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"Bhakti Movement” Narratives
John Stratton Hawley
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
“Bhakti Movement” NarrativesIntroductionIn many ways the measure of a religion is the history or tradition it is believed to encompass. Rituals, belie...
Abhinavagupta
David Lawrence
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Abhinavagupta Introduction The polymathic Abhinavagupta (c. 950–1020 ce) was a pivotal figure in the histories of Hindu scholastic philosop...
Aesthetics
Timothy Cahill
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Aesthetics Introduction The most successful attempt to frame a unified aesthetic for South Asia centers on the term rasa, used most extensivel...
Āḻvār
Archana Venkatesan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Āḻvār Introduction Āḻvār refers to a group of twelve Vaishnava poet-saints from Tamil-speaking South India who lived between the 6th an...
Amar Chitra Katha
Karline McLain
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Amar Chitra Katha Introduction Amar Chitra Katha is India’s first and most beloved comic book series. Founded by Anant Pai in 1967, it is also ...
Āṇṭāḷ
Archana Venkatesan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Āṇṭāḷ Introduction Āṇṭāḷ is the epithet of the 9th-century Tamil female Vaishnava poet named Kōtai. She is the author of two major mystical po...
Architecture
Adam Hardy
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Architecture Introduction Even without considering the vexed question of defining Hinduism, to define “Hindu architecture” is problematic becau...
Ardhanārīśvara
Ellen Goldberg
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Ardhanārīśvara Introduction As the androgynous aspect par excellence of the great pan-Indian god Śiva, Ardhanārīśvara (“the lord who is half w...
Artha and Arthaśāstra
Timothy Lubin
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Artha and Arthaśāstra Introduction The term artha has a wide range of meanings in Sanskrit—aim, purpose, motive; object; goods, wealth; intent...
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Kathryn S. Freeman
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Asiatic Society of BengalIntroductionComposed of British scholars known as the Orientalists, the Asiatic Society of Bengal introduced England to India...
Āśrama
Timothy Lubin
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
ĀśramaIntroductionThe concept of āśrama is one of the most often cited features of Hindu doctrine on how one should live one’s life. According to the ...
Astrology
Martin Gansten
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Astrology Introduction The Indian “science of [celestial] lights” (jyotiḥśāstra; also jyotiṣa, jyautiṣa) is composed of gaṇita (calculation) a...
Astronomy and Mathematics
Kim Plofker
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Astronomy and MathematicsIntroduction“Astronomy” and “mathematics” are names of sciences in the Western intellectual tradition that have no exact coun...
Atharva Veda
Carlos Lopez
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Atharva Veda Introduction The Atharva Veda (or Atharvaveda, AV), the fourth Vedic collection and the second oldest Indian text, is distinguish...
Atheism and Rationalism in Hinduism
Johannes Quack, Stefan Binder
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Atheism and Rationalism in HinduismIntroductionThe Indian subcontinent is commonly depicted as a hallmark of religion and spirituality in public disco...
Aurobindo
Olga Real-Najarro
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Aurobindo Introduction Sri Aurobindo, Aurobindo Ghose, Aurobindo Ackroyd Ghosh, Aurobindo, (b. 1872–d. 1950) was a spiritual leader and expone...
Avatāra
Tracy Coleman
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
AvatāraIntroductionThe term avatāra is derived from the Sanskrit ava√tṝ cross down or descend, thus commonly referring to a god’s “descent” to earth, ...
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (Chatterji)
Amiya P. Sen
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (Chatterji)IntroductionIn 1894, in an obituary message that he wrote on the passing away of Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya...
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...
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