Author: J.L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838963
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 861
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 29
Author: J.L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838963
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 861
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology;: The Padma-purāṇa. Pt. 3
Author: Jagdish Lal ShastriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Hindu mythological text.
Indo-European Fire Rituals
Author: Anders KaliffPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000822877
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the Bronze Age onwards to the Vedic origins of cosmos in India and today’s cremations on open pyres in Hinduism. Exploring Indo-European fire rituals and sacrifices throughout history and fire in its fundamental role in rites and religious practices, this book analyses fire rituals as the unifying structure in time and space in Indo-European cultures from the Bronze Age onwards. It asks the question how and why was fire the ultimate power in culture and cosmology? Fire as an agent and divinity was fundamental in all major sacrifices. In Europe, ritual fires in relation to agriculture and fertility may also explain the enigma of cremation. Cremated remains were ground and used in fertility rituals, and ancestral fires played an essential role in metallurgy and the creation of cosmos. Thus, the role of fire rituals in culture and cosmology enables a unique understanding of historic developmental processes. For students and academics studying Indo-European culture history from the Bronze Age onwards, this book has a broad interdisciplinary audience including archaeology, ethnography, folklore, religious and Indo-European studies.
Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology
Author: Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9788120840324
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hindu mythological text.
Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology
Author: Brahma Purana
Author: Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology: The Agni purana. Part 4
Author: Jagdish Lal ShastriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Hindu mythological texts.
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 21
Author: J. L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838882
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Chastity in Ancient Indian Texts
Author: Oly RoyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100063499X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
This book looks at the representation and practice of chastity in selective ancient Indian texts. It studies how and when the concept originated and in what ways it was intertwined with the social, cultural, and economic notions of Indian society. Drawing on seminal Indian texts such as the MahāPurāṇas, Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, Sattasaī and the Jātakas, the volume delves into the social and reproductive rights of women through an examination of the norms of chastity, virginity, and Pātivratya, which were construed according to a patriarchal hierarchy of the society and implemented as a means of strengthening patriarchal authority. It also examines the interinfluence of various religious traditions that emerged on the very concept of chastity and the ideologies they later gave rise to. A comprehensive study of sexuality and gender in early India, the book will be indispensable to students, teachers, and researchers of gender studies, literature, women’s studies, women’s rights, feminism, South Asian studies, and social history of Ancient India.