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Hindu myth, Hindu history, religion, art, and politics / Heinrich von Stietencron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stietencron, Heinrich von.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mythology.
- Hinduism and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 327 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Delhi : Permanant Black ; Bangalore Distributed by Orient Longman, c.2005.
- Language Note:
- Translated from German.
- Contents:
- Political aspects of Indian religious art
- Calculating religious decay: the Kaliyuga in India
- Orthodox attitudes towards temple service and image worship in ancient India
- The Purǎ̄ṇic genealogies and the date of the Buddha
- Bhairava: facets of a Hindu deity
- The goddess Durgǎ̄ Mahiṣǎ̄suramardinǐ̄: myth, representation and historical role in the Hinduization of India
- Planned syncretism: emperor Akbar's religious policy
- The preconditions of western research on Hinduism and their consequences
- Hinduism: on the proper use of a deceptive term
- Religious configurations in pre-Muslim India.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 8178241226
- OCLC:
- 61460620
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