Sarasvat Riverine Goddess Of Knowledge
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Sarasvat Riverine Goddess Of Knowledge
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Author : Catherine Ludvik
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007-06-30
Sarasvat Riverine Goddess Of Knowledge written by Catherine Ludvik and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-30 with History categories.
This is a fascinating depiction of the transformation of the Indian riverine goddess from the manuscript-carrying vīṇā-player to the Buddhist weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma. Drawing on Sanskrit and Chinese textual sources, as well as Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist art historical representations, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvatī from some time after 1750 B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E. Through the study of Chinese translations of no longer extant Sanskrit versions of the Buddhist Sutra of Golden Light the author sheds light on Sarasvatī's interactions with other Indian goddess cults and their impact on one another.
The Oxford History Of Hinduism The Goddess
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Author : Mandakranta Bose
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-31
The Oxford History Of Hinduism The Goddess written by Mandakranta Bose and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Religion categories.
The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess provides a critical exposition of the Hindu idea of the divine feminine, or Devī, conceived as a singularity expressed in many forms. With the theological principles examined in the opening chapters, the book proceeds to describe and expound historically how individual manifestations of Devī have been imagined in Hindu religious culture and their impact upon Hindu social life. In this quest the contributors draw upon the history and philosophy of major Hindu ideologies, such as the Purāṇic, Tāntric, and Vaiṣṇava belief systems. A particular distinction of the book is its attention not only to the major goddesses from the earliest period of Hindu religious history but also to goddesses of later origin, in many cases of regional provenance and influence. Viewed through the lens of worship practices, legend, and literature, belief in goddesses is discovered as the formative impulse of much of public and private life. The influence of the goddess culture is especially powerful on women's life, often paradoxically situating women between veneration and subjection. This apparent contradiction arises from the humanization of goddesses while acknowledging their divinity, which is central to Hindu beliefs. In addition to studying the social and theological aspect of the goddess ideology, the contributors take anthropological, sociological, and literary approaches to delineate the emotional force of the goddess figure that claims intense human attachments and shapes personal and communal lives.
The Goddess
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Author : Mandakranta Bose
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Goddess written by Mandakranta Bose and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Religion categories.
This book explains how Hindus think about divinity in its feminine aspect, as the supreme creative energy of the cosmos. That energy is a single abstract idea but manifests itself in many forms, each imagined as a goddess with particular powers and functions.
The Lost River
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Author : Michel Danino
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2010
The Lost River written by Michel Danino and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tectonic events played havoc with river courses. One of them disappeared. Celebrated as -Sarasvati' in the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, this river was rediscovered in the early nineteenth century through topographic explorations by British officials. Recently, geological and climatological studies have probed its evolution and disappearance, while satellite imagery has traced the river's buried courses and isotope analyses have dated ancient waters still stored under the Thar Desert. In the same Northwest, the subcontinent's first urban society"the Indus civilization"flourished and declined. But it was not watered by the Indus alone: since Aurel Stein's expedition in the 1940s, hundreds of Harappan sites have been identified in the now dry Sarasvati's basin. The rich Harappan legacy in technologies, arts and culture sowed the seeds of Indian civilization as we know it now. Drawing from recent research in a wide range of disciplines, this book discusses differing viewpoints and proposes a harmonious synthesis"a fascinating tale of exploration that brings to life the vital role the -lost river of the Indian desert' played before its waters gurgled to a stop.
The Oxford Handbook Of Modern Indian Literatures
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Author : Ulka Anjaria
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024
The Oxford Handbook Of Modern Indian Literatures written by Ulka Anjaria and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
"The Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures is a compilation of scholarship on Indian literature from the 19th century to the present in a range of Indian languages. On one hand, because of reasons associated with national academic structures, publishing resources, and global visibility, English writing gets privileged over all the other linguistic traditions in the scholarship on Indian literatures. On the other hand, within the scholarship on regional language literary productions (in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, etc.), the critical works and the surveys focus only on that particular language and therefore frequently suffer from a lack of comparative breadth and/or global access. Both reflect the paradigm of monolingualism within which much literary scholarship on Indian literature takes place. This handbook instead focuses on the multilingual pathways through which modern Indian literature gets constituted. It features cutting-edge literary criticism from at least seventeen languages, and on traditional literary genres as well as more recent ones like graphic novels. It shows the deep connections and collaborations across genres, languages, nations, and regions that produce a literature of diverse contact zones, generating innovations on form, aesthetics, and technique. Foregrounding themes such as modernity and modernism, gender, caste, diaspora, and political resistance, the book collects an array of perspectives on this vast topic"--
Cultural Constellations Place Making And Ethnicity In Eastern India C 1850 1927
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Author : Swarupa Gupta
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-11-01
Cultural Constellations Place Making And Ethnicity In Eastern India C 1850 1927 written by Swarupa Gupta and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-01 with Social Science categories.
Swarupa Gupta outlines a paradigm for moving beyond ethnic fragmentation by showing how people made places to forge an interregional arena. The analysis includes interpretive strategies to mediate contemporary separatisms.
Sarasvati Oru Nadhiyin Maraivu
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Author : மிஷல் தனினோ / Michel Danino
language : ta
Publisher: Kizhakku Pathippagam
Release Date : 2012-04-01
Sarasvati Oru Nadhiyin Maraivu written by மிஷல் தனினோ / Michel Danino and has been published by Kizhakku Pathippagam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with History categories.
"""தமிழில் : வை. கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி வேதங்களிலும் மகாபாரதத்திலும் புகழப்பட்டிருக்கும் சரஸ்வதி நதி இப்போது எங்குள்ளது? நதி மூலத்தை ஆராயாதே என்னும் மூதோர் அறிவுரையைச் சற்றே நகர்த்தி வைத்துவிட்டு ஆராயத்தொடங்கினால், அதிர்ச்சியூட்டும் சுவாரஸ்யமான ஒரு வரலாற்றை நம்மால் கண்டடையமுடியும். 19-ம் நூற்றாண்டின் ஆரம்பகட்டத்தில், பிரிட்டிஷ் ஆய்வாளர்கள் சரஸ்வதியை மறுகண்டுபிடிப்பு செய்தபோது, நம் நிகழ்காலம் மட்டுமல்ல, கடந்த காலமும் பெரும் மாற்றத்துக்கு உள்ளானது. இந்தியாவின் முதல் நாகரிக சமுதாயமான சிந்து சமவெளி நாகரிகம் என்பது உண்மையில் சரஸ்வதி நதி நாகரிகமே; சரஸ்வதியின் கரையில் உருவான இந்த நாகரிகம்தான் கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாக சிந்து நதிக் கரையை நோக்கிச் சென்றது என்று நூதன புவியியல் ஆய்வுகளால் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இன்று வறண்டு கிடக்கும் சரஸ்வதி நதியின் கரையில் நூற்றுக்கணக்கான ஹரப்பா குடியிருப்புகள் இருப்பது இந்த உண்மையை உறுதிப்படுத்தியிருக்கிறது. மறக்கடிக்கப்பட்ட, வறண்டு போன ஒரு நதியின் வரலாற்றை மிஷல் தனினோவின் இந்தப் புத்தகம் உயிர்ப்புடன் மீட்டெடுத்து தருகிறது. பல்வேறு துறைகளில் நடத்தப்பட்டிருக்கும் ஆய்வுகளின் அடிப்படையில் ஒரு புரட்சிகரமான விவாதத்தை முன்னெடுக்கிறது இந்தப் புத்தகம்."""
Ethnic Fermented Foods And Beverages Of India Science History And Culture
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Author : Jyoti Prakash Tamang
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-03-02
Ethnic Fermented Foods And Beverages Of India Science History And Culture written by Jyoti Prakash Tamang and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-02 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book provides detailed information on the various ethnic fermented foods and beverages of India. India is home to a diverse food culture comprising fermented and non-fermented ethnic foods and alcoholic beverages. More than 350 different types of familiar, less-familiar and rare ethnic fermented foods and alcoholic beverages are traditionally prepared by the country’s diverse ethnic groups, and include alcoholic, milk, vegetable, bamboo, legume, meat, fish, and cereal based beverages. Most of the Indian ethnic fermented foods are naturally fermented, whereas the majority of the alcoholic beverages have been prepared using dry starter culture and the ‘back-sloping’ method for the past 6,000 years. A broad range of culturable and unculturable microbiomes and mycobiomes are associated with the fermentation and production of ethnic foods and alcoholic drinks in India. The book begins with detailed chapters on various aspects including food habits, dietary culture, and the history, microbiology and health benefits of fermented Indian food and beverages. Subsequent chapters describe unique and region-specific ethnic fermented foods and beverages from all 28 states and 9 union territories. In turn the classification of various ethnic fermented foods and beverages, their traditional methods of preparation, culinary practices and mode of consumption, socio-economy, ethnic values, microbiology, food safety, nutritional value, and process optimization in some foods are discussed in details with original pictures. In closing, the book addresses the medicinal properties of the fermented food products and their health benefits, together with corresponding safety regulations.
Connected Places
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Author : A. Feldhaus
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2003-12-18
Connected Places written by A. Feldhaus and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-18 with Social Science categories.
This book examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in Western India to illustrate the idea that regions are not only created by humans, but given meaning through religious practices. By exploring the people living in the area of Maharashtra, Feldhaus draws some very interesting conclusions about how people differentiate one region from others, and how we use stories, rituals, and ceremonies to recreate their importance. Feldhaus discovers that religious meanings attached to regions do not necessarily have a political teleology. According to Feldhaus, 'There is also a chance, even now, that religious imagery can enrich the lives of individuals and small communities without engendering bloodshed and hatred'.
The Rigveda
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Author : Shrikant G. Talageri
language : en
Publisher: Aditya Prakashan, Publishers & Booksellers
Release Date : 2000
The Rigveda written by Shrikant G. Talageri and has been published by Aditya Prakashan, Publishers & Booksellers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
In the present volume,the author has confirmed emphatically that India was also the original homeland not only of the Indo-Aryans but also of the Indo-Iranians and the Indo-Europeans.
