Newar Society
Author : Gérard Toffin
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Newar (Nepalese people)
ISBN :
Author : Gérard Toffin
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Newar (Nepalese people)
ISBN :
Author : Bal Gopal Shrestha
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 144383825X
This book presents a detailed view of Newar society and culture, and its socio-economic, socio-religious and ritual aspects, concentrating on the Newar town of Sankhu in the Valley of Nepal. The foundation of the town of Sankhu is attributed to the goddess Vajrayoginī, venerated by both Buddhists and Hindus in Nepal and beyond. Myths, history, and topographical details of the town and the sanctuary of the goddess Vajrayoginī and her cult are discussed on the basis of published sources, unpublished chronicles, and inscriptions. The book deals with the relation between Hinduism and Buddhism, with the interrelations between the Newar castes (jāt), caste-bound associations (sī guthi), and above all with the numerous socio-religious associations (guthi) that uphold ritual life of the Newars. All major and minor Newar feasts, festivals, dances, fasts and processions of gods and goddesses are discussed.
Author : James F. Fisher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 29,21 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 3110806495
Author : David N. Gellner
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 22,6 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9788185618135
Author : Mark Pickett
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,43 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789745241367
A scholarly contribution to the anthropology of caste, and of Hindu society more generally.
Author : D. Kapoor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0230111815
This collection makes a unique contribution towards the amplification of indigenous knowledge and learning by adopting an inter/trans-disciplinary approach to the subject that considers a variety of spaces of engagement around knowledge in Asia and Africa.
Author : Per Löwdin
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Author : Chittadhar Hrdaya
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611806194
A translation of the modern Nepalese classic Winner of the Toshihide Numata Book Award in Buddhism and the Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding Translation This award-winning book contains the English translation of Sugata Saurabha (“The Sweet Fragrance of the Buddha”), an epic poem on the life and teachings of the Buddha. Chittadhar Hṛdaya, a master poet from Nepal, wrote this tour de force while imprisoned for subversion in the 1940s and smuggled it out over time on scraps of paper. His consummate skill and poetic artistry are evident throughout as he tells the Buddha’s story in dramatic terms, drawing on images from the natural world to heighten the description of emotionally charged events. It is peopled with very human characters who experience a wide range of emotions, from erotic love to anger, jealousy, heroism, compassion, and goodwill. By showing how the central events of the Buddha’s life are experienced by Siddhartha, as well as by his family members and various disciples, the poem communicates a fuller sense of the humanity of everyone involved and the depth and power of the Buddha’s loving-kindness. For this new edition of the English translation, the translators improved the beauty and flow of most every line. The translation is also supplemented with a series of short essays by Todd Lewis, one of the translators, that articulates how Hṛdaya incorporated his own Newar cultural traditions in order to connect his readership with the immediacy and relevancy of the Buddha’s life and at the same time express his views on political issues, ethical principles, literary life, gender discrimination, economic policy, and social reform.
Author : Bal Gopal Shrestha
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,50 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Newar (Nepalese people)
ISBN : 9789937623339
Author : Dhirendra Narain
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788170222354
"Abstracts were prepared under the general supervision of Dr. D. Narain, University of Bombay."