Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Studies in the Jaimintya-Brahmana
This chapter describes Studies in the Jaimintya-Brahmana located on page 293 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Studies in the Jaimintya-Brahmana. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Formal Education System in Ancient India [by Sushmita Nath]
The students from distant land came to study residing in the hermitage of Valmiki. From the Ramayana and other treatises we learn that Lava and Kusha live in this hermitage and got schooling under the guidance of Valmiki. During that period the hermitage of the sage Agastya was also another Centre for learning. The hermitage of Agastya was located in Dandakaranya. There the students remained absorbed in prosecuting studies. Side by side they also performed different kind of sacrifices....
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
[Study of Sanskrit Inscriptions Issued During Early and Early Medieval Period (K): The Paramaras] In about the first quarter of the ninth century, the Paramaras consolidated themselves in the Malwa region. In the second half of the eleventh century, A Yadava charter from Devalili records a grant of a village to a Brahmana Sillana whose ancestor had emigrated from Oyari-grama in Madhyadesha to serve under Paramara King Vairisimha of Dhara in Madhya Pradesh....
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Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) [by Prakash Narayan]
The Brahmanical Varna Order, i. e. , Brahamana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra, was reduced to three-Kshatriya (khattiya), Brahmana (brahmana), and gahapati (a new social category, probably an amalgamation of Vaishya and Shudra; though mentioned in the Vedic times, but its meanings underwent significant changes). The contribution of all the three categories (i. e. , khattiya, brahmana and gahapati) is equal and they perform complimentary functions in the social system....
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