Bourgeois Hinduism, or, The faith of the modern Vedantists : rare discourses from early colonial Bengal / Brian A. Hatcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatcher, Brian A. (Brian Allison)

Language:

Bengali

English

Subjects (All):

Tattvabodhinī Sabhā--History.

Tattvabodhinī Sabhā.

Hindu renewal--India--Bengal--History--19th century.

Hindu renewal.

Vedanta--History--19th century.

Vedanta.

Tattvabodhinī Sabhā. Sabhyadiger vaktr̥tā.

History.

India--Bengal.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Bourgeois Hinduism

Faith of the modern Vedantists

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Note on Transliteration and Primary Sources xiii

1 Vedanta According to Rammohan Roy 19

2 Debendranath Tagore and the Tattvabodhini Sabha 33

3 New Members and a New Founder 49

4 Bourgeois Vedanta for the Bhadralok 65

5 Missionaries and Modern Vedantists 85

6 The Text of Sabhyadiger vaktrta and the Problem of Authorship 103

7 Who Wrote These Discourses? 119

8 The Complete English Translation of Sabhyadiger vaktrta 141

Appendix 1 Note Regarding the Translation 175

Appendix 2 List of Texts Cited in Sabhyadiger vaktrta 177

Appendix 3 Glossary of Key Terms Used in the English Translation 181.

Notes:

Includes English translation from Bengali of the Sabhyadiger vaktr̥tā.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-220) and index.

Contains:

Tattvabodhinī Sabhā. Sabhyadiger vaktr̥tā. English.

ISBN:

9780195326086

0195326083

OCLC:

85862530