Sanskrit

also found in large number in India, such as, sculptures in temples of Khajuraho and cave paintings, some very explicit, are part of the Hindu tradition celebrating the value of sexuality. Kamasutra, the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature was and is never meant to sexually excite viewers, but to inform the very practice of human…

Debates over the abolition of sati marked a contested ground in both India and England between 1780 and 1833. Taken by colonial officials to mean the self-immolation of a Hindu woman on her husband's funeral pyre, the or conceal gay identity.Gender, Class and the Sacred in the Dress of Women Religious" examines the way in which nuns' dress is a visible manifestation of conflicts related to role, self, and the conscription of the body by the church. Unfortunately, she provides more rhetoric than…

straight simple approach. Nanasaheb Chapekar’s Smritidhan (1965) is a plain, unattractive account of his life, quite suitable to his public image. Comrade Dange’s Narakpuri Gavasali (1965) depicts his interesting personality. His well-readness in Sanskrit and Marathi literature, his deep study of Greek and British history and his fresh sense of humour make his writing attractive. Usha Dange, comrade Dange’s wife, depicts the delicate portrait of Dange and Sane Guruji in her autobiography Pan…

The Dalai lama…a story of reputation “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing” these words of Abraham Lincoln describes how everyone could see a particular person in different points of view. In this essay, I am going to elaborate on the reputation of the Dalai Lama taking into consideration the issues involved in setting the Dalai Lama in his historical context, the Western and the Chinese’s views of him and how…

The term ‘tradition’ is a comprehensive one and it includes all social conventions, cultural practices, religious faiths, familial and familiar relationships. We come to know that the consistent burden of traditional authority generates a rebellion against the organized forces of oppression and injustice done to the women in the patriarchal society. Deshpande promotes the idea that women must try to come out of their suppressed roles. My paper analyses the conflict of tradition and modernity…

The kingdoms of central Java in the classical and early modern periods are an excellent case study of the general transition to a galactic polity system in Southeast Asia. Although these powerful polities ruled their areas from 1500 to 1800, the roots of these societies can be found in the beginning of the classical period in the 9th century. In Java, an early agrarian Hindu-Buddhist society gave way to the rise of the Kingdom of Majapahit, and later, the Kingdom of Mataram. Through the…

In 1971 25th march the ruthless and brutal armed operation undertaken by the Pakistani army. Pakistani rulers curb the movement of the freedom loving Bengalis rulers. By the military authority was termed as “Operation Searchlight”. Because of this operation many students leaders, Bengali intellectuals arrest or kill the distinguished Awami League leaders in the main cities of the then East Pakistan including Dhaka, the Bangali personnel’s of military, that time radio station and telephone was…

The most noticeable of these is Siddhartha. The name itself derives from Sanskrit, meaning “he who had found meaning”. This runs parallel with the Siddhartha in the book since the book highlights his search for enlightenment, or meaning. Siddhartha can be seen as a reference to the Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha, who shows up as…

The Role of Warfare in Religion Throughout history, the attitudes that Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam have had towards war have changed, and have affected each religion 's development throughout history. The study of warfare in the context of religion is important, because the ability of the three largest religions to survive to the modern day is only partly due to their religious messages. Rather, in times of conflict, religious warfare protected the foundations and peoples of each religion…

Hinduism “Hinduism is a major world religion, not merely by virtue of its many followers, but also because of its profound influence on many other religions during its long, unbroken history, beginning about 1500 BC.” (Hinduism). The term Hinduism comes from the Indus river which flows through Pakistan. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world, out of all the larger belief systems. The Hindu religion has been around for thousands of years and contains many beliefs, practices, and…