Religion Of India As Known to Gunaratna - Hardcover

Barthakuri; AC

9788186791882: Religion Of India As Known to Gunaratna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8186791884 ISBN 13: 9788186791882

Publisher: Punthi Pustak, 2010

The book is divided into six major chapters in addition to an Introduction, concluding remarks and a bibliography. Chapter I- The first chapter of the book is an introduction to the major religions of India. There is a discussion on two broad classifications of Indian religions viz orthodox and heretical in this chapter. It gives a brief idea of six Indian religions, and a contribution of Gunaratna to the study of them.Chapter IT- This chapter describes the important aspects of the Buddhist religion discussed by Gunaratna. His discussion is an amalgam of orthodox Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism and the hedonistic path led by a section of Buddhists of his age. Chapter III- The third chapter is devoted to the study of Gunaratna on Jainism. It covers all the different aspects of the Jaina religion and also the evolutionary trend noticed in the Jaina religion till the recent age. Chapter IV- The fourth chapter of the book contains a critical discussion on Saivism discussed Tarkarahasyadipikd. It gives an elaborate Knowledge of the religious rules and practices of the Saivas together with the religions of the Pasupata and Kapalika ascetics.

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