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Hindus : their religious beliefs and practices / Julius Lipner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The library of religious beliefs and practicesPublication details: Abingdon : Routledge, 2010.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 426 p. : map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415456760 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0415456762 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780415456777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415456770 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780203864647 (ebook)
  • 0203864646 (ebook)
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Contents:
1. About `Hindu`, Hinduism and this book -- Pt. I. Guiding voices -- 2. The voice of scripture as Veda (I) : performing the word -- 3. The voice of scripture as Veda (II) : discerning the word -- 4. The voice of scripture as Veda and `Veda` -- 5. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (I) -- 6. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (II) -- 7. The voice of tradition : caste and its realities -- 8. The voice of tradition : itihasa and sacred narrative -- 9. The voice of tradition : folklore and the intellectual heritage -- 10. The voice of experience -- Pt. II. Reason and morality -- 11. A story with a tale -- 12. Morality and the person; the belief in karma and rebirth -- Pt. III. Images of time, space, and eternity -- 13. Reckoning time and `progress` -- 14. the sacred and its forms -- 15. Ways, means and ends -- Concluding postscript.
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Previously published: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. About `Hindu`, Hinduism and this book -- Pt. I. Guiding voices -- 2. The voice of scripture as Veda (I) : performing the word -- 3. The voice of scripture as Veda (II) : discerning the word -- 4. The voice of scripture as Veda and `Veda` -- 5. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (I) -- 6. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (II) -- 7. The voice of tradition : caste and its realities -- 8. The voice of tradition : itihasa and sacred narrative -- 9. The voice of tradition : folklore and the intellectual heritage -- 10. The voice of experience -- Pt. II. Reason and morality -- 11. A story with a tale -- 12. Morality and the person; the belief in karma and rebirth -- Pt. III. Images of time, space, and eternity -- 13. Reckoning time and `progress` -- 14. the sacred and its forms -- 15. Ways, means and ends -- Concluding postscript.

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