Strides of Vishnu Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective

Name: Strides of Vishnu Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective
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ISBN: 9780195314052

ISBN-10: 0195314050

ISBN-13: 9780195314052

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ariel Glucklich

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Most books about Hinduism begin by noting the immense size and complexity of the subject. Hinduism is vast and diverse, they say. Or it doesn't exist at all - Hinduism is merely a convenient (and foreign) term that masks a plurality of traditions. In either case, readers are discouraged by the sense that they are getting only a tiny sample or a shallow overview of something huge and impossible to understand. This book is designed to be accessible and comprehensive in a way that other introductions are not, maintaining an appealing narrative and holding the reader's interest in the unfolding sequence of ideas through time and place. Each of the 13 chapters combines historical material with…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.57" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.232



Chronology


Introduction



The Dig and the Temple



Sacred Knowledge and Indian Origins



A City Where the Rivers Meet



King Janaka's Contest



Vedic Science The Grammar of Reality



Kanishka and Krishna



Performing Arts and Sacred Models



The Second Rationality



Maps and Myths in the Matsya Purana



Shankara and Kumarila Between Brahman and Dharma



Devotion and Knowledge The Indo-Muslim Centuries



The Eternal Dharma


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index