Śaivāgamas

Śaivāgamas
Author: V. N. Drabu
Publisher: Indus Publishing
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1990
Genre: Agamas
ISBN: 9788185182384

A History of Indian Philosophy

A History of Indian Philosophy
Author: Surendranath Dasgupta
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1991
Genre: Hindu philosophy
ISBN: 9788120804166

The work appears in five volumes. Vol. I comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz.., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools. Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the Principal Dualistic and Pluralistic Systems such as the philosophy of the Pancaratra, Bhaskara, Yamuna, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Vijnanabhiksu and philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas. Vol. IV deals with the Bhagavata Purana, Madhva and his School, Vallabha, Caitanya, Jiva Gosvami and Baladeva Vidyabhusana. Vol. V treats the Southern Schools of Saivism, viz., Saiva Siddhanta, Vira Saivism, philosophy of Srikantha. Saiva Philosophy in the Puranas and in some important texts. In the words of the Oxford Journal 'the collection of data, editing and the interpretation of every school of thought is a feat unparalleled in the field of history of philosophy.'

The Inner Kalacakratantra

The Inner Kalacakratantra
Author: Vesna Wallace
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2001-08-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198028482

The Kalacakratantra, the latest and most comprehensive Buddhist Tantra available in its original Sanskrit, has never been the topic of a full scale scholarly study. This fascinating volume fills that gap, concentrating on the inner Kalackaratantra and discussing the nature of human beings.

Śaivism in Philosophical Perspective

Śaivism in Philosophical Perspective
Author: Krishna Sivaraman
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2001
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9788120817715

Saivism is one of the pervasive expressions of Indian Religious Culture stretching to the dim past of pre-history and surviving as a living force in the thought and life of millions of Hindus especially in Southern India and Northern Ceylon. The present work is scholarly reconstruction of Saivism in its characteristic and classical from as Saiva Siddhanta, focusing mainly on the philosophical doctrine and presenting a conceptual analysis of its formative notions, problems and methods. Anteceding the rise of the great systems of Vedanta including that of Sankara, Saiva Siddhanta in its fully systematised form as Mystical Theology in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries represents a constructive reaction to the theological, ethical and aesthetic aspects of Vedanta as a whole. A patient study of this much neglected phase of religo-philosophical development of India should prove useful for a more balanced understanding of Indian religiosity, providing a corrective to the view entertained not without justification that Indian religious thought does not affirms the values of freedom, love and personality. This methodical study, appended with very exhaustive glossary, bibliography and index and two-hundred pages of references and foot-notes is designed to meet the requirements of seriious students of Eastern religious thought.

Revolution of the Mystics

Revolution of the Mystics
Author: Jan Peter Schouten
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1995
Genre: Hindu sociology
ISBN: 9788120812383

One of the most fascinating episode in the religious history of Southern India is the rise of the Virasaiva movement. These heroic followers of Siva-also called Lingayatas-are characterized by a unique combination of intense devotion and social reformation. The movement arose in the twelfth century under the charismatic leadership of Basava. Men and women from every backgroud, highcaste as well as untouchable, joined the experimental community of the Virasaivas. They has their own sacred literature in the form of short poems in the vernacular language of the region: Kannada.

The Embodiment of Bhakti

The Embodiment of Bhakti
Author: Karen Pechilis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1999
Genre: Bakhti in literature
ISBN: 0195128133

In this interpretive history of bhakti, both chronicle and comparison are used to identify and analyze bhakti as understood by various Tamil Siva-bhakti authors and authorities."--BOOK JACKET.

Modern Hinduism in Text and Context

Modern Hinduism in Text and Context
Author: Lavanya Vemsani
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2018-07-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1350045101

Modern Hinduism in Text and Context brings together textual and contextual approaches to provide a holistic understanding of modern Hinduism. It examines new sources - including regional Saiva texts, Odissi dance and biographies of Nationalists - and discusses topics such as yoga, dance, visual art and festivals in tandem with questions of spirituality and ritual. The book addresses themes and issues yet to receive in-depth attention in the study of Hinduism. It shows that Hinduism endures not only in texts, but also in the context of festivals and devotion, and that contemporary practice, devotional literature, creative traditions and ethics inform the intricacies of a religion in context. Lavanya Vemsani draws on social scientific methodologies as well as history, ethnography and textual analysis, demonstrating that they are all part of the toolkit for understanding the larger framework of religion in the context of emerging nationhood, transnational and transcultural interactions.