Survey of Hinduism, A : Third Edition / Klaus K. Klostermaier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klostermaier, Klaus K., 1933-2024.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (720 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third edition of this well-regarded introduction to Hinduism adds new material on the religion's origins, on its relations with rival traditions, and on Hindu science.

Contents:

Intro

A SURVEY OF HINDUISM

Contents

Illustrations

Preface to the Third Edition

Abbreviations

Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation

Introduction

Part I. Hinduism: Sources and Worldview

1. The Beginnings of Hinduism

2. Hindu Dharma: Orthodoxy and Heresy in Hinduism

3. The Veda: Revelation and Scripture in Hinduism

4. Itihāsa-Purāna: The Heart of Hinduism

5. The Bhagavadgītā

6. The World of the Hindu

7. The Many Gods and the One God of Hinduism

Part II.Trimārga: The Three Hindu Paths to Liberation

8. The Path of Works: Karmamārga

9. Purity and Merit: The Twin Concerns of Karmamārga

10. Samskāras: The Hindu Sacraments

11. The Path of Knowledge: Jñānamārga

12. Ātman and Brahman: Self and All

13. Karma, Vidyā, Moksa: Liberation from Rebirth

14. The Path of Loving Devotion: Bhaktimārga

15. Lord Visnu and His Devotees

16. Śiva: The Grace and the Terror of God

17. Devī: The Divine Mother

18. Mudalvan, Murukan, Māl:The Great Gods of the Tamils

Part III. The Structural Supports of Hinduism

19. The Divine Presence in Space and Time: Mūrti, Tīrtha, Kāla

20. The Hindu Social Order: Caturvarnāśramadharma

21. Samnyāsa: The Highest Hindu Aspiration

22.Strīdharma: The Position of Women in Hinduism

23. Hindu Structures of Thought: The Saddarśanas

24. Hindu Logic and Physics: Nyāya-Vaiśesika

25. Hindu Metaphysics and Psychology: Sāmkhya-Yoga

26. Hindu Theology, Old and New: Mīmāmsā and Vedānta

27. Hinduism and Buddhism

Part IV. Hinduism Encountering the "Other"

28. Hinduism and Christianity in India

29. Hindus and Muslims in India

30. Hindu Reforms and Reformers

31. Mahātmā Gandhi: A Twentieth-Century Karmayogi

32. Hindūtva-Hinduism-Hindu Dharma

Part V. Miscellany

33. India and the West

34. Hinduism and Science.

35. Hinduism and Ecology

36. Hindu Measures of Time

37. Indian Chronology

Maps

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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D

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F

G

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N

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Notes:

Previously published: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994. 2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 611-660) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780791480113

0791480119

9781435616707

1435616707

OCLC:

190680703