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9780791470824

A Survey of Hinduism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791470824

  • ISBN10:

    0791470822

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-05
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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This third edition of the classic text updates the information contained in the earlier editions, and includes new chapters on the origins of Hinduism; its history of relations with Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam; Hindu science; and Hindu measures of time. The chronology and the bibliography have been updated as well. A comprehensive survey of the Hindu tradition, the book deals with the history of Hinduism, the sacred writings of the Hindus, the Hindu worldview, and the specifies of the major branches of Hinduism-Vaisnavism, Saivism, and Saktism. It also focuses on the geographical ties of Hinduism with the land of India, the social order created by Hinduism, and the various system of Hindu thought. Klaus K. Klostermaier describes the development of Hinduism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including present-day political Hinduism and the efforts to turn Hinduism into a modern world religion. A unique feature of the book is its treatment of Hinduism in a topical fashion, rather than by chronological description of the development of Hinduism or by summary of the literature. The complexities of Hindu life and thought are thus made real to the reader, and Hindus will recognize it as their own tradition. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Klaus K. Klostermaier is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, Canada

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Photographs
Preface to Second Edition
Note on Pronunciation and Use of Sanskrit Words
Introduction
Hinduism: Development and Essence
India and the West
The History and Development of Hinduism
Hindu Dharma: Orthodoxy and Heresy in Hinduism
Revelation and Scripture in Hinduism
Itihasa and Purana: The Heart of Hinduism
The Bhagavadgita
The World of the Hindu
The Many Gods and the One God of Hinduism
Trimarga: The Three Hindu Paths to Liberation
The Path of Works: Karmamarga
Purity and Merit: The Twin Concerns of Karmamarga
The Hindu Sacraments: The Samskaras
The Path of Knowledge: Jnanamarga
Atman and Brahman: Self and All
Karma, Vidya, Moksa: Liberation from Rebirth
The Path of Loving Devotion: Bhaktimarga
Lord Visnu and His Devotees
Siva: The Grace and the Terror of God
Devi: The Divine Mother
Mudalvan, Murugan, Mal: The Great Gods of the Tamils
The Structural Supports of Hinduism
The Divine Presence in Space and Time: Murti, Tirtha, Kala
The Hindu Social Order: Caturvarnasramadharma
The Professional Religious: Samnyasa
Stridharma: The Position of Women in Hinduism
Hindu Structures of Thought: The Saddarsanas
Hindu Logic and Physics: Nyaya-Vaisesika
Hindu Psychology and Metaphysics: Samkhya-Yoga
Hindu Theology, Old and new: Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta
The Meeting of East and West in Modern India
Hindu Reforms and Reformers
Mahatma Gandhi: A Twentieth-Century Karmayogi
Hindu Nationalist Politics and Hinduism as A World Religion
Chronology
Maps
Notes
Glossary
Abbreviations Used
Bibliography
Index
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