designed to make the conduct of war as humane as possible. The Hindu laws of war included rules to ensure that warfare was conducted in a fair manner and by open means. The rules governed issues ranging from general prohibition on the use of weapons that caused unnecessary pain or more suffering than was indispensable to overcoming the enemy to the treatment of enemy property and persons in conquered territory. The essence of the Hindu laws of war was to prohibit inequality in fighting and to protect
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Outline for (Hinduism) Research Question: How do the celebrations of Hindu holidays affect Hindu culture? B. Summary of Evidence Factual Focus #1 – Hindu Holidays and Ceremonials‚ with Dissertations on Origin‚ Folklore and Symbols explains the origin of each holiday and ceremony. It goes into the story of how the holidays and ceremonies came to be. Also‚ goes into the reasoning why they celebrate the holidays. Factual Focus #2 – Fairs and Festivals of India explains the actual festivals
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Bovine-For the Love of the Cow After reading “India’s Sacred Cow” by Marvin Harris (Henslin‚ James M. (2010). Life In Society: Readings to Accompany A-Down-To Earth-Approach‚ 4th Ed.)‚ I was quite intrigued to learn more about the beliefs of the Hindu religious practices in India and the sacredness of the cow. As the article states‚ “The sacredness of the cow is not just an ignorant belief that stands in the way of progress. Like all concepts of the sacred and the profane‚ this one affects the physical
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and Moksha. The Hindu temple is a place of worship for Hindus with its rich architecture which attracts millions of people from around the world. Badrinath temple‚ Brihadeeswara temple‚ Somnath temple‚ Kashi Vishwanath temple‚ Tirupati Balaji‚ and Vaishno Devi temple are some of the great temples in India. Scholars regard Hinduism as “a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions‚ with diverse roots and no founders.” Hinduism teaches peace and calm and the Hindu
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Unity in diversity is a concept of "unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation" [2] that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ social‚ religious‚ political‚ ideological and/or psychological differences towards a more complex unity based on an understanding that difference enriches human interactions. The concept of unity in diversity was used "in non-Western cultures such as indigenous peoples in North America and Taoist societies in
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subsequently gave birth to the integration of the Hindu religion. Aryans began writing Vedic scriptures which written in four parts such as Reg Veda‚ Sama Veda‚ Yayur Veda and Vedic Atharwa. Hindu civilization and national life are also evident in the book or the book Brahmana Upanishad. The thethird book is the basis of thought and the basic life of Hindus. The origins of Hinduism followed by a change of life style in India. The life style of Hindu society is divided into four castes. First is Brahmana
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schools of thought that deny the authority of the Vedas‚ the major authority in the Hindu belief. Astika are the school of thought that prescribed to the authority of the Vedas. Life and death had always been one of the major
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intellectual debate as well as the very experiences of the people of the lands showed that India is a state without a nation. India does not have a Staatsvolk. The duality and the resulting inconsistency between Hindu and Hindi mean that Staatsvolk even in its crudest term cannot be applied here. Hindu‚ being a religious identity is exercised by 80% of the population where Hindi‚ the supposed language of the Hindus‚ is only spoken by 40% of the total population. An examination of the ideologies that surround
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marriage traditional Hindu beliefs is that of submissiveness and obedience. This traditional role of serving the husband and taking care of the children is emphasized in figures from Hindu mythology such as Sita who was the beautiful wife of Rama‚ the hero of Ramayana; and Savitri which symbolizes a faithful wife (Oxtoby‚ 2010). These mythology figures represented faithful beings and reflected Hindu women because they suffered and
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women and economic openings to make them self-supporting and finally an equal share for women in the political life of the country by enfranchisement. Another social evil that was a major concern of the English educated and Hindu intelligentsia was the caste restrictions in Hindu society and the degrading position of the lower castes especially the untouchables. Of these two great evils‚- those connected with the position of women received greater attention in the 19th century‚ while the problems
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