Name/Title
Sources of Indian tradition : volume IEntry/Object ID
DS423 .D33 1958 v.1Description
To provide an understanding of contemporary civilization in India and Pakistan, the editor presents material that illustrates Indian thought since earliest times. The traditions represented here include Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Brahmanism, and Islam. Discussed under Hinduism are the Four Ends of Man: Virtue, Material Gain, Love or Pleasure and Spiritual Liberation; and under Islam in India such topics as Muslim Orthodoxy, the Holy Law of Islam, the Mystics, the Muslim Ruler in India, the Social Order, and the Study of History. Among the great historical figures represented are the Emperor Ashoka, patron of Buddhism; the philosopher and theologian Shankara; the great "mogul," Akbar; and Kabir, shoemaker and mystic.
Extensive introductory essays and commentary are provided to assist the reader in understanding the historical setting and significance of the ideas expressed. The readings, which deal with political, economic, and aesthetic questions as well as religious and philosophical speculations, consist of translations from Indian sources, most of them made especially for the work.
This volume contains an Indic word list and a chronological table of Indian history beginning with 570 B.C. up to A.D. 1757.
Contents:
The Cosmic Order in the Vedic Hymns
The Ritual Order in the Brahmanas:
Ultimate Reality In The Upanishads
The Background of Jainism and Buddhism
The Basic Doctrines Of Jainism:
Origin and development of Jainism
Jain Doctrines and practices
Jain literature
Jain Philosophy And Political Thought:
Of space and time
There is no creator
Plurality of souls
A modern Jain apologist
Ideal King I
Ideal King II
Practical advice on war and peace
Miseries and dangers of politics
Theravada Buddhism:
Basic doctrines of Theravada Buddhism
Ethics of Theravada Buddhism
Society and the state in Theravada Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism: The Greater Vehicle
The Vehicle Of The Thunderbolt And The Decline Of Buddhism In India
Hinduism
The four ends of man
Dharma, The First End Of Man
Artha: The Second End Of Man
Kama: The Third End Of Man
Aesthetic speculations
Moksha: The Fourth End Of Man
Bhagavad Gita
Hindu philosophy
The way of devotion
The Teachers
Hymns in Sanskrit
Songs Of the Saints of Medieval Hindu Devotion
Islam In Medieval India
Foundations of Medieval Islam
Islam as revealed in the Qur'an and the Sunna
Unorthodox Islam
The Historical Background
Coming of Islam to India
Fundamentals of Muslim Faith
The Legacy of Al-Ghazali
Muslim Orthodoxy in India:
The Mystics
Sufism in India During the Sultanate period
The Quest for God the Beloved and for Knowledge of God
The Preservation of god's Transcendence at the Supreme Stage of Mystic Experience
Sufi Acceptance of Orthodox Formalist Islam
Religious Tension Under the Mughals
Akbar's Religious Outlook
Dara Shikoh and Pantheism
The Reaction Against Pantheistic Mysticism
Shah Wali-Ullah
The Muslim Ruler in India
The Ideal Social Order
The Importance of the Study of History
Indic Word List
IndexCollection
Jotidhammo CollectionDimensions
Dimension Description
xxv, 961 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmBook Details
Editor
Wm. Theodore de BaryVolume/Number/Issue
IPublisher
Columbia University PressDate Published
1958Publication Subjects
India -- Civilization
India -- Religion
Pakistan -- Civilization
Pakistan -- ReligionCall No.
DS423 .D33 1958 v.1ISBN
0231086008Notes
Translations from various sources and by various individuals
Originally published as v. 56 in series: Records of civilization