Social Thought in Indic Civilization

341 Pages·2022·2.498 MB·English

by  Himanshu Roy (editor)

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Names: Roy, Himanshu, editor.
Title: Social thought in Indic civilization / edited by Himanshu Roy.
Description: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022005513 | ISBN 9789354794469 (hardback) | ISBN 9789354794476 (epub) |
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Subjects: LCSH: Philosophy, Indic—History. | India—Intellectual life. | India—Civilization.
Classification: LCC B131.S63 2022 | DDC 181/.4—dc23/eng/20220303
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Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Himanshu Roy
1 Dharma in Indic Tradition 20
Ruchi Tyagi
2 Str¯ıtva in Rigveda 47
Kaustubh Gaurh and Abhishek Parashar
3 Music and Musical Thought in R¯am¯ayana and Mah¯abh¯arata 68
Kaustubh Gaurh
4 Knowledge Traditions in Ancient India 91
Shri Prakash Singh
5 Violence and Non-violence in Indian Religious Traditions 115
Dinesh Kumar Singh
6 Medicinal Concepts and Institutions in Precolonial India 141
Shankar Kumar
7 Concept of Shaktitva and Women Saints in Medieval Maharashtra 159
Sonali Chitalkar
8 Knowledge Traditions and Institutions in Precolonial India 182
Niraj Kumar Jha
9 Methodology of Shastrarth 227
Siddheshwar Shukla
10 Indic in Southeast Asian Culture 260
Ritika Joshi