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• Title:[Pour comprendre l'Hinduisme. English.]
  How to understand Hinduism / Jean-Christophe Demariaux ; [translated from the French by John Bowden].
  
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• Author/Creator:Demariaux, Jean-Christophe.
  
• Published/Created:London : SCM Press, ©1995.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: BL1202 .D44 1995
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hinduism.
  
• Edition:1st British ed.
  
• Description:ix, 121 p. : illustrations, maps.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  Bibliography: pages 114-115.
  
• ISBN:0334026229
  
• Contents:Pt. 1. Vedic Religion
  I. Vedic Literature: The Veda
  1. Samhitas
  2. Brahmanas
  3. Aranyakas
  4. Upanishads
  II. Indo-European Mythology and the Vedic Pantheon
  1. major features of the pantheon
  2. Two sovereign gods, Mitra and Varuna
  3. warrior god, Indra
  4. Two 'liturgical' gods, Agni and Soma
  5. Other gods
  III. Vedic Beliefs, Speculations and Rites
  1. Cosmogony
  2. Eschatology
  3. Brahman and atman
  4. Vedic ceremonies and rites
  Pt. 2. From Vedism to Hinduism
  I. New Literary Sources
  1. post-Vedic Upanishads and the Dharma Shastras
  2. Epic literature: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
  3. Puranic literature and the Tantras
  II. Hindu Myths, Beliefs and Rites
  1. renewed pantheon
  2. speculative framework
  3. Hindu rites and festivals
  4. Historical perspectives
  III. Hinduism in the Modern World
  1. Reform movements and contemporary 'masters'
  2. advent of gurus in the West
  3. promise of 'inter-faith' dialogue: the experience of Dom Le Saux. Indian Union (simplified administrative map).