Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Four - Historical Perspectives, Poets, Teachers, and Saints, Relation to Other Religions and Traditions, Hinduism and Contemporary Issues

"History, Philosophy, Knowledge Traditions, Interreligious Contact" deals with the historical periods of Hinduism, knowledge traditions, and schools of philosophy.The Yoga and astrological traditions also can be found in this volume, as well as articles on Hinduism in legal and political contexts. Finally, the last part of this volume gives a number of analyses of Hinduism s view of other religions and other religions view of Hinduism and their interaction.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2012
• EAN: 9789004178953
• ISBN: 978-90-04-17895-3
• No. of pages: 838
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 277 mm x 58 mm
• Weight: 2132 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous