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Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| Author: Benoy Kumar Sarkar | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 332 | |
| Cover: Hardcover | |
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9.0" X 5.8" |
| Edition: 1972 | |
| ISBN: 8170690250 | |
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IDC098 |
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The Folk Element in Hindu Culture by Benoy Kumar Sarkar is a work of outstanding merit and scholarship. It is an important contribution to socio-religious studies in Hindu folk-institutions.
This work will be of great use and relevance to the sociologist, anthropologist and the historian. An excellent example of scholarship assimilating the historical and ethnographical material, it provides a clear perspective and understanding of the present in terms of the past.
| Preface | vii | |
A Festival of The People. | ||
| I. Theory of the institution | 3 | |
| II. Geography of the institution | 5 | |
| III. History of the institution | 7 | |
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| IV. The institution as an instrument of national culture | 14 | |
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The Bengali Folk-Poesy of Shaivaism. | ||
| Section | I. Importance of vernaculars | 23 |
| II. Salutation-Song in Bengali MSS. | 26 | |
| III. Specimen 1 | 27 | |
| IV. Specimen 2 | 31 | |
| V. Specimen 3 | 39 | |
| IV. Specimen 4 | 44 | |
The Gambhira: A Popular Form of Shaiva Cult in Eastern India. | ||
| Section | I. The several parts of Gambhira festivities | 51 |
| II. Centres for Gambhira festivities | 61 | |
| III. Popular decorations | 62 | |
| IV. The system of administration | 66 | |
| V. The Name of the institution | 68 | |
The Gajan: A Popular form of Shaiva Cult in Eastern India | 73 | |
Folk-Festivities in North Bengal and Orissa | ||
| Section | I. Gambhira | 88 |
| II. Sahiyatra | 91 | |
Popular Buddhism in Hindu Bengal | 99 | |
Physical Austerities Practised by the People | ||
| Section | I. Vanafoda | 103 |
| II. History of the practice of Vanafoda | 106 | |
Folk Dances in Religious Festivals | ||
| Section | I. The mask | 109 |
| II. The dance | 111 | |
Socialization and Secularization of Gindu Lives | ||
| Section | I. Processions | 115 |
| II. Music and dance | 121 | |
| III. Social gatherings | 129 | |
Buddhist and Jaina Element in Modern Hinduism | ||
| Section | I. Hinayana School of Budhism | 135 |
| II. Jaina festivities | 136 | |
| III. Mahayana School of Buddhism | 141 | |
National Festival of the Seventh Century A. D. | ||
| Section | I. The age of religious eclecticism | 149 |
| II. Two festivities witnessed by Hiuen Thsang | 153 | |
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Socio-Religious Life of the People of Bengal Under the Palas | ||
| Section | I. The Pala-Chola period of Hindu Imperialism (ninth to thirteenth century A.D.) | 160 |
| II. Submergence of Buddhism | 163 | |
| III. Establishment of Shaivaism | 170 | |
The Tantric Lore of Medieval Buddhism | ||
| Section | I. Mahayanic mythology | 175 |
| II. The Common factor in neo-Hinduism and neo-Buddhism: | ||
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| III. Dharma and Tantrism (c. A.D. 600-800) | 186 | |
Ramai Pandit, a Folk-Minstrel of Decadent Buddhism | ||
| Section | I. Tantrism of Atisha, the Bengalee Buddhist missionary in Tibet (eleventh century) | 189 |
| II. Hindu Elements in Ramai's Buddhism | 192 | |
| III. The work of Ramai as preacher (twelfth century) | 195 | |
| IV. The Creation-story in Shunya Purana | 197 | |
| V. Final Hinduizing of Medieval Buddhism | 200 | |
People's Life in Bengal on the Eve of Moslem Invasions. | ||
| Section | I. Brahmanism established (eleventh century) | 202 |
| II. Folk-tradition about castes and creeds | 204 | |
| III. Halayudha the Sociologist and other men of letters (twelfth century) | 208 | |
| IV. Shekh Shubhodaya - a picture of moral degeneration | 212 | |
| V. Beginning of Moslem rule (c. A.D. 1200) | 213 | |
Islam in Popular Hinduism. | ||
| Section | I. Formative forces in Indian culture history | 215 |
| II. Aggressive Islam in Eastern India | 218 | |
| III. Hindu deities in Mohammedan Bengal | 221 | |
| IV. Mohammedan elements in mediaeval Buddhism | 229 | |
| V. Triumph of Shiva | 229 | |
| VI. Propagation of Shaiva-cum-Shaktaism | 332 | |
Sanskrit Texts of Shaiva Folk-Lore | ||
| Section | I. Shiva Purana | 234 |
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| II. Harivamsha on Vanafoda (physical austerities) | 244 | |
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| III. Dharma-Samhita: References to masks | 247 | |
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Invention of Gods and Goddess by the People | 253 | |
| Index | - | |
| I. Subjects | 263 | |
| II. Proper names and Literary references | 299 |
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