Sacred Hindu SymbolsAbhinav Publications, 2001 - 118 Hinduism Is Not Merely A Religion But A Way Of Life. Hinduism, In Its Traverse Of Four Thousand Years, Has Accumulated Many A Belief And Practice, Which Encompass The Whole Socio-Religio-Cultural Life Of A Devout. Since The Mythological Past, Hinduism Is Studded With Varied Signs And Symptoms, Which Are Mystic In Character And Symbolic In Nature, And Are Also Sacred Symbols Of Spiritualism As Well. These Symbols Are The Sacred Rivers; Mystic Mantras Like Om And Gayatri; The Auspicious Symbol Of Swastika; The Shivalinga, Salagram Shila Or Sacred Stone Objects; Tripundra Tilaks Or Urdhapundra Tilaks- The Process Of Besmearing The Body With Different Marks Of Sandal Pastes; The Sacred Conch Or Sankha And Venerated Trees Which Have Medicinal Value And Spiritual Ethos Like Tulsi, Vata, Rudraksha, Etc. All These Are Part Of Modern Hinduism But To Many Devouts And Observers These Symbols Stand Enigmatic! Thus This Book Attempts To Explore And Unearth The Hidden Philosophy Of These Signs And Gauge The Socio-Scientific Base And Tries To Find Out The Real Meaning Of Ritualistic Methodologies Of These Symbols, Which Are The Great Objects Of Veneration Of The Hindus Down The Ages. |
Spis treści
Preface | 7 |
List of Photographs | 11 |
Signs and Symptoms of Hinduism | 13 |
An Overview | 15 |
The Hindu Pantheism | 19 |
Sacred Animal Symbols | 27 |
The Mysticism of Mantra | 30 |
The Mystic Mantra OM | 33 |
Sankha The Sacred Conch | 77 |
The Symbolism of Sacred Trees | 81 |
The Tears of Shiva | 84 |
The Sacred Tulsi | 93 |
The Sacred Bilva Tree | 98 |
The Sacred Vata Vriksha | 100 |
The Sacred Peepal Tree | 102 |
The Sacred Kadali Tree | 104 |
The Sacred Gayatri Mantra | 36 |
The Sacred Swastika | 38 |
Symbol of Temple Worship | 41 |
The Symbolic Water and Sacred Rivers | 44 |
The Sacred Posture of Hindu Salutation | 47 |
The Sacred Sikha | 49 |
The Sivalinga | 50 |
The Shaivite Tilaks | 58 |
Salagram Shila | 63 |
The Vaishnavite Tilaks | 70 |
Mango Tree | 106 |
Betel Leaf or Pan | 107 |
Durba Grass | 109 |
Soma Plant | 110 |
Sacred Karpura | 111 |
Sacred Flowers | 112 |
113 | |
116 | |
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
According Agni ancient scriptures ashes Atharvaveda auspicious Bengal besmearing Bhasma body Brahma Brahmins called ceremony chakras chanted Chatterjee colour cult cure deity devout Hindu divine Durba grass Durga Elaeocarpus Encyclopaedia flowers forehead Ganesha Ganga Gayatri Mantra Goddess Gods Hindu scriptures Hinduism India Indus Valley Civilisation Japa Kadali Karpura Kartikeya known Krishna Lakshmi leaf Linga Purana Lord lotus mark medicinal value Moreover mukhee rudraksha represents mythological namaha Nandi offered Parvati Pauranic Peepal tree personifies phallic Pranam puja Purana Ramanandi Ramayana religious Rig Veda Ritualistically speaking rituals Rudra Sacred Conch sacred trees salagram shila sandal paste Sankha Sanskrit Saraswati school of thought sect Shaivite Shakti shape Shastras Shiva Shivalinga shree signifies sikha sins committed Siva Soma Sphota spiritual stone Surya Swastika symbol symbolises Tripundra Tilak Tulsi tulsi plant Upanishad Urdhapundra Tilak vahana Vaishnava Vaishnavite Vata Vriksha Vayu Veda Vedic veneration Vishnu wearer wearing Yamuna
Odniesienia do tej książki
Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity Guy L. Beck Ograniczony podgląd - 2005 |