Mattavilasa Prahasana of Mahendravikramavarman
Author: Mahendra Vikrama Varma (King of Kanchi)
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 112
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: P. Lal
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780811200790
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Professor Lal has provided an introduction on the history and aesthetic theory of Sanskrit drama, individual prefaces for each play, a phonetic guide to the pronunciation of the Indian names, and a selective bibliography.
Author: Oliver Freiberger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-10-19
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780199719013
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scholars of religion have always been fascinated by asceticism. Some have even regarded this radical way of life-- the withdrawal from the world, combined with practices that seriously affect basic bodily needs, up to extreme forms of self-mortification --as the ultimate form of a true religious quest. This view is rooted in hagiographic descriptions of prominent ascetics and in other literary accounts that praise the ascetic life-style. Scholars have often overlooked, however, that in the history of religions ascetic beliefs and practices have also been strongly criticized, by followers of the same religious tradition as well as by outsiders. The respective sources provide sufficient evidence of such critical strands but surprisingly as yet no attempt has been made to analyze this criticism of asceticism systematically. This book is a first attempt of filling this gap. Ten studies present cases from both Asian and European traditions: classical and medieval Hinduism, early and contemporary Buddhism in South and East Asia, European antiquity, early and medieval Christianity, and 19th/20th century Aryan religion. Focusing on the critics of asceticism, their motives, their arguments, and the targets of their critique, these studies provide a broad range of issues for comparison. They suggest that the critique of asceticism is based on a worldview differing from and competing with the ascetic worldview, often in one and the same historical context. The book demonstrates that examining the critics of asceticism helps understand better the complexity of religious traditions and their cultural contexts. The comparative analysis, moreover, shows that the criticism of asceticism reflects a religious worldview as significant and widespread in the history of religions as asceticism itself is.
Author: Lars Fogelin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-03-02
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0199948224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism from its origins in the 6th century BCE, through its ascendance in the 1st millennium CE, and its eventual decline in mainland South Asia by the mid-2nd millennium CE. Weaving together studies of archaeological remains, architecture, iconography, inscriptions, and Buddhist historical sources, this book uncovers the quotidian concerns and practices of Buddhist monks and nuns (the sangha), and their lay adherents--concerns and practices often obscured in studies of Buddhism premised largely, if not exclusively, on Buddhist texts. At the heart of Indian Buddhism lies a persistent social contradiction between the desire for individual asceticism versus the need to maintain a coherent community of Buddhists. Before the early 1st millennium CE, the sangha relied heavily on the patronage of kings, guilds, and ordinary Buddhists to support themselves. During this period, the sangha emphasized the communal elements of Buddhism as they sought to establish themselves as the leaders of a coherent religious order. By the mid-1st millennium CE, Buddhist monasteries had become powerful political and economic institutions with extensive landholdings and wealth. This new economic self-sufficiency allowed the sangha to limit their day-to-day interaction with the laity and begin to more fully satisfy their ascetic desires for the first time. This withdrawal from regular interaction with the laity led to the collapse of Buddhism in India in the early-to-mid 2nd millennium CE. In contrast to the ever-changing religious practices of the Buddhist sangha, the Buddhist laity were more conservative--maintaining their religious practices for almost two millennia, even as they nominally shifted their allegiances to rival religious orders. This book also serves as an exemplar for the archaeological study of long-term religious change through the perspectives of practice theory, materiality, and semiotics.
Author: DIWAKAR EDUCATION HUB
Publisher: DIWAKAR EDUCATION HUB
Published: 2021-10-19
Total Pages: 874
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Author: Martha Ann Selby
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2008-05-22
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0791472450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How perceptions of land and space influence social and aesthetic conditions in the Tamil region of India.
Author: YCT Expert Team
Publisher: YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES
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Total Pages: 273
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Publisher: YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES
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Total Pages: 352
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