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Author : Friedrich Otto Schrader
Release : 1916
Genre : Buddhism
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Book Synopsis Introduction to the Pāñcarātra and the Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā by : Friedrich Otto Schrader
Download or read book Introduction to the Pāñcarātra and the Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā written by Friedrich Otto Schrader. This book was released on 1916. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 1908
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Book Synopsis Parasara Samhita.Original Text with a Literal Prose English Translation by :
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Author : Julius O. Adekunle
Release : 2010-02-24
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Color Struck by : Julius O. Adekunle
Download or read book Color Struck written by Julius O. Adekunle. This book was released on 2010-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color Struck: Essays of Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective is a compilation of expositions on race and ethnicity, written from multiple disciplinary approaches including history, sociology, women's studies, and anthropology. This book is organized around a topical, chronological framework and is divided into three sections, beginning with the earliest times to the contemporary world. The term 'race' has nearly become synonymous with the word 'ethnicity,' given the most recent findings in the study of human genetics that have led to the mapping of human DNA. Color Struck attempts to answer questions and provide scholarly insight into issues related to race and ethnicity.
Author : Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar
Release : 2011-11-22
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Hindu Widow Marriage by : Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar
Download or read book Hindu Widow Marriage written by Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar. This book was released on 2011-11-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the passage of the Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act of 1856, Hindu tradition required a woman to live as a virtual outcast after her husband's death. Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo regular acts of penance. Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar was the first Indian intellectual to successfully argue against these strictures. A Sanskrit scholar and passionate social reformer, Vidyasagar was a leading proponent of widow marriage in colonial India, urging his contemporaries to reject a ban that caused countless women to suffer needlessly. Vidyasagar's brilliant strategy paired a rereading of Hindu scripture with an emotional plea on behalf of the widow, resulting in an organic reimagining of Hindu law and custom. Vidyasagar made his case through the two-part publication Hindu Widow Marriage, a tour de force of logic, erudition, and humanitarian rhetoric. In this new translation, Brian A. Hatcher makes available in English for the first time the entire text of one of the most important nineteenth-century treatises on Indian social reform. An expert on Vidyasagar, Hinduism, and colonial Bengal, Hatcher enhances the original treatise with a substantial introduction describing Vidyasagar's multifaceted career, as well as the history of colonial debates on widow marriage. He innovatively interprets the significance of Hindu Widow Marriage within modern Indian intellectual history by situating the text in relation to indigenous commentarial practices. Finally, Hatcher increases the accessibility of the text by providing an overview of basic Hindu categories for first-time readers, a glossary of technical vocabulary, and an extensive bibliography.
Author : Subrata Das Gupta
Release : 2011-12-02
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Awakening by : Subrata Das Gupta
Download or read book Awakening written by Subrata Das Gupta. This book was released on 2011-12-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, Bengal witnessed an extraordinary intellectual flowering. Bengali prose emerged, and with it the novel and modern blank verse; old arguments about religion, society, and the lives of women were overturned; great schools and colleges were created; new ideas surfaced in science. And all these changes were led by a handful of remarkable men and women. For the first time comes a gripping narrative about the Bengal Renaissance recounted through the lives of all its players from Rammohun Roy to Rabindranath Tagore. Immaculately researched, told with colour, drama, and passion, Awakening is a stunning achievement.
