Encyclopedia of Hinduism

by Cush,Denise; Cush,Denise

• ISBN13: 9780700712670
• ISBN10: 0700712674
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-18
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

The Encyclopedia of Hinduism contains over 900 entries reflecting recent advances in scholarship which have raised new theoretical and methodological issues as well as identifying new areas of study which have not been addressed previously. The debate over the term 'Hinduism' in the light of post-Orientalist critiques is just one example of how once standard academic frameworks have been called into question. Entries range from 150-word definitions of terms and concepts to 5,000-word in-depth investigations of major topics. The Encyclopedia covers all aspects of Hinduism but departs from other works in including more ethnographic and contemporary material in contrast to an exclusively textual and historical approach. It includes a broad range of subject matter such as: historical developments (among them nineteenth and twentieth century reform and revival); geographical distribution (especially the diaspora); major and minor movements; philosophies and theologies; scriptures;deities; temples and sacred sites; pilgrimages; festivals; rites of passage; worship; religious arts (sculpture, architecture, music, dance, etc.); religious sciences (e.g. astrology); biographies of leading figures; local and regional traditions; caste and untouchability; feminism and women's religion; nationalism and the Hindu radical right; and new religious movements. The history of study and the role of important scholars past and present are also discussed. Accessibility to all levels of reader has been a priority and no previous knowledge is assumed. However, the in-depth larger entries and the design of the work in line with the latest scholarly advances means that the volume will be of considerable interest to specialists. The whole is cross-referenced and bibliographies attach to the larger entries. There is a full index.

Table of Contents

Abhinav Bharat Society

Abhinavagupta

Abortion

Aditi

Advaita

Aesthetics

Agastya

Agni

Ahalya

Ahamkara

Ahimsa

Airavata

Aiyanar

Akhil Bharatiya Sadhu Samaj

Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

Alakha

Alakshmi

Almsgiving/dana

Alvar

Amaravati

Anand Marg

Anandamayi Ma

Anasuya

Angiras

Anna-prashana (first solid food)

Annapurna

Antah-karana

Antal or Andal

Antyeshti (funeral)

Apasmara

Apsaras

Aranyakas

Aranyakas

Architecture

Ardhanishvara

Arjuna

Arnold, E.

Art

Artha

Arthashastra

Artha-vada?

Arti

Arundhati

Arya Samaj

Aryabhata

Aryaman

Asana

Asceticism/tapas

Ashram

ashramas [general entry]

Ashtanga Yoga

Ashvalayana

Ashvins

Asiatick Researches

Asiatick Society of Bengal/Royal Asiatic Society

Astika/nastika

Astika/nastika

Asuniti

Asura

Atman

Atmaram Panderung

Atri

Aurobindo Ghose/Shri Aurobindo

Auroville

authority e.g. scriptures, gurus, priests, scholars, tradition etc. [general entry]

Avatara (Ten, Twenty-Four, Thrity-Nine) including Matsya, Ekasringa, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna and Kalki, as well as amshavatara and purnavatara

Ayodhya

Ayurveda

Badarayana

Badarayana

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Thackeray

Balak Das

Balambika

Balarama

Balarama

Bali

Ban on widow remarriage

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Basava

Basham, A.L.

Bauls

Besant, Annie

Bhagavad-Gita

Bhagavatas

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh/Osho

Bhajan

Bhakti (as path)

Bhakti movement

Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

Bharat Dharma Mahamandala

Bharati

Bharati, A.

Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Bhasa

Bhatrihari

Bhattaji Dikshita

Bhavagupta

Bhedabheda/Dvaitadvaita

Bhikshu

Bhima

Bhima Bhoi

Bhimrao Ram Ambedkar

Bhishma

Bhuta

Biardeau, M.

Bijoy Krishna Goswami

Bindu

Bir Devi

Blavatsky, Madame Helena

Blood sacrifice

Books, comics, newspapers & magazines

Brahm Shankar Misra

Brahma

Brahma Kumaris

Brahma Sutras

Brahmacarya

Brahman

Brahman

Brahmanas

Brahmanas

Brahman-atman

Brahmanism

Brahmo Samaj

Brihaspati

Brockington, J.

Buddhism''s Relationship with Hinduism

Buhler, G.

Burnouf, E.

Caitanya

Calendar including seasons (ritu) & months (masa)

Candidas

caste [general entry]

Castration & eunuchs

Celibacy

Chandas

Chaudhuri, N.

Child marriage

Chittrai

Chuda Karana (tonsure)

Coeurdoux, G.L.

Consecration (abhimantara, abhisheka)

Contemporary Movements ???

Contraception

Conversion

Coomaraswamy, A.

cosmogony [general entry]

cosmology including the world egg and other models of the universe, worlds, heavens, netherworlds & hells [general entry]

Courtesans

Dada Lekhraj

Dadoba Panderung

Dakini

Daksha

Dalits/oucastes/untouchables/pancama/ harijans

Dance

Darshana

Dasarajna

Dasgupta, S.

Dashahra/Dussehra

Dasharatha

Dattatreya

Day of Brahma

de Nobili, R.

Debendranath Tagore

Deccan Educational Society

deities, gods and goddesses [general entry]

Deussen, P.

Deutsche MorgenlSndische Gesellschaft

Dev Samaj

Devadasis

Devaki

Devi Mahatmya

Dhanurveda

Dharma

Dharmashastras

Dhenu

Dhonde Kehav Karve

Dikpalas

Diksha

Divali

Divination

Divine Light Mission/Premis

Divorce

Domestic altars (worship at)

domestic and family deities

Doniger, W.

Dow, A.

Dowry

Dowry death

Drama

Draupadi

Drona

Dubois, J.A.

Dumont, L.

Duperron, A.

Durga/Amba

Durgapuja/Navratri

Dvaita

Dvaraka

Dvija/dvijati/twice-born

Dyaus Pitar

Eck, D.

Edgerton, F.

Education

Eidlitz, W.

Elements/bhutas (prithivi, apas, vayu, agni, akasha)

Eliade, M.

Emerson, R.W.

ethics [general entry]

Euthanasia

Farquhar, J.N.

Fasting

Feminism

festivals/utsava [general entry]

Fillozat, J.

Film

Fire/Homa /Agnihotra

Foeticide

Food (cf. festivals, caste etc.)

Forms of marriage (or of getting a wife): Brahma

Arsha

Daiva

Gandharva

Asura

Rakshasa

Paishaca

Asura

Frauwallner, E.

Gana

Ganapatyas

Gandhari

Gandharva

Gandharvaveda

Gandhi Jayanti

Ganesha

Ganeshacaturthi

Ganga

Ganga Dasahara

Gangesha Upadhyaya

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