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Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A View from the Margin
ISBN: 9781403976291 / Angielski / Twarda / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors propose a new, global understanding of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics.
This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors p...
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195,42 zł |
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Jewish Way in Death and Mourning
ISBN: 9780824604233 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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176,12 zł |
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Escaping the World: Women Renouncers Among Jains
ISBN: 9780415500814 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book attends to a historical question - how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts - which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered through extensive fieldwork among the sadhvis in Delhi and Jaipur. The volume foregrounds the primacy of 'choice' and 'agency'- upheld by the nuns themselves, who associate asceticism with autonomy, freedom, joy, spiritual well-being, self-worth and peace, and grihastha (household) with loss of independence, fettered...
The book attends to a historical question - how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts - whic...
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708,33 zł |
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Karma
ISBN: 9780824835705 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one's deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word "karma" itself. In lucid and accessible prose, this book presents karma in its historical, cultural, and religious context. Initially, karma manifested itself in a number of religious movements--most notably Jainism and Buddhism--and was subsequently absorbed into Brahmanism in spite of opposition until the end of the first millennium C.E. Philosophers of all... Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one's deeds in earlier lives... |
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278,85 zł |
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Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora
ISBN: 9789004206298 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain artistic and devotional practices at the rock-cut site of Ellora in Maharashtra, India. Created during the ninth and tenth centuries, Ellora's Jain caves are among the best-preserved examples of medieval Jain art in India. While this book briefly addresses traditional art historical issues of date and iconography, it primarily considers the articulation of sacred space within the caves and the role of imagery in shaping devotional practices. Building upon...
Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain artistic and devotion...
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620,40 zł |
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The History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration in India
ISBN: 9780415533607 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time, the influential classic study by Ludwig Alsdorf on two of the most pertinent issues in Indic religion - history of vegetarianism and cow-veneration - is made available to an English-speaking audience.
For the first time, the influential classic study by Ludwig Alsdorf on two of the most pertinent issues in Indic religion - history of vegetarianism a...
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283,28 zł |
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Secret Exodus
ISBN: 9781451683745 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the migration, under conditions of extreme secrecy, of some 16,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel, in which Israeli intelligence agents, American diplomats, international refugee organizations, and Sudanese officials all had vital roles. It is told by a Readers' Digest roving editor who calls it "the story of a good deed that even today almost no one wants to take credit for."
The story of the migration, under conditions of extreme secrecy, of some 16,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel, in which Israeli intelligence agents, Americ...
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65,48 zł |
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Vicissitudes of the Goddess
ISBN: 9780199325023 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a detailed history of Hindu goddess traditions with a special focus on the local goddesses of Andhra Pradesh, past and present. The antiquity and the evolution of these goddess traditions are illustrated and documented with the help of archaeological reports, literary sources, inscriptions and art. Tracing the symbols and images of goddess into the brahmanical (Saiva and Vaisnava), Buddhist, and Jaina religious traditions, the book argues effectively how and with what motivations goddesses and their symbolizations were appropriated and transformed. The book also examines...
This book provides a detailed history of Hindu goddess traditions with a special focus on the local goddesses of Andhra Pradesh, past and present. The...
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689,78 zł |
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Vicissitudes of the Goddess: Reconstructions of the Gramadevata in India's Religious Traditions
ISBN: 9780199325030 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a detailed history of Hindu goddess traditions with a special focus on the local goddesses of Andhra Pradesh, past and present. The antiquity and the evolution of these goddess traditions are illustrated and documented with the help of archaeological reports, literary sources, inscriptions and art. Tracing the symbols and images of goddess into the brahmanical (Saiva and Vaisnava), Buddhist, and Jaina religious traditions, the book argues effectively how and with what motivations goddesses and their symbolizations were appropriated and transformed. The book also examines...
This book provides a detailed history of Hindu goddess traditions with a special focus on the local goddesses of Andhra Pradesh, past and present. The...
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242,36 zł |
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Examination Into the True Teaching: Vidyanandin's Satyasasanapariksa
ISBN: 9783447067034 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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347,69 zł |
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Escaping the World: Women Renouncers Among Jains
ISBN: 9781138662391 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book attends to a historical question - how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts - which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered through extensive fieldwork among the sadhvis in Delhi and Jaipur. The volume foregrounds the primacy of 'choice' and 'agency'- upheld by the nuns themselves, who associate asceticism with autonomy, freedom, joy, spiritual well-being, self-worth and peace, and grihastha (household) with... The book attends to a historical question - how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient ... |
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251,80 zł |
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Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A View from the Margin
ISBN: 9781349537006 / Angielski / Miękka / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors propose a new, global understanding of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics.
This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors p...
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195,42 zł |
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Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age
ISBN: 9781498564847 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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602,01 zł |
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Jewish Translation - Translating Jewishness
ISBN: 9783110683219 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary volume looks at one of the central cultural practices within the Jewish experience: translation. With contributions from literary and cultural scholars, historians, and scholars of religion, the book considers different aspects of Jewish translation, starting from the early translations of the Torah, to the modern Jewish experience of migration, state-building and life in the Diaspora. The volume addresses the question of how Jews have used translation to pursue different cultural and political agendas, such as Jewish nationalism, the development of Yiddish as a...
This interdisciplinary volume looks at one of the central cultural practices within the Jewish experience: translation. With contributions from litera...
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130,85 zł |
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Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation
ISBN: 9780367762919 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
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The Jaina Worldview: A Study and Translation of the Philosophical Chapters of the Tattvārthādhigama
ISBN: 9781032370071 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an analysis of the philosophical chapters of the Tattvārthādhigama (TA), a foundational text for the Jaina tradition and the first text that presented the Jaina worldview in a clear and systematic way. The book also includes the first English translation of its oldest commentary, the Tattvārthādhigamabhāṣya (TABh).
Focusing on the philosophical sections of the TA and TABh, which deviate from the traditional views and introduce several new concepts for the Jaina tradition, the analysis suggests that the TA and the TABh were written by different authors, and that both... This book is an analysis of the philosophical chapters of the Tattvārthādhigama (TA), a foundational text for the Jaina tradition and the first text...
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708,33 zł |
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I, Yantra: Exploring Self and Selflessness in Ancient Indian Robot Tales
ISBN: 9781438496610 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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399,15 zł |
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Everlasting Spirituality
ISBN: 9781733475051 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,52 zł |
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I, Yantra: Exploring Self and Selflessness in Ancient Indian Robot Tales
ISBN: 9781438496627 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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140,89 zł |
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Jaina Narratives
ISBN: 9781138186101 / Angielski / Twarda / 31-01-2025 / 272 str. Książka dostępna od: 31-01-2025 There is a growing recognition that scholarship on Indian religions has been hampered by the lack of knowledge of Jain sources. This book analyses different aspects of the extensive, more than two thousand years long tradition of Jaina narrative literature composed in Prakrit, Sanskrit and vernacular languages. Written by experts specialising in the study of Jaina narrative literature, this unique book offers an interdisciplinary approach. It presents interesting juxtapositions of narrative paradigms with Jaina ritual culture in history and the contemporary world as well as in Buddhism... There is a growing recognition that scholarship on Indian religions has been hampered by the lack of knowledge of Jain sources. This book analyses ... |
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