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The word religion may not be considered particularly apposite in a study of Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. It is a term with Western and especially Christian connotations. The term most frequently used, dharma in this book, means conduct, virtue, custom, social responsibility and can also be applied to specifically religious practices. The laws of Manu is the principle manual of dharma, laying down the behaviour appropriate to each social group. It was compiled ...
Being Volume VII of the Series International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol. I dealing with the literature of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa, 1987, Vols. II, III, IV, V & VI covering Tamil, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam respectively), the present work on Urdu offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayists and critics and their important works from the beginning of Urdu literature down to the present ...
Being Volume VIII of the Series International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Volume I dealing with the literature of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa, 1987, Vols. II, III, IV, V, VI & VII covering Tamil, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Urdu respectively), the present volume on Sindhi offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayists and critics and their important works from the beginning of Sindhi ...
Being Volume IX of the Series International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol. I dealing with the literature of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa, 1987; Vols. II, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII covering Tamil, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu and Sindhi respectively), the present volume on Oriya offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayists and critics and their ...
The word religion may not be considered particularly apposite in a study of Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. It is a term with Western and especially Christian connotations. The term most frequently used, dharma in this book, means conduct, virtue, custom, social responsibility and can also be applied to specifically religious practices. The laws of Manu is the principle manual of dharma, lying down the behaviour appropriate to each social group. It was compiled some ...
Being Volume II of the Series: International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol. I dealing with the literatures of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa, 19897), the Present Tamil work offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayists and critics and their important works from the Sangam Age down to the present times. As there are sizable number of Tamil speaking people in Sri Lanka, there are articles on creative writers and ...
Being Volume III of the Series: International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Volume I dealing with the Literatures of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa; 1987; Volume II covering Tamil literature), the present Assamese work offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayiests and critics and their important works from the beginning of Assamese literature down to the present times. The entries are arranged alphabetically. ...
Being Volume IV of the Series International Ecncylopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol. I dealing with the literature of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa: 1987; Vol. II and III covering Tamil and Assamese literatures respectively), the present Kannada work offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayists and critics and their important works from the beginning of Kannada literature down to the present times. The entries are ...
Being Volume V of the Series: International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol. I dealing with the Literatures of Sanskirt, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa; 1987; volumes II, III and IV covering Tamil, Assamese, Kannada literatures respectively; 1987), the present Telugu work offers articles on all important poets, dramatists, fiction writers, essayists and their important works from the earliest days to the present times. The entries are arranged ...
Being Volume VI of the Series: International Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol. I dealing with the literatures of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit & Apabhramsa, 1987. Vol. II, III, IV & V covering Tamil, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu respectively), the present work on Malayalam offers articles on all important poets, dramatists. Fiction writers, essayists and critics and their important works from the beginning of Malayalam literature down to the present times. ...