth, management, and academic and cultural life of Nālandā, with particular attention to its pedagogy, curriculum, teachers, and students. It also presents an alternative interpretation of nationalist and popular notions about Śrī Nālandā as an international university and proves that it was, at its core, a Buddhist monastery and an institution of Buddhist learning focused on the study and promotion of Buddhism.
L.P. Vidyarthi, Contribution to the Development of Anthropology
Author: Mohan K. GautamPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Contributed articles honoring the Indian anthropologist Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi.
Trail of Miracles
Author: Candace SlaterPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520332369
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.
Experiencing Anthropology in the Nicobar Archipelago
Author: Vijoy S SahayPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100017011X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book explores the discipline of social-cultural anthropology through an extensive study of the Nicobarese people in one of the remotest human settlements of the Indian Ocean. It examines the social, cultural, economic, political and magico-religious beliefs of the Nicobarese, and traces their ritualistic upbringing from conception till after death. The book also discusses the nature-man-spirit complex observed in the life of the Nicobarese. The author further utilises this study to examine the complex role of anthropologists in maintaining objectivity and authenticity in ethnographic accounts, and discusses several critical epistemological issues concerning social-cultural anthropology as a field of study today. Based upon extensive field research by the author conducted over four decades, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of sociology and social-cultural anthropology, human geography, social sciences, minority studies, as well as South Asian studies.
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