The Brahmanda Purana Part 5 PDF Download

Author: J.L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838939
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838785
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838866
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 361

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Author: Kausiki Books
Publisher: Kausiki Books
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 829

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Author: J.L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838890
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Author: Dr. G.P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120811518
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: Dr. G.P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 812083903X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Author: David L. Haberman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199929165
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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This is a book about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society. In the past, tree worship was regarded by many Western anthropologists and scholars of religion as a prime example of childish animism or decadent ''popular religion.'' More recently this aspect of world religious cultures is almost completely ignored in the theoretical concerns of the day. David Haberman hopes to demonstrate that by seriously investigating the world of Indian tree worship, we can learn much about not only this prominent feature of the landscape of South Asian religion, but also something about the cultural construction of nature as well as religion overall. The title People Trees relates to the content of this book in at least six ways. First, although other sacred trees are examined, the pipal-arguably the most sacred tree in India-receives the greatest attention in this study. The Hindi word ''pipal'' is pronounced similarly to the English word ''people.''Second, the ''personhood'' of trees is a commonly accepted notion in India. Haberman was often told: ''This tree is a person just like you and me.'' Third, this is not a study of isolated trees in some remote wilderness area, but rather a study of trees in densely populated urban environments. This is a study of trees who live with people and people who live with trees. Fourth, the trees examined in this book have been planted and nurtured by people for many centuries. They seem to have benefited from human cultivation and flourished in environments managed by humans. Fifth, the book involves an examination of the human experience of trees, of the relationship between people and trees. Haberman is interested in people's sense of trees. And finally, the trees located in the neighborhood tree shrines of northern India are not controlled by a professional or elite class of priests. Common people have direct access to them and are free to worship them in their own way. They are part of the people's religion. Haberman hopes that this book will help readers expand their sense of the possible relationships that exist between humans and trees. By broadening our understanding of this relationship, he says, we may begin to think differently of the value of trees and the impact of deforestation and other human threats to trees.

Author: J.L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839021
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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