A survey of Hinduism / Klaus K. Klostermaier
1994, First Edition. Albany : State University of New York Press. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445787
ISBN: 0791421104
Physical description; xii, 715 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-674) and index. Contents; India and the West -- The history and development of Hinduism -- Hindo Dharma: Orthodoxy and heresy in Hinduism -- Revelation and scripture in Hinduism -- Ithãsa and Purãna: the heart of Hinduism -- The Bhagavadg tã -- The world of the Hindo -- the many Gods and the One God of Hinduism -- The path of works: Karmamãrga -- Purity and merit: the twin concerns of Karmamãrga -- The Hindu sacraments: the Sa skãras -- The path of knowledge: J nãnamãrga -- Ãtman and Brahman: self and all -- Karma, Vidyã, Mok a: liberation from rebirth -- The path of loving devotion: Bhaktimãrga -- Lord Vi u and his devotees -- iva: the grace and the terror of God -- Dev: the divine mother -- Mudalvan, Murugan, Mãl: the great gods of the Tamils -- The divine presence in space and time: M rti, T rtha, Kãla -- The Hindu social order: Caturvar ã ramadharma -- The professional religious: Sa nys a.
Str dharma: the position of women in Hinduism -- Hindu structures of thought: the a dar anas -- Hindu logic and physics: Nyãya-Vai es ika -- Hindu psychology and metaphysics: Sã khya-Yoga -- Hindu Theology, old and new: P rva M mã sã and Vedãnta -- Hindu reforms and reformers -- Mahãtmã Gandhi: a twentieth-century karmaygoi -- Hindu Nationalist politics and Hinduism as a world religion. Subjects; Hinduism.
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