Religions of Ancient India

Informationen zum Autor Louis Renou was Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Literature at the Sorbonne, France.This Bloomsbury Academic Collection consists of classic titles in religious studies. Zusammenfassung This book is based on the inaugural Jordan Lecture Comparative Religion in 1951 and offers a survey of religious movements in India! past and present. Renou discusses the Veda! its rise and fall! and the state of studies of Vedic ritual! liturgy! mythology! magic! speculative thought! and secular discipline; the contribution of Vedic Upanishads to Hinduism; the Mahabharata ; the expansion of Hinduism! its fertility and battle myths! eroticism! legends of the gods! cosmogonic speculations! and theories of transmigration and 'liberation'; its doctrine of meditation and exercises of Yoga; Hinduism's mosaic of sects and independent groups and their attitude to the caste system. The volume concludes with a presentation on Jainism! the ascetic! non-violent sect that has adapted to modern society. Inhaltsverzeichnis First Lecture Vedism I Second Lecture Vedism II Third Lecture Hinduism I Fifth Lecture Hinduism II Sixth Lecture Hinduism IIIIndex

Product details

• Authors: Louis Renou, Renou Louis
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781474288187
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-8818-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Ancient, India, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies