The British Library‚ 2014. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. Lio‚ Ada. ""The Ramayana" - Summary by Stephen Knapp." About.com Hinduism. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. "Mythology." The Creation‚ the Flood‚ and Gilgamesh. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. "Aeneas." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 26
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Jie Guo ENGL 270 4 December 2012 The Ideal Woman: Sita Valmiki’s Ramayana‚ published in 551 BC‚ is an epic focusing on all of the different elements of dharma. Dharma is defined as divine duty and means literally “that which holds‚” as in the way that one should live their life. There are four spheres of dharma‚ also called goals‚ with dharma being the first one. The second is artha‚ meaning worldly profit‚ possessions‚ and political power. The third is kama: pleasure and love. The idea
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slowly adopted as the local belief system. Sanskrit became the literary and court language of Java and later of Bali. The Hindus changed the Wayang (as did the Muslims‚ later) to spread their religion‚ mostly by stories from the Mahabharata or the Ramayana. Later this mixture of religion and wayang play was praised as harmony between Hinduism and traditional Indonesian culture. On Java‚ the western part of Sumatra and some smaller islands traditionalists continued to play the old stories for some time
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continues to exhibit the principal Roman virtue‚ pietas‚ which comprises the concepts of piety‚ public virtue‚ and duty. The idea of pietas bears an uncanny resemblance to the Hindu value‚ dharma. After a careful examination of The Aeneid and The Ramayana‚ it is evident that Aeneas and Rama both exhibit the true mark of a hero: the ability to sacrifice one’s most profound desires in order to uphold the highest ideal of one’s culture. Aeneas’ most significant display of pietas occurs during Book
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CRITICAL STUDY OF SOURCES OF HISTORY To study the culture and heritage of a region‚ it is important to know the history of that place‚ for history contains answers to the questions like how did the civilisation started‚ how did a particular custom and tradition arise‚ how did the art and aesthetic values of the region developed‚ etc. The answers to these questions lie within the study of history. However‚ studying history is a complicated process. It is generally not easy to give a very clear
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Mansa Musa Mansa Musa is mostly remembered for his extravagant hajj‚ or pilgrimage‚ to Mecca with‚ according to the Arab historian al-Umari‚ 100 camel-loads of gold‚ each weighing 300 lbs.; 500 slaves‚ each carrying a 4 lb. gold staff; thousands of his subjects; as well as his senior wife‚ with her 500 attendants. With his lavish spending and generosity in Cairo and Mecca‚ he ran out of money and had to borrow at usurious rates of interest for the return trip. Al-Umari also states that Mansa
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beauty and goodness‚ thinking feeling and willing satyam‚ sivam and sundaram. Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behavior. Most religions have a moral component‚ and religious approaches to the problem of ethics. Ramayana[->1] and Mahabharata form the very basis of cultural consciousness that symbolize Hinduism. The Tirukkural is a book of morals or ethics. The Tirukkural contains treasures that lead to peace and harmony at home as well as the country. Kautilya says
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Hinduism is a very complex and intricate henotheistic religion. It is mainly practiced in India and came before all the other religions in India. The most important sacred text of Hinduism is called the Vedas. It consists of four Veda texts in which the other texts of Hinduism are based around. Hindus base their lives around the four goals. Hindus divide their scripture into two categories: Shruti and Smriti. The Shruti is the primary revelation which has no human or divine author but has
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Hinduism has a vast variety of religious epics‚ in which the gods are protagonists with important roles. Gods could reincarnate or reborn to explain to people "the relationship of human beings to the divine‚ and ways to attain the pure calm of infinity.” (Excerpt Elements 1). For example‚ through Krishna it is explained how the life of an Indian man is all about putting duty and honor before desires. To preserve honor and fulfilling dharma is even more important than death‚ which results in good
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Chapter 18 States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa ©2011‚ The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1 Effects of Early African Migrations Bantu-speaking peoples settle south of equator Agriculture‚ herding spreads with Bantu migrations Iron metallurgy ©2011‚ The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2 Cultivation of Bananas Domesticated in southeast Asia Malay sailors colonize Madagascar‚ 300-500 C.E. Introduce bananas‚ yams‚ chickens Well-adapted
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