debates‚ and parliaments questioning originality of the religions‚ the origins‚ traditions‚ similarities and most of all the differences of South Asian people. In his essay‚ “Three Hundred Ramayanas”‚ AK Ramanujan explores the vast range of Ramayana tradition in South Asia. He argues that there is not one Ramayana‚ but a myriad throughout South Asia. Despite counterarguments by other scholars‚ Ramanujan’s essay reveals how diverse India is in its traditions and the fact that argument sparked over his
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The Functional Approach The aim of functionalism is to explain ritual behaviour in terms of individual needs and social equilibrium. Ritual is thus viewed as an adaptive and adjustive response to the social and physical environment. Many leading authorities on religion and ritual have taken this approach as the most adequate way to explain rituals. Bronisław Malinowski‚ A.R. Radcliffe-Brown‚ E.E. Evans-Pritchard‚ Clyde Kluckhohn‚ Talcott Parsons‚ and Edmund Leach‚ all English or American anthropologists
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Adivasi Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India.[1][2][3] They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India. The same term Adivasi is used for the ethnic minorities of Bangladesh and the native Vedda people of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ආදී වාස).[4] The word is also used in the same sense in Nepal as is another word janajati (Nepali: जनजाति; janajāti)‚ although the political context differed
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“VALMIKI MAHARSHI” Valmiki’s real name was Ratnakara. He was the son of Prachetasa‚ a sage. by profession. Before this Valmiki was a robber Later with the teachings of Maharshi Narada he became a Rushi. What is Valmiki - Valmika in Devanagari means “ant- hill” Once when he was a very young boy‚ he had gone to the forest playing and was lost in the forest. His parents An searched for him but could not trace him. They thought that the boy has been eaten by some wild animals. hunter and his
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other‚ and one cousin must chose between warrior dharma and family dharma. This can be seen as an allegory of the human struggle deciphering between wrong and right. The conversation between Krishna and Arjuna is what complies the Gita and records the ways and beliefs of Hindus. The Bhagavad Gita also
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Dharma is one of the main concepts in both Buddhism and Hinduism and even though they are the same word‚ there are many differences between the two. In Hinduism‚ they believe dharma to mean righteousness‚ justice‚ faith‚ duty‚ and a religious and social obligation (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 274)‚ while in Buddhism‚ dharma is said to be morality and truth (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 377). Both religions say that when dharma declines‚ this is when the Buddha is born for Buddhists and when lord Krishna comes to save the
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Part 1: Defining Dharma Using information from Site 1‚ write four defining elements of dharma (the prescribed conduct and morality within the religious system of Hinduism). Dharma is Universal: Universal dharma is known as rita‚ the underlying principle and universal law regulating nature. It is destiny and the road to destiny. Human: Human dharma is asrama dharma‚ the natural expression and maturing of the body‚ mind‚ and emotions through four progressive stags of earthly life. Social:
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INDIAN CIVILIZATION Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges
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khusra inPunjabi and kojja in Telugu are physiological males who have feminine gender identity‚ women ’s clothing and other feminine gender roles. Hijras have a long recorded history in the Indian subcontinent‚ from the antiquity‚ as suggested by the Kama Sutra period onwards. This history features a number of well-known roles within subcontinental cultures‚ part gender-liminal‚ part spiritual and part survival. In South Asia‚ many hijras live in well-defined‚ organized‚ all-hijra communities‚ led
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Katika dunia ya leo kijana kamili ni lazima aweze kutumia mambo kama haya na siku hizi kuna mitandao mingi ya kijamii kama twitter‚facebook‚instragram‚eskme na mimgine kibao sasa matumizi ya hivi vitu katika kufanya mawasiliano yanafaida saana tofauti na watu wanavyotumia . Suala la mahusiano ya kirafiki‚ biashara‚ elimu na mapenzi. siku hizi mawasiliano yamekuwa yakifanya watu toka pande tofauti za dunia kujenga uhusiano kama nilivyosema inasaida kujifunza mambo mbalimbali pia huwakutanisha
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