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Epics, Vernacular Oral
Aditya Malik
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Vernacular Oral Epics Introduction Vernacular oral epics occur in local and regional contexts all over the Indian subcontinent, engaging a ran...
Epistemology (Pramāṇas)
Matthew R. Dasti, Malcolm Keating
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
Epistemology (Pramāṇas)IntroductionIn classical Hindu philosophy and classical Indian thought more generally, questions of epistemology, rationality, ...
Ethics
Amod Lele
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Ethics Introduction All attempts to discuss “ethics in Hinduism” should proceed with caution, because neither of these terms had any indigenou...
European Constructions
Robert A. Yelle, Joydeep Bagchee, Lorenz Trein
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
European ConstructionsIntroductionThe phrase “European constructions of Hinduism” is one that has acquired meaning only since the late 20th century, i...
Festivals
Amanda Lucia
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
FestivalsIntroductionThe annual calendar for Hindus is punctuated with festivals; it is often said, “twelve months, thirteen festivals” or similarly “...
Film, Hinduism In
William Elison
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Hinduism in Film Introduction The subject of Hinduism in film is marked by novelty, in two senses. First, while the embrace by Hindus of visua...
Galtā Monastery
Monika Horstmann
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Galtā MonasteryIntroductionGaltā is a religious site lying in a gorge about ten kilometers to the east of the old (walled) city of Jaipur in Rajasthan...
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
Veena Howard
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Mohandas Karamchand GandhiIntroductionMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869–30 January 1948) is internationally known for his leadership in India...
Gaṇeśa
Greg Bailey
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Gaṇeśa Introduction Gaṇeśa, also called Gaṇapati and Vināyaka, is one of the most popular gods in contemporary India and one of the most well ...
Ganga
Kelly D. Alley, Georgina Drew
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Ganga Introduction The Ganga (or Ganges) River is iconic in Hindu philosophy, myth, and ritual and also in ecological sciences and climate chan...
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism
Ravi M. Gupta
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism Introduction The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition, also known as Caitanya Vaiṣṇavism, began in Bengal with Kṛṣṇa Caitanya in the ...
Gender and Sexuality
Anna Pokazanyeva
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Gender and Sexuality Introduction Sexuality is a famously fraught term, constituting some nebulous and temporarily unified intersection of bio...
Geography of Hinduism
Alf Hiltebeitel
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Geography of Hinduism Introduction The classification of contemporary “world religions” into the two categories of missionary religions (Budd...
German Indology
Joydeep Bagchee
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
German Indology Introduction “Indology” is the generic title of a group of disciplines concerned with the study of India. The terms “Indolog...
Goddess
Perundevi Srinivasan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Goddess Introduction Goddess worship is one of the most important signposts of the cultural landscape of Hinduism. Goddesses are predomin...
Goddess Worship and Bhakti
Elaine Craddock
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
Goddess Worship and BhaktiIntroductionThe worship of goddesses has been a vital part of Hinduism for centuries. There are innumerable goddesses whose ...
Gṛhya Rites
Timothy Lubin
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Gṛhya Rites Introduction The Vedic religion primarily involved veneration of a wide range of divinities by means of formulaic prayers (mantra...
Harivaṃśa
Simon Brodbeck
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Harivaṃśa Introduction The Harivaṃśa collectively designates three books that the Sanskrit Mahābhārata calls khilas (supplements, complements,...
Hindi Theatre
Diana Dimitrova
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Hindi TheatreIntroductionThe prevalent view in Indian literary criticism from the 20th century is that during the 19th century and up to Independence,...
Hindu Philosophy
Shyam Ranganathan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Hindu PhilosophyIntroductionDespite over two thousand years of philosophical skepticism about the usefulness of definitions in categorizing data (begi...
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