Who Were the Shudras?
| Author | : Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024-10-05 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789360804701 |
The Ksatriyas In Ancient India
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Kshatriyas and Would-be Kshatriyas
| Author | : Kumar Cheda Singh Varma |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 1904 |
| Genre | : Kshatriyas |
| ISBN | : |
Shastra Vidya
| Author | : Harjit Sagoo |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2017-04-28 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781541201682 |
Shastra vidya is the name of the ancient North Indian martial art of the Kshatriyas - Hindus of the Vedic warrior class. This work, which is the result of many years of devoted research, looks at Shastra vidya's history, philosophy and technique.With textual evidence extracted from ancient Hindu scriptures, epics and treatises, this book presents the Kshatriya's art of armed and unarmed combat which includes punches, palm slaps, finger jabs, kicks, elbow attacks, knee strikes, head-butts, chokes, strangles, body throws, ground-fighting moves, sword strikes, mace blows, trident thrusts, lasso hurls, discus throws, archery techniques and mantras for operating divine missiles - all accompanied by nearly 120 line drawings.Also included: the connection between Hindu gods and martial arts, the life and fighting skills of renowned ancient Hindu warriors, weapon worship, animal sacrifice, Dharmic rules of warfare, the four enemy-defeating remedies, formidable fortification, training of war elephants, horses, chariots and infantry, pre-battle goddess worship, battle arrays, battle spells, espionage, assassination methods, martyrdom and more...
Martial races of undivided India
| Author | : Vidya Prakash Tyagi |
| Publisher | : Gyan Publishing House |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Caste |
| ISBN | : 9788178357751 |
The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in HIstorical Outline
| Author | : D D Kosambi |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2022-09-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1000653471 |
First published in 1965, The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline is a strikingly original work, the first real cultural history of India. The main features of the Indian character are traced back into remote antiquity as the natural outgrowth of historical process. Did the change from food gathering and the pastoral life to agriculture make new religions necessary? Why did the Indian cities vanish with hardly a trace and leave no memory? Who were the Aryans – if any? Why should Buddhism, Jainism, and so many other sects of the same type come into being at one time and in the same region? How could Buddhism spread over so large a part of Asia while dying out completely in the land of its origin? What caused the rise and collapse of the Magadhan empire; was the Gupta empire fundamentally different from its great predecessor, or just one more ‘oriental despotism’? These are some of the many questions handled with great insight, yet in the simplest terms, in this stimulating work. This book will be of interest to students of history, sociology, archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies, South Asian studies and ethnic studies.
The Shudra
| Author | : Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2021-02-22 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9390914248 |
The Shudras echoes Dr Ambedkar's question in Who Were the Shudras? that he asked in 1946. More than 70 years later, Kancha Ilaiah and his team of authors revisit this issue to give Shudras a voice again' -CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT The Shudras: Vision for a New Path weaves together multiple dimensions of the predicament of India's productive castes-in the spiritual, social, political, economic, philosophical and historical spheres. It reformulates their current position as well as future pathways. It strives to provoke Shudras-including regional political party leaders-all over India to realize their unique historical role in fighting unequal caste structures. And it gives a call to resist Hindutva, in which they have no liberated, equal space with the Dwija castes. At a juncture when the Shudra castes are regionalized and the Dwijas have become 'national', the fifth volume of the Rethinking India series, in collaboration with the Samruddha Bharat Foundation, seeks to bring home the real picture of their marginalized status in all key structures of the nation. It posits that the emancipation and progress of the Shudras are vital to sustain Ambedkar's constitutional democracy and move towards socio-spiritual equality.
The Shudra
| Author | : Jalalul Haq |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins India |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022-01-28 |
| Genre | : Hindu philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9788194865483 |
Vedic literature has the same word for both man and God--purusha. The Vedic seers ritually sacrifice Purusha, the God, thereby also killing purusha, the spiritual-cultural man. This births the 'caste-man', who is not man at all. The caste-man is either higher or lower. A handful are superhuman: gods, priests, Brahmans. And the masses are subhuman: the Shudra. In The Shudra, Jalalul Haq conducts a philosophical autopsy of ancient Indian texts, meticulously reading between the lines to uncover the early history of caste. He shows how inequality pervaded Buddhism, Jainism and other heterodox sects, even as they tried to counter the hegemony of Brahmanism. In this clash of gods and demons, Haq attempts to extract the human.
Sudras in Ancient India
| Author | : Ram Sharan Sharma |
| Publisher | : Motilal Banarsidass |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2016-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 8120808738 |
The present work has been undertaken not only to provide an adequate treatment of the position of the sudras in ancient times, but also to evaluate their modern characterizations, either based on insufficient data, or inspired by reformist or anti-reformist motives. Here an attempt has been made to present a connected and systematic account of the various developments in the position of the sudras down to circa A.D. 600. Since the sudras were regarded as the laboring class, in this study particular attention has been paid to the investigation of their material conditions has been paid to their economic and social relations with the members of the higher varnas. This has naturally involved the study of the position of slaves, with whom the sudras were considered identical. The untouchables are also theoretically placed in the category of sudras, and hence their origin and position has also been discussed in some detail.
Eight Faces of Revenge
| Author | : Vibha S. Chauhan |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2018-11-26 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9004380256 |
Is revenge an expression of rage, pain, strength, frailty, justice, or sadism? A complex emotion, revenge defies simple definitions since it is infused with different social codes and ethics. It is this intricate connection between the idea of revenge and its connections with history, aesthetics, socio-political constructs, racism, and religion that this volume attempts to explore. Moving across continents and cultures, the book examine a wide range of emotional and geographical terrains like the law of karma, gender violence, epic narratives, caste system, and cinema in India; the horror of the Holocaust and metaphysical revenge; witchcraft in Ghana, South Africa, and Namibia; Greek mythology; and sexual and emotional abuse of women by a Portuguese Brazilian slave holder.
Caste System, Untouchability, and the Depressed
| Author | : Hiroyuki Kotani |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Caste |
| ISBN | : 9788173043291 |
Several Japanese Scholars Address Vital Issues Relating To India Like, The Origin Of Social Discrimination, Link Between The Concept Of Pollution Or Sin And Social Discrimination, The Position In This Regard In Ancient And Medieval India, The Reality Of Social Discrimination In Medieval India, The Problems Inherent In The Transformation Of Untouchability Under British Rule And The Development Of Modern Liberation Movements.
