Jeffery D. Long, Ravi M. Gupta

Hinduism: The Essential Readings

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Produktbeschreibung

Hinduism: The Essential Readings is a compact but comprehensive collection of readings spanning the entire history of Hinduism, including both classic texts and non-traditional voices. No reader on the market will have the chronological, topical, and authorial breadth of this volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm
• ISBN-13: 9780190922443
• ISBN-10: 0190922443
• Artikelnr.: 72008076

Inhaltsangabe

* Hinduism: The Primary Sources
* Contents
* 1. Vedas
* Rgveda 1.1.1 - Invocation of Agni
* Rgveda 3.62.12 - Gayatri Mantra
* Rgveda 7.59.12 - Maha-mrtyunjaya
* Rgveda 10.90 - Purusa-sukta (Hymn of the Cosmic Man)
* Rgveda 10.129 - Nasadiya Sukta
* Rgveda 10.121 - Hiranyagarbha Prajapatya
* Sri Sukta
* 2. Upanisads
* Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3.6 and 3.8 - Gargi / Yajñavalkya
* Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 4.4.1-7
* Chandogya Upani?ad 4.4 - Satyak?ma J?b?la
* Ch?ndogya Upanisad 6 - tat tvam asi
* Taittiriya Upanisad 1.11 - Graduation Speech
* Isa Upanisad
* Katha Upanisad 1.1-1.29 - Dialogue with Death
* Aruni Upanisad
* 3. Mahabharata
* Game of Dice, Draupadi, and Bhima's oath
* Yaksa Questions to Yudhisthira
* Bhishma's Teachings on Dharma
* Ekalavya
* Duryodhana and Arjuna Approach Krishna for help
* 4. Bhagavad Gita
* Chapter 2.11-2.30 - Immortality of the Self
* Chapter 2.47-48, 3.3-35 - Action is better than Inaction
* Chapter 6.4-6.32 - Dhyana - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge
* Chapter 9 - Complete - Bhakti - The Yoga of Devotion
* Chapter 11.9-11.55 - Cosmic form
* Chapter 15 - Complete - The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit
* Chapter 18.64-18.73 - The Final Teaching
* 5. Ramayana
* Opening section - Description of Rama
* Rama and Sita's wedding
* The golden deer
* Hanuman's jump and meeting Sita
* Battle with description of the Rakshasas
* The Fire Ordeal
* 6. Dharmasatras
* Caste - Manusmriti 1.87-91; 8.410-20; 9.149-57
* Lifecycle Rites - Manusmriti 2.29-35; 3.1-4; 6.2-4; 6.94-6
* Household Life - Manusmriti 3.55-9; 3.99-106; 5.58-63
* Wandering Ascetic - Manusmriti 6.33-60
* 7. Siva Purana
* The Lingam of Light - Chapter 7.1-33
* Daksa and Sati Episode - Chapter 26.1-18; 29. 1-11; 29.51-64; 30. 1-8
* Parvati Revealed to be Sati Reborn, A Dream Predicts Her Future -
Chapter 8.45-56; 9.21-35
* Ganesha's Birth, Parvati Angered By His Beheading, Shiva Gives Him
New Life - Chapter 13.14-39; 17.4-11; 17.46-59
* 8. Devi Mahatmya
* Frame Story 1.27-44
* The Goddess slays Mahisa the Buffalo 2.1-34, 3.20-41
* The Birth of Kali 7.1-14, 8.39-62
* 9. Visnu Purana
* Narasimha Episode
* The Four Yugas and the Kali Yuga
* 10. Bhagavata Purana
* Churning of the Ocean 8.7.1-15 and 8.1-9
* Krishna and Yashoda 10.8.32-45
* Krishna Lifts the Mountain
* 11. Vedanta
* Shankara on How to Enlighten a Pupil 1.1-6, 9-19
* Ramanuja's Vedarthasamgraha (Selection)
* Madhva's Mayavadahandana (Selection)
* Jiva Gosvami's Tattvasandarbha 12-18
* 12. Samkhya
* Samkhyakarika of Isvarakrsna (Selection)
* 13. Yoga
* Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Selection)
* Hatha Yoga Pradipika Chapter 1 - Asanas
* 14. Tantra
* Pancaratra: Manual for ritual - Daily duties of an adept (Chapter 40,
vs. 1-29)
* The Wedding of Siva and the Goddess in the Kulalikamnaya Verses 1-33
* Kularnava Tantra (Selections)
* The Aphorisms of Shiva (Selections)
* Vijnanabhairava Verses 34-39, 46-55
* 15. Bhakti Poetry
* Nayanmars (Selections)
* Bhakti and passion - Tirupp?vai 22-30
* Tiruvaymoli 5.2.1-11
* Mahadeviyakka: Forbidden Love - 328// Love in Separation - 79// Love
in Union -68
* Allama Prabhu: Rejection of social structure - 213// Union - 972//
Realization - 959
* Kabir: Poems 4, 10, 30, 75, 84
* Narasinha Mehta (Selections)
* Ravidas: AG 29, 19, 3
* Chaitanya (Selections)
* Surdas: Themes of childhood and love - S9 NPS 733, S33 NPS 1094, S105
NPS 2522
* Mirabai: Princess of the Rathores/ Mira's beautiful of her
bhajans/Melting into God
* Tulsidas Retells Rama and Sita's Wedding / Hanuman Chalisa
* Tukaram's Story: Tuka's Story// Tuka the Transgressor// Against
Pandits// Listen to Me// Power of the Name
* Ramprasad Sen (Selections)
* Kamalakanta Bhattacarya (Selections)
* Ram Basu (Selections)
* Manikkavacar: The Hundred Verses/ The Grinding Song
* Namdev: Relinquish your Brahmanical pride
* 16. Modern Hinduism
* Rammohun Roy: Anti-Sati Writings - Address to Lord William Bentinck
* Dayananda Saraswati: Marriage and Niyoga
* Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar: A Defense of Widow Marriage
* Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Selections)
* Swami Vivekananda (Response to Welcome and Address at Final Session)
* Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali 19, 26, 30, 35, 72)
* Mohandas K. Gandhi (Gospel of Selfless Action-Selections)
* B.R. Ambedkar (A portion of Caste and Class and Sections X and XVII)
* A Vindication of Caste by Mahatma Gandhi// Varna versus Caste
(Appendix I)
* A Reply to the Mahatma by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Appendix II) - Section
I, IX-XI
* V.D. Savarkar: Hindutva (Selection)
* Keshab Chunder Sen (Selection)
* 17. Contemporary Hinduism
* Swaminarayan: Selections from Vachanamrut, Shikshapatri, and Pramukh
Swami Maharaj
* Sri Aurobindo (Selections)
* Ramana Maharshi: Selections from The Eightfold Path of Yoga
* Hira Bansode's "Slave// Arun Kamble's "Speech"// Waman Nimbalkar's
"Caste"// Narayan Surve's "For I Am Brahma"
* Daya Pawar's "We are not your monkeys"
* Swami Prabhupada: Rama as a Child// The Beauty of Krishna// Sita's
Parents Mourn Her Departure
* Ammachi (Selections from Swami Amritaswarupananda's Biography of
Ammachi)
* Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Savitri: Pauranika Natikalu (Selection)
* Anantanand Rambachan: Selection from The Advaita Worldview
* Amar Chitra Katha (Selections)