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Unity in Diversity: the Interaction of Literature and Art of the Major Religious and Cultural Systems of India

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013
The article examines one of the main questions of intercommunications between main religious and cultural systems in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity in literature and art. The article, using the actual material, focuses the similarities
O. G. Ultsiferov
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The influence of the Indian philosophical tradition on Sanskrit translations of the Bible (on the example of the Gospel of John) [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2014
The article is an attempt to describe briefly the history of translation of the Bible into Sanskrit and give examples of how Sanskrit translations of Biblical texts were affected by the influence of Indian Religious and Philosophical tradition.
Sergey Lobanov
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Why Did the Buddhists Adopt Sanskrit?

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2017
Western scholarship has long wondered about the reasons that led the Buddhists, or, to be more precise, specific sectarian components of the Indian Buddhist communities (most conspicuously the [Mūla]sarvāstivādins), to abandon the Middle Indic ...
Eltschinger Vincent
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Sanskrit educational texts in Kawi culture; The case of the "Kārakasaṁgraha"

open access: yesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This article provides a revised critical edition and annotated translation of the Kārakasaṁgraha, a Sanskrit grammatical treatise as it has been preserved in Balinese manuscripts.
Zakariya Pamuji Aminullah   +1 more
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Exploring the Swimming and Water Safety Behaviour Among Indian and Vietnamese Adults in Australia. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Promot J Austr
ABSTRACT Issue Addressed From 2011 to 2021, drowning caused over 2.5 million preventable deaths, with Asia carrying the highest burden of drowning deaths. India and Vietnam are among the top 10 birth countries of people who drown in Australia. This study aimed to understand how Asian adults living in Australia develop health literacy in relation to ...
Low L   +3 more
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Integrating yoga into anatomy and clinical medicine education: A holistic approach to learning

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomical knowledge is fundamental for success in clinical settings. Unfortunately, anatomy education within professional health programs has experienced a continual decrease in contact hours and curricular content over the previous two decades, leading to deficits and potential gaps in anatomical science knowledge.
Dana Rohde   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

आत्मा आत्मसंस्थो देहश्च

open access: yesPrachi Prajna, 2021
वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्। देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्।। निद्रितो जनो यथा स्वप्नदृष्टं तदीयं देहं तदीयं स्वरूपमिति सञ्चिन्तयति करोति च कार्यं तदनुसारं तथैव जीवः तत्पूर्वजन्मना लब्धं जडदेहमिमं स्वरूपं तस्य सञ्चिन्तयति तिष्ठति च सर्वथ ...
डा. श्रीविश्वरञ्जन पाण्डा
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Varāhamihira’s Physiognomic Omens in the Garuḍapurāṇa

open access: yesHistory of Science in South Asia, 2019
In this paper, I study the three chapters devoted to human physiognomy in the Garuḍapurāṇa. Two of the three come directly from Varāhamihira’s sixth-century Bṛhatsaṃhitā with the commentary (vivṛti) of the Kaśmirian Bhaṭṭotpala (fl. ca.
Kenneth Zysk
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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

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