Religion and Literature : Indian Perspectives
Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgement. Introduction. 1. Tantra: A Facet of Indian culture pertinent to religion and literature/S.K. Pathak. 2. Yoga and the ancient Indian method of stress management/Pranabananada Jash. 3. Brahmanical religion and its literature in early India/Bhagirathi Biswas. 4. Saivisim in India: A historical study/Gargi De. 5. Siva Literature and religion: An overview of sivapurana/Lalita Chakraborty. 6. Rama-katha as heroic theme in Ramayana: A new interpretation/Debashree Dattaray. 7. The term of dharma in Indian perspective with special reference to the Mahabharata/Shiuli Ghosh. 8. Lakshmi Purana: An analysis/B.N. Patnaik. 9. Sakta cult in dance of Bengal/Mahua Mukherjee. 10. Epigraphical glimpses of brahmanical cults in early Bengal/Krishnendu Ray. 11. Vaishnavism and vaishnava literature in coastal Karnataka/Nagendra Rao. 12. Devadasis in early medieval Tamil society: A socio-religious study/K. Mavali Rajan. 13. Imaging feminine religiosity through Rajasthani Folk Literature/Preeti Sharma. 14. The Literature of Theravada Abhidhamma: A Timeline of evolution/Ankur Barua. 15. A Study of course of cognition in early Buddhist philosophy/Bimalendra Kumar. 16. Buddhist stotra tradition/Anirban Dash. 17. Ecology and its identity on the basis of Buddhist literature and religion/Projit Kumar Palit. 18. Medico-historical account of fruits of Buddhist India/H.D. Khobragade. 19. Significance of Buddhist councils form the perspective of applied Buddhism/Saswati Mutsuddy. 20. Essence of Buddhism/Eknath B. Saharey. 21. History of Vajrayana Buddhism in Eastern India/Bikash Mukherji. 22. Bhikkshunis(Nuns) and their contribution in indian culture/Sayamtara Jash. 23 Jainism: Its identity on the basis of literature and philosopjy/Asha Mukherjee. 24. Jaina contribution to Orakrta Language and literature/Anupam Jash. 25. A Study of Islamic literature of Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlavi/Muhammad Ismail. 26. Sufism and the position of man in the universe: A Reflection in religious viewpoint/Md.Sirajul Islam. 27. Indigenous mystic elements in Kashmiri sufi poetry/Meem Hai Zaffar. 28. Dara Shukoh: The Sufist/Sukumar Bhattacharya. 29. Islamic Literature in Kerala/T. Abdul Rasak. 30. Tagore’s concept of religion in arogya(Convalescence): A Quest/Mohit Chakrabarti. 31. Savitri as a religio-literary composition/Raghunath Ghosh. 32. Sri Aurobindo and Whitman: A New religious wisdom/Sarani Mondal and Goutam Ghosal. 33. Supreme morality of chikuro hiroike: Its relevance in contemporary India and abroad/Sib Ranjan Misra.
Religion and Literature is deep rooted with in Human society and it can be understand to study the Religion and Literature. So it has occupied a great place in the corpus of knowledge of the Indian Society. The Indian Society cannot be examined, interpreted and translated without the help of religion and the literature. It is the traditional philosophical faiths, believes which flow to Indian culture and heritage from generation to generation. Religion and literature were complementary to each other for the enrichment of culture and tradition in India. Religion acts a significant role in creating the greatest literature. The Indian literature reflects Indian culture and civilization consisting of traditional beliefs and faith which is dharma or religion. The word religion translates into modern Indo-Aryan languages is dharma, which means law. The word `dharma\' is derived from the Sanskrit word `dhr\'. The root does not mean only religion in its narrow sense but it means a universal approach of life which is `to bind\' in Indian tradition. It signifies the `law of being\' and the `fulfillment of that law\'. The word `Dharma\' is one of the comprehensive terms which are playing a key role in the whole Indian literature. Religion is the belief in and worship of a god or goddess, or in general a set of beliefs explaining the existence of and giving meaning to the universe, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
This volume contains thirty-three research papers in different areas of the religion and literature in India which includes the following facets like: Brahmanical Religion and its literature; Saivaism and Saiva literature; Vaisnavism and Visnava literature; Saktism and Sakta literature; Tantra and Tantric literature; Bhakti Religion and Bhakti literature; Buddhism and Buddhist literature; Jainism and Jaina literature; Islam and Islamic literature; Sufism and Sufi literature; Folk religion and Folk literature. The strength of this volume rests on the wide variety presented on the subject as well as projections of the learned scholars on the theme of this book. It is hoped that the readers would be immensely benefited from the learned exposition of religion as a moral code of our heritage.
