RELIGION / Hinduism / History

Paper · Semantic Scholar

In addition to the transformative impact of learning and instruction on individuals and society, there is also the possibility that cultural, social, and political structures may reshape the educational system. Religious education, as a component of this system, is one of the area’s most susceptible to such influence. Transformations in the field of religious instruction are clearly observable in the lands we inhabi…

Reference · Wikidata

metaphysical concept, unchanging Ultimate Reality in Hinduism

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In the Vedic and Hindu religions, Brahman has a "variety of meanings", but in the Upanishads and later Indian philosophies it connotes 'That' from which all existence proceeds, and to which everything returns, the origin and cause of all that exists. In contemporary Hindu metaphysics it is the highest universal principle, the Ultimate reality of the universe.

Book · DOAB

Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their…

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

Six Killed In Religious Riot.; SIX KILLED IN RELIGIOUS RIOT BOMBAY, India.—(U.P.)—Religious riots between Moslems and Hindus broke out in the Byculla district of Bombay today, spreading rapidly to other sections of the city. Six dead and 100 injured were listed in the casualties. The majority were Hindus. Three police officers and five constables were injured. Troops in the Bombay garrison were called out, and are p…