Format:
Online-Ressource (425 p)
ISBN:
9781472511515
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury Companions
Content:
Originally published as The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies , this Companion offers the definitive guide to Hinduism and study in this area. Now available in paperback, The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, valuably, how the various topic
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Detailed Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: New Visions of Hinduism Recognizing Complexity: Hindu Diversity; Recognizing Complexity: Hindu Diversity; Continuity: The Binding Structures of Hinduism; Indic Cosmology; Textual Traditions; Spiritual Techniques; Ritual, Symbol and Structure; Divine Embodiment; Unity and Plurality; Authority and Questioning; Notes; 2. Key Themes: Chapters and Reading Paths Study of Hinduism: Methods, Disciplines, History
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Study of Hinduism: Methods, Disciplines, HistoryVedic Hinduism: Vedas, Ritual, Sanskritic Culture, Vedanta; Ascetic Traditions: Renouncers, Sadhus, Yogis; Hindu Literatures: Mahabharata, Ramayana, Epics, Poetry; Bhakti Traditions: Worship of Siva, Visnu, the Goddess and Local Deities; Tantric Traditions: Texts, Rituals, Disciplines and Deities; Philosophical Traditions: MImamsa, Vedanta, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Sam khya, Yoga, Carvaka; Hindu Society: Village, Customs, Caste, Gender, Dharma; Worship and Practice: Puja, Temples, Festival, Pilgrimage
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Hinduism and Modernity: Colonialism, Politics, Diaspora3. The History of Hindu Studies India's Indigenous Study of Hinduism; India's Indigenous Study of Hinduism; Early Observers; Missionaries, Philosophers and Comparativists; Indologists, Classicists and Colonialists; Anthropologists, Sociologists and Modern Hindu Studies; Note; 4. Current Approaches: Articles on Key Themes Hindu Cosmologies - Angelika Malinar; Hindu Cosmologies Angelika Malinar; Samkhya-Yoga Traditions - Knut A. Jacobsen; Sanskrit Epics: The Ramayana, Mahabharata and Harivamsa - Simon Brodbeck
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Ascetic Traditions - Sondra L. HausnerBhakti Traditions - Karen Pechilis; Tantric Traditions - Dominic Goodall and Harunaga Isaacson; Hindu Philosophical Traditions - David Peter Lawrence; Hindu Society in Anthropological Perspective - Marie Lecomte-Tilouine; Hindu Iconology and Worship - Kenneth Valpey; Colonial Hinduism - Brian A. Hatcher; Notes; 5. Research Methods: From Manuscripts to Fieldwork Research Methodologies in Hindu Studies; Research Methodologies in Hindu Studies; Textual Approaches to Hinduism; Historical Approaches to Hinduism; Anthropological Approaches to Hinduism
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Archaeological Approaches to HinduismArt Historical and Visual Approaches to Hinduism; Philosophical and Theological Approaches; Interdisciplinary Approaches to Hinduism; Notes; 6. Regional Perspectives: Local Traditions The Northwest: Rajasthan, Gujarat and the Punjab; The Northwest: Rajasthan, Gujarat and the Punjab; The Western Himalayas: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kashmir, Jammu and Nepal; The Eastern Himalayas: Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh; The Gangetic Valley: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand; The East: Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh
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The South: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
Additional Edition:
9781472567161
Additional Edition:
Print version The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies
Language:
English
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