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Indias Intellectua...
Indias Intellectual Traditions and Contributions to the World
by: Bal Ram Singh , Surendra N. Dwivedi , Satish C. Misra , Bhu Dev Sharma , Dhirendra ShahThe thought-provoking articles contained in this volume present insights into the Hindu religious vision for nourishing mutual appreciation and respect among the various religious traditions. They also make up a presentation of Vedic and Upaniùadic ideas of understanding and ahi§sà to address some of the most urgent global problems of today.
₹1,620.00
ISBN: 9788124604762
Year Of Publication: 2010
Edition: 1st
Pages : xiii, 846
Bibliographic Details : Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 1200
The conference papers make up a presentation of Vedic and Upanishadic ideas of understanding and ahimsa to address some of the most urgent global problems in todays world. The scholarly articles elaborate on principles of ahimsa as practised by the Buddhist and Jain traditions and by the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi. Scholars from India and other parts of Asia as well as the West here explore the scientific and systematic nature of life of the Vedic people. They examine aspects relating to linguistics, the Indian epic literature, and advaita, and study many individual topics like states of consciousness in Indian philosophy and concept of time in Indian heritage. They delve into the meaning and message of the Upaniùads as extremely relevant to us in the present century. A study examines festivals to determine the correlation between annual festivals and natural factors and conducts a scientific analysis that establishes a relation between lunar phases and human physiology, and more generally the relation between calendar and culture.
The thought-provoking papers present insights into the vision of Dharmic traditions for nourishing mutual appreciation and respect among religious traditions. They also reveal the abuses and distortions that the tradition has suffered from within over the ages. They call for a scientific analysis of human traditions so that their time-tested values can prove relevant to the present day.
Linguistics
Preface
1. Development of Mathematics from Sanskrit
— M.P. Chaudhary
2. Sanskrit, an Efficient Linguistic Code
— Narayan R. Joshi
Epic
3. Mahabharata: The Dharmas Drama
— Indira Y. Junghare
4. The Sacred Tree of Existence in Mahabharata
— K. Sankarnarayan
5. Uniqueness of Valmiki Ramayana
— Tenneti C. Rao
6. Studies on the Antiquity of Ramayana
— Ramen Nandi
Religion
7. A Critical Review of Paul Courtrights Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings
— Vishal Agarwal
— Karthik Kalavai Venkataramani
8. Teaching Hinduism : The Authenticity of Representation in Pluralistic World
— Joseph Schaller
9. The Taboo of Belief: Anthropological Methods and the Study of Religion
— Julia A. Jean
Philosophy
10. Advaita as Non-Dual Idealism
— Benjamin T. Root
11. Ipseity, Atman and Consciousness
— Vinod D. Deshmukh
12. Turiya: The Fourth State of Consciousness and Step Model of Self-Consciousness
— Vinod D. Deshmukh
13. From Unity to Multiplicity: Threshold Division as Vedic and Fourfold as Western
— Jack Engstrom
14. Quantum Potentiality and Importance of Consciousness in the Universe
— Lothar Schafer
15. Concept of Time in Indian Heritage
— S. Ram Mohan
16. What the Upanishads have to Teach us in the 21st century?
— Francis X. Clonney, S.J.
17. A Summary of The Authors Theory of Foundations of Reality and Spirituality, with Applications to Vedic Statements
— Jagdish N. Srivastava
18. Unravelling Uncertainty: An Advaitic Paradigm
— Raju Chidambaram
19. The Indian Cultural Heritage and its Contribution to the World
— V.D. Misra
Modern Concepts
20. The Communion of Saints : Models of Holiness in a World of Conflict
— Thomas A. Forsthoefel
21. A Case Study on Personality Improvement through Vedic Teachings in Indian Corporate Bodies
— Harish Candra
22. The Hindu Vision as Framework for Religious Pluralism in the 21st Century
— Varadaraja V. Raman
23. Scientific Analysis of Correlation between Natural Factors and Annual Festivals around the Globe
— Bal Ram Singh
— Kalyan Chakravarthi
Abstracts of Papers Presented During the Conference held in 2002
Abstracts of Papers presented During the Conference held in 2004
Specially Organized Session Papers
The Contributors
Index
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