Introduction to the Purva Mimamsa
Author : Pashupatinath Shastri
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Mīmāṃsā
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Author : Pashupatinath Shastri
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Mīmāṃsā
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Author : Roshen Dalal
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2014-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8184752776
An invaluable encyclopedia of Hinduism Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions; an amalgam of diverse beliefs and schools, it originates in the Vedas and is rooted in Indian culture. Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide illuminates complex philosophical concepts through lucid definitions, a historical perspective and incisive analyses. It examines various aspects of Hinduism, covering festivals and rituals, gods and goddesses, philosophers, memorials, aesthetics, and sacred plants and animals. The author also explores pivotal ideas, including moksha, karma, dharma and samsara, and details the diverse commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita and other important texts. Citing extensively from the regional languages, the book describes Hinduism’s innumerable myths and legends, and looks at the many versions of texts including the Ramayana and Mahabharata, placing each entry in its historical context and tracing its evolution to the present. • Outlines all eighteen major Puranas, the 108 Upanishads, and a selection of Vaishnava, Sahiva and Tantric texts • Provides quotations from rare original texts • A product of years of research, with a wide range of entries
Author : Arthur Berriedale Keith
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Hindu philosophy
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Author : Vassilis Vitsaxis
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1935244043
Author : Heinrich Zimmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 18,77 MB
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135029180
Originally published in 1973. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. The foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and the twilight language. This section explores the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and the fivefold ritual symbolism of passion. The bibliographical research contains an analysis of the Tantric section of the Kanjur exegesis and a selected Western Bibliography of the Buddhist Tantras with comments.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Theosophy
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Author : Maurice Muhatia Makumba
Publisher : Paulines Publications Africa
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9966081054
Author : Wilhelm Halbfass
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791403624
This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge. Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious Thags (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative. The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern Western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana.
Author : Swami Rajarshi Muni
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781567184419
This groundbreaking work is for serious seekers and scholars about spontaneous yoga--the yoga of liberation. Instead of discussing the physical exercises or meditations usually understood to be yoga in the West, this book focuses on a proven process by which one can achieve liberation from the limitations of time and space and cultivate unlimited divine powers, and an immortal, physically perfect divine body that is retained forever. Illustrations.
Author : Vassilis Vitsaxis
Publisher :
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 19,94 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1935244051