{"product_id":"2940015723397","title":"Hindu Gods And Heroes","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. THE VĒDIC AGE:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePopular Religion, p. 9--Ṛig-vēda and priestly religion, p.\u003cbr\u003e11--Dyaus-Zeus, p. 14--Ushās, p. 18--Sūrya, p. 19--Savitā, p.\u003cbr\u003e19--Mitra and Varuṇa, p. 19--Agni, p. 22--Sōma, p. 23--Indra, p.\u003cbr\u003e25--The Aśvins, p. 35--Vishṇu, p. 37--Rudra-Siva, p. 42--Summary, p.\u003cbr\u003e42.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. THE AGE OF THE BRĀHMAṆAS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of Brahman influence in expanding Aryan society, p. 45--System\u003cbr\u003eof priestly doctrine: theory of Sacrifice and mechanical control of\u003cbr\u003enature thereby, p. 48--Its antinomianism: partly corrected by the\u003cbr\u003egrowing cult of Rudra-Śiva, p. 53--The Upanishads: their relation to\u003cbr\u003ethe Brāhmaṇas, p. 59--Brahma the Absolute, p. 60--Karma-Saṃsāra, p.\u003cbr\u003e63--Results: Śaiva Theism, p. 65--Kṛishṇa: early history and legends,\u003cbr\u003ep. 66--Teachings, p. 68.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. THE EPICS, AND LATER:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Great War and the Pāṇḍavas, p. 70--Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, p.\u003cbr\u003e74--Nārāyaṇa, p. 76--Bhagavad-gītā and Nārāyaṇīya, p. 77--Growth of\u003cbr\u003echurch of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, p. 79--Worship of Pāṇḍavas, p. 92--New\u003cbr\u003eerotic and romantic Kṛishṇaism, p. 94.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Rāma: legend of Rāma and constitution of Rāmāyaṇa, p. 98.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. Some later Preachers, p. 103--Religions of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa and\u003cbr\u003eŚiva in Southern India, p. 103--Śaṃkara Āchārya, p. 105--Rāmānuja, p.\u003cbr\u003e107--Nimbārka, Madhva, Vallabha, p. 108--Jñānadēva, p. 109--Nāma-dēva,\u003cbr\u003ep. 109--Tukārām, p. 109--Rāmānanda, p. 110--Tulsī Dās, p. 110--Kabīr,\u003cbr\u003ep. 110--Nānak, p. 110--Chaitanya, p. 110.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. Brahmā and the Trimūrti, p. 111--Dattātrēya, p. 114.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. Two Modern Instances, p. 116.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORIAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one. They\u003cbr\u003edesire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall\u003cbr\u003ebe the ambassadors of goodwill and understanding between East and\u003cbr\u003eWest--the old world of Thought and the new of Action. In this\u003cbr\u003eendeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but followers of the\u003cbr\u003ehighest example in the land. They are confident that a deeper\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Oriental thought\u003cbr\u003emay help to a revival of that true spirit of Charity which neither\u003cbr\u003edespises nor fears the nations of another creed and colour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL. CRANMER-BYNG.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eS. A. KAPADIA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNORTHBROOK SOCIETY,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21 CROMWELL ROAD,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKENSINGTON, S. W.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHINDU GODS AND HEROES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE VĒDIC AGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet us imagine we are in a village of an Aryan tribe in the Eastern\u003cbr\u003ePanjab something more than thirty centuries ago. It is made up of a\u003cbr\u003efew large huts, round which cluster smaller ones, all of them rudely\u003cbr\u003ebuilt, mostly of bamboo; in the other larger ones dwell the heads of\u003cbr\u003efamilies, while the smaller ones shelter their kinsfolk and followers,\u003cbr\u003efor this is a patriarchal world, and the housefather gives the law to\u003cbr\u003ehis household. The people are mostly a comely folk, tall and\u003cbr\u003eclean-limbed, and rather fair of skin, with well-cut features and\u003cbr\u003estraight noses; but among them are not a few squat and ugly men and\u003cbr\u003ewomen, flat-nosed and nearly black in colour, who were once the free\u003cbr\u003edwellers in this land, and now have become slaves or serfs to their\u003cbr\u003eAryan conquerors. Around the village are fields where bullocks are\u003cbr\u003edragging rough ploughs; and beyond these are woods and moors in which\u003cbr\u003elurk wild men, and beyond these are the lands of other Aryan tribes.\u003cbr\u003eLife in the village is simple and rude, but not uneventful, for the\u003cbr\u003evillage is part of a tribe, and tribes are constantly fighting with\u003cbr\u003eone another, as well as with the dark-skinned men who often try to\u003cbr\u003edrive back the Aryans, sometimes in small forays and sometimes in\u003cbr\u003emassed hordes. But the world in which the village is interested is a\u003cbr\u003esmall one, and hardly extends beyond the bounds of the land where its\u003cbr\u003etribe dwells. It knows something of the land of the Five Rivers, in\u003cbr\u003eone corner of which it lives, and something even of the lands to the\u003cbr\u003enorth of it, and to the west as far as the mountains and deserts,\u003cbr\u003ewhere live men of its own kind and tongue; but beyond these limits it\u003cbr\u003ehas no knowledge.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147890311408,"sku":"2940015723397","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015723397","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}