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Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self [PDF]
, 2023 This monograph is about the metaphor of reflection in a mirror, frequently used in Indian philosophical traditions to address metaphysical, epistemological, and theological problems arising from a non-reductionist approach to consciousness.
Shevchenko, Dimitry
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Traditions and Transformations: Marriage and Family Institutions Among Modern Indian Muslims
Şırnak Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi DergisiThis article examines the transformation of gender roles and marriage norms among Indian Muslim women within the framework of Islamic legal principles, modernity, and contemporary socio-political developments.
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G.N. Roerich and his analysis of the history of Indology in Russia
RUDN Journal of World History, 2019 The scientific heritage of Russian orientalist G.N. Roerich (1902-1960) is still not studied sufficiently. The goal of this article is to examine G.N. Roerichs work Indology in Russia, which was published in English in an Indian journal (Journal of the ...
Alla M. Shustova
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Mythos, 2020 From a longue durée perspective, the term yoga has been scholarly understood as a philosophical system or a religious phenomenon. Such an approach, however, does not take into account the uses of the word yóga in the early Vedic texts, mainly the R̥gveda,
Marianna Ferrara
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Muslim–Hindu Relations in the Delhi Sultanate: A Socio-Political Analysis
Trabzon İlahiyat DergisiThis article examines Muslim–Hindu relations during the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526) both within the framework of South Asian historiography and Area Studies, offering its original contribution through a reinterpretation of intercommunal encounters that ...
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, 2023 This book comprises the first exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law or Dharmaśāstra, as it is called in Sanskrit.
Brick, David
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A Model of the Universe in Kathmandu's Old Royal Palace
History of Science in South Asia, 2020 This paper discusses a model of the universe found in Mohan courtyard of the old royal palace of Kathmandu, the Hanūmānḍhokā. It was commissioned and installed by King Pratāpa Malla in 1656 CE.
Gudrun Bühnemann
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On two arguments for fanaticism
Noûs, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 565-595, September 2024.Abstract Should we make significant sacrifices to ever‐so‐slightly lower the chance of extremely bad outcomes, or to ever‐so‐slightly raise the chance of extremely good outcomes? Fanaticism says yes: for every bad outcome, there is a tiny chance of extreme disaster that is even worse, and for every good outcome, there is a tiny chance of an enormous ...
Jeffrey Sanford Russell
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History in the Making: On Sheldon Pollock’s “NS Indology” and Vishwa Adluri’s “Pride and Prejudice” [PDF]
, 2012 R. Grünendahl, "History in the Making: On Sheldon Pollock’s 'NS Indology' and Vishwa Adluri’s 'Pride and Prejudice'," Hindu Studies 16 (2012): 189–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-012-9115-
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Negotiating the salientization of identity: Hindu? Indian? American?
New Directions for Higher Education, Volume 2024, Issue 206, Page 15-26, Summer 2024.Abstract This chapter starts by briefly decluttering how religion is defined through western theistic attributes, then explores students’ Hindu experiences while centering a counter socio‐religio‐cultural narrative of lived religion. I look into systemic institutional misalignments stemming from white Christian supremacy and lastly, aspects of student ...
Gaurav Harshe
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