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Hindu Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Non-systematic Hindu philosophy is comprised of the philosophical elements of the primary and secondary bodies of canonical Hindu texts, while the systematic Hindu philosophies, which also adopt the congenial disposition towards the Vedas, find their definitive expressions in formal, philosophical texts authored by professional philosophers. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religious traditions, and it is founded upon what is often regarded as the oldest surviving text of humanity: the Vedas. In the context of Hinduism, the Pūrvamīmāmsā school is one of the most orthodox of the Hindu philosophical schools because of its concern to elaborate and defend the contents of the early, ritually oriented part of the Vedas. www.iep.utm.edu /h/hindu-ph.htm   (12900 words)

Hindu Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Non-systematic Hindu philosophy is comprised of the philosophical elements of the primary and secondary bodies of canonical Hindu texts, while the systematic Hindu philosophies, which also adopt the congenial disposition towards the Vedas, find their definitive expressions in formal philosophical texts authored by professional philosophers. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religious traditions, and it is founded upon what is often regarded as the oldest surviving text of humanity: the Vedas. In the context of Hinduism, the Pūrvamīmāmsā school is one of the most orthodox of the Hindu philosophical schools because of its concern to elaborate and defend the contents of the early, ritually oriented part of the Vedas. www.iep.utm.edu /h/hindu-ph.htm   (13022 words)

Hindu Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Non-systematic Hindu philosophy is comprised of the philosophical elements of the primary and secondary bodies of canonical Hindu texts, while the systematic Hindu philosophies, which also adopt the congenial disposition towards the Vedas, find their definitive expressions in formal, philosophical texts authored by professional philosophers. In the context of Hinduism, the Pūrvamīmāmsā school is one of the most orthodox of the Hindu philosophical schools because of its concern to elaborate and defend the contents of the early, ritually oriented part of the Vedas. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religious traditions, and it is founded upon what is often regarded as the oldest surviving text of humanity: the Vedas. www.iep.utm.edu /h/hindu-ph.htm   (12900 words)

World Scripture - Andrew Wilson There are inevitable dissimilarities between the scriptures of religions with a tightly circumscribed canon limited to texts used by the founder and his immediate disciples, e.g., Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and the scriptures of religions with an open canon that includes texts of many periods in the religion's history, e.g., Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. Hindu philosophers, saints, and poets have produced a voluminous literature which is largely beyond the scope of an anthology limited to scripture. The Theravada scriptures are written in Pali, a language formerly of northwestern India; with the advent of Buddhism Pali became the common language among the Buddhist monks of South Asia. www.unification.org /ucbooks/WorldScr/WS-Intro.htm   (15384 words)

Hindu law, through time It is a fact that in the ancient Vedic texts, the earliest known texts that we relate to Hindu law, didn't mention the term law. Hindu law is a system that has been around and touching individual's lives for thousands of years, as it still does to the present day. The earliest period of Hindu law is the pre classical stage. www.coursework.info /i/69881.html   (702 words)

Rediff On The NeT: Rajeev Srinivasan on the significance of calendars According to conventional wisdom, the Hindu texts that state that the Kali Yuga began in 3102 BCE, and that there was some spectacular celestial configuration of planets to mark that event, are merely fanciful mythical accounts. It turns out, however, that Hindu texts do fairly accurately describe historical celestial events -- for instance the singular planetary configuration that is supposed to have taken place in 3102 BCE to mark the beginning of the Kali Yuga did in fact take place. Furthermore, the Hindu calendar does speak in cosmic terms -- and it establishes the age of the universe as some 8.64 billion years, which fits in with modern, scientific cosmology (see Carl Sagan at http://www.rediff.com/news/jan/29sagan.htm). www.rediff.com /news/1999/apr/15rajeev.htm   (1304 words)

Hindu scripture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hindu texts are typically seen to revolve around many levels of reading, namely the gross or physical, the subtle, and the supramental. The Hindu philosophy reflected in the epics is the doctrine of avatar (incarnation of God as a human being). The post-Vedic Hindu scriptures form the latter category; the Mahabharata and the Ramayana are notable epics considered scripture by many sects. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hindu_scripture   (1144 words)

Jamaica Gleaner - Libertines and fundamentalists - Thursday August 5, 2004 Some of the ideas of Hindu fundamentalism ­ in particular, the stress on a canon of sacred texts ­ have little basis in Indian tradition and appear to have been taken directly from the missionaries, who had their Bible. Hindu fundamentalism, which is today gaining influence in India, grew largely out of a response to the challenge to Indian culture posed by Christian missionaries during the colonial period. Where Islamic or Hindu fundamentalism are strongest is not in tradition-bound rural communities but in the cities of Third-World countries. www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040805/cleisure/cleisure2.html   (739 words)

WeddingChannel.com Hinduism is perhaps the oldest continuing religion in the world, with sacred texts estimated to date back to 3000 B.C. Many of its traditions have lasted for eons, with origins lost in time. Hinduism has at its core the Vedas, the spiritual scriptures that are the heart of India's culture. In Hinduism, fire is regarded as a purifier and a sustainer of life. www.weddingchannel.com /ui/buildArticle.action?assetPath=/templates/Articles/NonContentSet/Ceremony/article_1980.html   (859 words)

Talk:Hindu Kush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The inhabitants around he indu Kush region were animists, zoroastarian, or buddhists mostly, except for the eastern region which was ruled by a Hindu Shahi dynasty (which again does not mean it was of Indian origin if the word "indian" is used in the modern sense). The word hindu itself in its proper usage demarcating ethnicity would in ancient times mean 1) inhabitants of the Indus Valley only 2) in medeival times as those from the subcontinent who were neither muslim nor buddhist. the conflict over the meaning of the name 'hindu kush' is a conflict because of the modern conflicts between muslims and hindus in india and pakistan and within india. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Hindu_Kush   (1061 words)

Eschatology Eschatology literally means the study of the eschaton, the times of the end, 'last things', or 'end times.' In Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Rastafari, and in Norse pagan theology, eschatology is a theology concerning the end of the world, as predicted in the prophecies of these faiths, and as recorded in their sacred texts. Reformed Eschatology "In days to come the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it." Isaiah 2:2 In this broader sense, eschatology can refer to the messiah, a messianic era, the afterlife, and the soul in religions which have such beliefs. www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Eschatology   (1061 words)

World Policy Journal - World Policy Institute Hindu nationalists, for example, want to change the name of Allahabad, that great city on the Ganges, to Prayag, which they claim was the original name for the town mentioned in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, and other mythological texts before the Muslim Moghul emperor, Akbar, changed its name to suit his own god. Hindu nationalists, however, believe that for a thousand years India has been a single cultural unit that absorbed all its invaders, and that Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists are all converts from, or offshoots of, a basic Hindu entity. There had been Hindu nationalist rallies at the site for several years previously, but in 1992, whipped up by BJP politicians, 200,000 militants shouting "Hindustan is for the Hindus" and "Death to the Muslims" stormed the mosque and using sledgehammers, picks, and bare hands literally reduced the mosque to rubble. www.worldpolicy.org /journal/greenway.html   (2232 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jainism While the Jains are not worshippers of the Hindu gods, they erect imposing temples to Jina and other venerated teachers. Jacobi, who has translated some of these texts in the "Sacred Books of the East", is of the opinion that they cannot be older than 300 These scriptures are less extensive, less varied, than the Buddhist, and, while resembling the latter to a large degree, lay great stress on bodily mortification. www.newadvent.org /cathen/08269b.htm   (2232 words)

Eschatology and Messianic Hope in Hinduism Examples of the prophesies in Hindu sacred texts on the advent of the mission of Bahá'u'lláh are presented and explained. The main scriptures of Hinduism are the Vedas, the Upanishads (Vedanta) and the Bhagavad-Gita. In the Bahá'í Faith Lord Krishna is regarded as the central figure of the Hindu religion. www.irfancolloquia.org /5/merchant_hinduism   (2232 words)

Epic poetry Parry and Lord also showed that the most likely source for written texts of the epics of Homer was dictation from an oral performance. The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, which retells in a continuous narrative the life and works of a heroic or mythological person or group of persons. The hero in an epic poem tends to follow a predictable cycle of events that is repeated in epics from every sort of culture. www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Epics   (1265 words)

Indian Hindus believe that the statue of a god or goddess is the actual home of the deity, which lives inside. Brahma is one of the three principal deities of the Hindu religion, which emerged in about 200 B.C. with no historic founder or structured hierarchy. Texts of the religion state four basic aims: the pursuit of law and order; the accumulation of worldly success and its proper use; the pursuit of love; and, most importantly, the release from the everyday world to a universal essence called brahman, which is beyond description. www.albrightknox.org /ArtStart/Indian.html   (659 words)

Hindu Gods, Deities and Spirits by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD Monkey, though not mentioned in the Hindu sacred texts, later is revered perhaps because of Hanumant, Rama’s faithful servant. However, fundamentally Hindus believe in a Universal God and this belief is derived from the Vedic philosophy of the World Soul. Hindu Gods, Deities and Spirits by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD Home www.boloji.com /hinduism/042.htm   (2963 words)

Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association, Inc. Throughout Hindu and Vedic texts there are many descriptions of saints, demigods, and even the Supreme Lord transcending gender norms and manifesting multiple combinations of sex and gender. It should be noted that Hindu deities are often worshiped in many different forms and features, including married or unmarried, in accordance with the particular mood and tradition of the devotee. Sri Bahucara-devi is a Hindu demigoddess worshiped by people who wish to lose or transform their sexual identity—transgenders, transsexuals, the intersexed, hijra, eunuchs, and so on. www.galva108.org /deities.html   (9366 words)

Science & Hindu Scripture This is merely an indication of the fundamentalist mindset of the Hindus (ie. Arya (Indo-Aryan) texts repeatedly affirm that the Earth is supported by a serpent. The scripture then describes nine different subcontinents, of which one (Bharatavarsa) includes or is the same as India. www.geocities.com /Athens/Agora/4229/in4.htm   (3719 words)

EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: Hindu texts are among the oldest in the East and their concepts directly or indirectly influenced the philosophy of other Eastern philosophical traditions. Hindus have a long tradition of belief in reincarnation, which, most simply, is the view that one’s present life is followed by a series of new lives in new physical bodies. Nevertheless, an important aspect of Hindu philosophy is that the universe, or the One, is a unity. www.utm.edu /~jfieser/vita/research/Eastphil.htm   (16758 words)

Expert About hi:Hindu Hindu Tantrik Home Page For now, from here, you can download Hindu tantrik texts, view images of some of the gods and goddesses of the tradition and look at their yantras. Hindu religion is often labeled as a religion of 330 million gods. As the second member of the Hindu "trinity", Vishnu is generally said to be the Preserver or Sustainer of life, especially in his associations with the principles of order, righteousness, and truth (dharma). expertsite.biz /dir/hi/Hindu.htm   (16758 words)

Hindu Mythology The Puranas (ancient Hindu texts) reveal that king Suratha was one of the worshippers of goddess Durga; he used to worship her image during spring and this spring pooja (ceremonial worship) is known as Basanti Pooja (Basant=Spring). Kali is the Hindu Goddess of power and in this form, is the only female deity without a consort. According to Hindu lore - in a time aeons ago, Mahishasura (the Buffalo Demon, Mahis=Buffalo, Asura=Demon), the king of Demons, having been granted a boon by Lord Shiva, began a tyrannical and tormenting reign in swarga (heaven). filebox.vt.edu:8080 /j/jahicks/rmajali/myth1.html   (1023 words)

Hindu Mythology Hindu mythology is not that cut and dried and you will find varying versions of the same event in different texts. Hindu mythology personifies everything and so Maya is personified as a Goddess— sometimes as a Mother Goddess at other times as a manifestation of Shakti. Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101.com Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/mythology_from_india/107236   (746 words)

SURGERY   TIMES According to Hindu mythology, the creator of the Universe, Lord Brahma, was the first teacher to make a compilation of Ayurvedic texts which he later abridged into eight parts, with medicine (Kayachiktsaya) and surgery (Shalya tantra) as the main subjects. Charak, the great Hindu physician lived some time around 320 B.C., There is a lot of uncertainly regarding his parentage, his place of abode and whether Charak was his personal name, the name of the school he belonged to, or a title he assumed for himself, or which was conferred upon him. The chief sources of information of ancient Hindu culture and medicine are the four Vedas amongst which the Rig Veda was the earliest and the Atharva Veda, the last. www.surgerytimes.com /history/ancient.html   (3777 words)

The Hindu : Temple architecture and the Agamas Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu WERE OUR ancient temples built according to liturgical texts or according to the fancy of our architects (sthapatis) and their patrons? The Hindu : Temple architecture and the Agamas www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2002/04/15/stories/2002041500130300.htm   (3777 words)

Scriptures of Santana Dharma by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD Hinduism, remarkably, has synthesized the various paradoxes of the Vedas into a single religion that is practiced today. Agamas are texts of rituals and rites in the worship of gods. The purpose of the Hindu scriptures is to remove ignorance and make man like God and one with Him. www.indianest.com /hinduism/017.htm   (3777 words)

Politics and Culture Humes' presentation of the gulf between the Great Goddess and ordinary women is nuanced by her discussion of first, the way in which contemporary Indian women such as Mrs Pathak are re-engaging with these texts and traditions and second, the connections that can be drawn between human women and the Goddess (144-6). Directly addressing the question 'Is the Goddess a Feminist?', Rita Gross in her essay of that title makes a distinction between an analysis of 'the imagery and mythology of the Goddess' and a study of the ways in which devotees interact with 'the Goddess' (104). Between the question of the presentation and influence of goddess traditions and that of the lives of Indian women, Alf Hiltbeitel poses a third, concerning the function and influence of the speech-acts of epic heroines whether portrayed as divine or not. aspen.conncoll.edu /politicsandculture/printer_page.cfm?key=268   (1810 words)

ORIENTALIA Definition of Eschatology in Philosophy and Psychology Oriental Encyclopedia Camb., 1921; Dowson J. A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature. Please note, this is an International knowledgebase, so the above entry may contain texts in French, German, Russian, Bulgarian, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Japanese, Chinese, and English. ORIENTALIA Definition of Eschatology in Philosophy and Psychology Oriental Encyclopedia www.orientalia.org /gate.html?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=21162   (1810 words)

Electronic Texts Alex: A catalog of electronic texts on the Internet provides author, title and subject access to many electronic texts found on the Internet. ETANA core texts - texts of the civilizations of the ancient Near East (Egypt, Assyria, Sumeria, Babylon etc.), includes both primary and secondary texts (Book of the Dead, Encyclopedia Biblica, Handbook of Egyption Relgion etc.) Electronic Scriptoral Texts for Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist Studies - Diamond Sutra, Sutra of the Perfect Enlightenment, Analects of Confucius etc. www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~lipton/texts.html   (2284 words)

Kamat's Potpourri: List of Hindu Deities Some of the deities listed in the Vedas (Hindu texts believed to be of divine origin): These deities form the essential core of Hindu belief, regardless of the many schools of belief. The inherently plural nature of Hinduism could easily accommodate the new forms of Gods and Indians took to their worship in great numbers. www.kamat.com /indica/faiths/gods/list.htm   (523 words)

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