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Bāuls
Kristin Hanssen
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
BāulsIntroductionBāuls live in the Bengali-speaking region in West Bengal and Bangladesh. Admired for their enigmatic songs performed to the rhythm of...
Bengal and Surrounding Areas, Hinduism in
Rebecca Manring
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Hinduism in Bengal and Surrounding Areas Introduction Bengal constitutes the geographic region bounded on the north by the Himalayan range and...
Bhagavad Gita
Simon Brodbeck
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Bhagavad Gita Introduction The Bhagavad Gita is one of the supreme works of Sanskrit and indeed of all world literature. It is the most well-...
Bhagavad Gita in Modern India
Sanjay Palshikar, Gangeya Mukherji
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
Bhagavad Gita in Modern IndiaIntroductionThe Bhagavad Gita has a special place in the intellectual and political history of modern India. The period f...
Bhagavad-Gita and Bhakti-yoga
Shyam Ranganathan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Bhagavad-Gita and Bhakti-YogaIntroductionDisagreements about ethics, morality, or dharma (as described in the South Asian tradition) are disagreements...
Bhairava
Elizabeth Chalier-Visuvalingam
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Bhairava Introduction Bhairava, literally “the terrifying,” hence the god of terror, has intrigued students of South Asian religion because of...
Bhakti
Tracy Coleman
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Bhakti Introduction The Sanskrit term “bhakti” is generally translated as “devotion” and refers to a variety of Hindu traditions in which dev...
Bhakti and Christian Missions
Arun W. Jones
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
Bhakti and Christian MissionsIntroductionBoth bhakti and Christian missions have a long history in India, dating back to the beginning of the Common E...
Bhārat Mātā
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Bhārat MātāIntroductionBhārat Mātā (a Sanskrit phrase that literally translates as “India Mother”) is also widely known across India as “Mother India....
Biardeau, Madeleine
Silvia D'Intino
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Madeleine BiardeauIntroductionMadeleine Biardeau (b. 1922–d. 2010) was a French Indologist and an expert in Indian philosophy and religion. She starte...
Body, The
Gavin Flood
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
The Body Introduction The body has been a central concern for Indian religions and philosophies, on the one hand being given a positive evalua...
Brahma Kumaris
Tamasin Ramsay
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2017-11-29
Brahma KumarisIntroductionThe Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya (Brahma Kumaris) is categorized three ways by scholars: as a millenarian New R...
Caitanya
Tony K. Stewart
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Caitanya Introduction The biographical tradition dedicated to the Hindu god-man Kṛṣṇa Caitanya (or Krishna Chaitanya, born Viśvambhara Miśra, ...
Calendar
Klaus Klostermaier
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Calendar Introduction The Indian name of the Hindu calendar is Pañcāngam (“five limbs”). It is of utmost practical importance for Hindus to de...
Cārvāka
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
CārvākaIntroductionAlthough Cārvāka is a proper name, the Cārvāka, also called Lokāyata, has been used as the generic name for all schools and doctrin...
Caste
Christophe Jaffrelot
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Caste Introduction Caste is one of the key concepts of Indian civilization. It gives the civilization most of its sociocultural distinctiveness...
Castes, Merchant
David Rudner
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
Merchant CastesIntroductionThe South Asian trading world that gave birth to merchant castes extends back in time to the Indus Valley Civilization and ...
Children and Childhood in Hinduism
Nita Kumar
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Children and Childhood in HinduismIntroductionThe importance of the child in Hinduism cannot be emphasized enough and must be addressed at several lev...
Christianity, Hinduism and
Chad Bauman, Arun W. Jones, Brian Pennington, Joseph Prabhakar Dayam, Michelle Voss Roberts
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Hinduism and Christianity Introduction Christian communities have existed in India since at least the 4th century ce, the likely result of rel...
Classes of Beings
Danielle Feller, Chiara Policardi
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Classes of BeingsIntroductionBesides gods, men, and beasts, Hinduism, including its earlier phase Vedism, contains a whole array of semidivine beings....
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