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Visnuism and Sivaism: A Comparison

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This expanded version of Professor Gonda's Jordan lectures, given at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London in 1969, presents, not a regular account of the history of Visnuism and Sivaism, but rather a detailed discussion of some of those historical, doctrinal, ritual, and literary aspects of both religious currents which do not seem to have attracted the attention they deserve. Being comparative in character it is an attempt to delineate the main characteristics of each tradition and to reconsider some vexed problems relating to their origin and the history of their theological doctrines and the practices. Special emphasis is laid upon their various interrelations, upon those many features which have their roots in the Vedic past, and upon the partly parallel and often divergent development of their rituals and philosophies.
Late Dr. J. Gonda was Professor of Sanskrit and Indo-European Linguistics in the University of Utrecht.

Language: English

Pages: 228

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private, Limited

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 812150287X

ISBN 13: 9788121502870

Visnuism and Sivaism: A Comparison

3/5 ( ratings)

This expanded version of Professor Gonda's Jordan lectures, given at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London in 1969, presents, not a regular account of the history of Visnuism and Sivaism, but rather a detailed discussion of some of those historical, doctrinal, ritual, and literary aspects of both religious currents which do not seem to have attracted the attention they deserve. Being comparative in character it is an attempt to delineate the main characteristics of each tradition and to reconsider some vexed problems relating to their origin and the history of their theological doctrines and the practices. Special emphasis is laid upon their various interrelations, upon those many features which have their roots in the Vedic past, and upon the partly parallel and often divergent development of their rituals and philosophies.
Late Dr. J. Gonda was Professor of Sanskrit and Indo-European Linguistics in the University of Utrecht.

Language: English

Pages: 228

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private, Limited

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 812150287X

ISBN 13: 9788121502870

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