A survey of Hinduism /

Main Author: Klostermaier, Klaus K., 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=214563
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245 1 2 |a A survey of Hinduism /  |c Klaus K. Klostermaier. 
250 |a 3rd ed. 
260 |a Albany :  |b State University of New York Press,  |c ©2007. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xviii, 700 pages) :  |b illustrations, maps 
500 |a Previously published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994. 2nd ed. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-660) and index. 
505 0 |a Hinduism: sources and worldview -- The beginnings of Hinduism -- Hindu Dharma: orthodoxy and heresy in Hinduism -- The Veda: revelation and scripture in Hinduism -- Itihasa Purana: the heart of Hinduism -- The Bhagavadgita -- The world of the Hindu -- The many gods and the one god of Hinduism -- Trimarga: the three Hindu paths to liberation -- The path of works: Karmamarga -- Purity and merit: the twin concerns of Karmamarga -- Samskaras: the Hindu sacraments -- The path of knowledge: Jnanamarga -- Atman and Brahman: self and all -- Karma, Vidya, Moksa: liberation from rebirth -- The path of loving devotion: Bhaktimarga -- Lord Visnu and his devotees -- Siva: the grace and the terror of God -- Devi: the divine mother -- Mudalvan, Murukan, Mal: the great gods of the Tamils -- The structural supports of Hinduism -- The divine presence in space and time: Murti, Tirtha, Kala -- The Hindu social order: Caturvarnasramadharma -- Samnyasa: the highest Hindu aspiration -- Stridharma: the position of women in Hinduism -- Hindu structures of thought: the Saddarsanas -- Hindu logic and physics: Nyaya-Vaisesika -- Hindu metaphysics and psychology: Samkhya-Yoga -- Hindu theology, old and new: Mimamsa and Vedanta -- Hinduism encountering the "other" -- Hinduism and Buddhism -- Hinduism and Christianity in India -- Hindus and Muslims in India -- Hindu reforms and reformers -- Mahatma Gandhi: a twentieth-century Karmayogi -- Hindutva, Hindusim, Hindu dharma -- India and the West -- Hinduism and science -- Hinduism and ecology -- Hindu measures of time -- Indian chronology. 
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