Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages
Title | Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Prathama Banerjee |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2024-10-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 135035502X |
The essays in this volume explore the myriad ways in which caste (varna and jati) has been theorized and critiqued in multiple philosophical, religious, logical and narrative traditions in India. Spanning ancient, medieval and modern times, and in diverse classical and vernacular languages, the chapters show how the social fact of caste, and imaginations of kinship, community and humanity were historically subject to epistemological, spiritual, and existential debate in both elite and popular circles in India. Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages seeks to bridge the interdisciplinary gap between historians and sociologists by focusing on texts that help us think across the sociological and philosophical, the political and the religious, the epistemological and the aesthetic, and indeed, the elite and the popular. The volume also sets up a conversation between scholars specializing in different regions, archives, and historical periods and demonstrates how caste imaginaries have been deeply diverse and contested in India's past. Reconstructing these diverse traditions of social and existential criticism helps us in our contemporary struggles against caste hierarchy and untouchability and enriches our contemporary critical repertoire.
Śūnya Puruṣa
Title | Śūnya Puruṣa PDF eBook |
Author | Tandra Patnaik |
Publisher | |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |
The Book Makes A Fascinating Study Of The Unique Philosophical Tradition Revolving Around The Concept Of The Sunya Purusa The Ineffable, Indescribable And Non-Dual Reality That Originated In Medieval Orissa. Examining A Range Of Philosophies, It Throws Light On The Theories Of This Rare School Of Vaisnavism That Was Vaisnavite In Form But Buddhistic In Essence.
A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult
Title | A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult PDF eBook |
Author | Nishamani Kar |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 219 |
Release | 2024-05-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1666955582 |
A Critical Analysis of Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult is a rare compendium of insightful essays by eminent Indian scholars on the Mahima Cult, its genesis, and its growth. The volume focuses on Bhima Bhoi, the poet-philosopher and the prime interlocutor of the Renegade Faith, who started a revolt from below to champion human rights. To critically appreciate the Saint-poet Bhima Bhoi and the Mahima Cult (Dharma of Glory), the history of the 19th-century Indian sociocultural system, especially that of Odisha and its adjoining states, needs to be reconstructed. Since there is no surviving oral and written text authored by the founder of the cult, Mahima Swami, it is only the unlettered genius Bhima Bhoi, who produced innumerable prayers, hymns, and poetic recitals of profound philosophical import, which made him the legend, the poet-archivist, and historiographer of the Mahima Cult. Bhima was simultaneously the poet of the soul and the soil, who used theology and social experience to provide a supportive sub-structure to a transcendent, ecstatic vision. This volume asserts that Mahima Dharma is an autochthonous reform movement and a regional variation of the Indian Bhakti tradition and mystical poetry.
Religious Movements in Orissa
Title | Religious Movements in Orissa PDF eBook |
Author | Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Study of Mahima Dharma and other religions in Orissa.
The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa
Title | The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa PDF eBook |
Author | Prabhat Mukherjee |
Publisher | Asian Educational Services |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Civilization, Medieval |
ISBN | 9788120602298 |
A Comprehensive History Of Vaishnavism In Orissa.
Crossing the Stream
Title | Crossing the Stream PDF eBook |
Author | Sangharakshita |
Publisher | Windhorse Publications |
Pages | 605 |
Release | 2021-06-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1911407708 |
The complete collection of Sangharakshita’s early essays (1944 - 1964). This volume contains the previously published collections Crossing the Stream and Early Writings, plus other articles long since out of print. All the essays are fully annotated, and those previously published in Early Writings come with a detailed commentary and extensive introduction by Kalyanaprabha. A foreword by Nagabodhi introduces the collection. The insights and ideas expressed in these brief passages are as illuminating, as stimulating and as indispensable as anything Sangharakshita was ever to produce.
The Modern Buddhism and Its Followers in Orissa
Title | The Modern Buddhism and Its Followers in Orissa PDF eBook |
Author | Nagendranath Vasu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Buddhism |
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