ISBN:
0691043256
,
0691043248
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 655 S
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Princeton readings in religions
DDC:
294
Keywords:
Religion
;
Quelle
;
India Religion
;
Indien
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Quelle
;
Indien
;
Religion
Abstract:
The inaugural volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of thirty scholars of the religions of India in a new anthology designed to reshape the ways in which the religious traditions of India are understood. The book contains translations of forty-five works, most of which have never before been available in a Western language. Many of these highlight types of discourse (especially ritual manuals, folktales, and oral narratives) and voices (vernacular, esoteric, domestic, and female) that have not been sufficiently represented in previous anthologies and standard accounts of Indian religions. The selections are drawn from ancient texts, medieval manuscripts, modern pamphlets, and contemporary fieldwork in rural and urban India
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. A brief history of religions in India / Richard H. Davis -- Songs of devotion and praise. Bengali songs to Kālī / Rachel Fell McDermott -- Kabīr ; Poems of Tukārām / Vinay Dharwadker -- The litany of names of Mañjuśrī / Ronald M. Davidson -- Sikh hymns to the divine Name / Hew McLeod -- Devotional hymns from the Sanskrit / Guy Leon Beck -- Tamil game songs to Śiva / Norman Cutler -- In praise of Muḥammad : Sindhi and Urdu poems / Ali Asani -- Bāul songs / Carol Salomon -- Tamil songs to God as child / Paula Richman -- Rites and instructions. The power of mantra : a story of the five protectors / Todd T. Lewis -- Royal temple dedications / Michael D. Rabe -- How to partake in the love of Kṛṣṇa / Neal Delmonico -- Women's songs for auspicious occasions / Lindsey Harlan -- The ocean of mercury : an eleventh-century alchemical text ; Predicting the future with dogs / David Gordon White -- How to worship at Śiva's temple / D. Dennis Hudson -- The order for Khālsā initiation / Hew McLeod -- The rite of veneration of Jina images / John E. Cort -- The Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā traditions of medieval Bengal / Glen A. Hayes
Description / Table of Contents:
The goddess Ṣaṣṭhī protects children / Tony K. Stewart -- Women's celebration of Muḥammad's birth / Marcia Hermansen -- Remarkable lives and edifying tales. The rescue of two drunkards ; Encountering the smallpox goddess : the auspicious song of Śītalā / Tony K. Stewart -- The wonders of Śrī Mastnāth / David Gordon White -- Jain stories inspiring renunciation / Phyllis Granoff -- A holy woman of Calcutta / June McDaniel -- Jain stories of miraculous power / Rosalind Lefeber -- Mother Ten's stories / Ann Grodzins Gold -- The life of Guru Nānak / Hew McLeod -- The autobiography of a female renouncer / J.E. Llewellyn --The prince with six fingers ; How a girl became a sacred plant / Kirin Narayan -- Lives of Sufi saints ; Conversations of Sufi saints / Carl Ernst -- Teachings of two Punjabi Sufi poets / Mustansir Mir -- Traditions in transition and conflict. Ascetic withdrawal or social engagement / Patrick Olivelle -- The Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi's subjugation of Śiva / Ronald M. Davidson -- India as a sacred Islamic land / Carl Ernst -- The exemplary devotion of the "Servant of Hari" ; Satya Pīr : Muslim holy man and Hindu god / Tony K. Stewart -- Jain questions and answers : who is God and how is he worshiped? / John E. Cort -- Esoteric knowledge and the tradition of the preceptors / Douglas Renfrew Brooks -- The rebuilding of a Hindu temple ; The origin of Liṅga worship / Richard H. Davis.
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