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| Genre/Form: | Sacred books Commentaries Translations into English |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Klaus K Klostermaier |
| ISBN: | 1851682309 9781851682300 |
| OCLC Number: | 43719926 |
| Language Note: | Text in English including some translated passages. |
| Description: | x, 198 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Basic Hindu source literature -- The Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism -- The four world-ages -- 1. The Vedic Indra religion -- Indra in the Ṛgveda -- Indra in the Bṛhaddevatā -- Indra in the Brāhmaṇas -- Indra in the Upaniṣads -- Indra in epics and Purāṇas -- The Vedic Yajña -- Other features of Vedic religion -- 2. Vaiṣṇ u in the Vedas -- Viṣṇu in Epics and Purāṇas -- Vaiṣṇava philosophy and theology -- Bhakti poets and mystics -- 3. Śaivism -- Śiva in the Vedas -- Śiva in the Brāhmaṇas -- Śiva in the Upaniṣads -- Śiva in Epics and Purāṇas -- Śaivite philosophies -- Śaiva poets and saints -- 4. Śāktism -- Devī in the Vedas -- Devī in the Epics -- Devī in the Purāṇas -- Devī in the Tantras -- Śākta philosophy -- Devī in other Hindu systems -- Devī in modern Hinduism -- 5. The smārtas -- 6. Hindu philosophies -- The antecedents -- The six accepted systems (Ṣaḍdarśana) -- 7. Modern Hinduism -- Rājā Rām Mohan Roy and the Brahmo-Samāj -- Dāyānanda Sarasvatī and the Ārya-Samāj -- The Rāmakrishna movement -- 8. Hindu nationalism Hindu Jāgaran -- Balgangadhar Tilak -- Caste conferences -- The Servants of India Society -- Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur) -- Aurodindo ghose -- Mahātmā Gandhi -- Vinoba Bhave -- Hindū Mahāsabhā -- The Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsevak Saṅgh (R.S.S.) -- The Bhāratīya Janatā Party (B.J.P.) -- 9. Opposition to Hindu nationalis -- The Dalits ("oppressed") -- Hindu secularism -- 10. The new universal Hindu gurus -- Swāmi Rāma Tīrtha -- Ramaṇa Maharṣi -- Sathya Sāī Bābā -- Ānanadamayī Mā. |
| Responsibility: | Klaus K. Klostermaier. |
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