10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADHARMA»
Discover the use of
adharma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
adharma and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dharma-
adharma and Morality in Mahābhārata
An Analysical Study Of The Problem Of Dharma-Adharma, God And Human Action, Humanism, Morals, Womanhood Set. A Scholarly Work And The Moral Philosophy Of Mahabharata. 9 Chapters And An Index.
Abheda Nanda Bhattacharya,
1992
The work moves away from the usual emphasis on symbols and theoretical formulations of dharma as a religious and moral norm.
Ariel Glucklich Professor of Religion St Lawrence University,
1993
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Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer : Essays in Honour ...
Adharma. TOM SELWYN It may, I think, be readily agreed that it is in the nature of
most moral systems to have a 'dark side', and that ideologies the object of which
is to define the limits of the orderly often — and perhaps perversely — draw ...
4
Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for ...
Traditional dharmic thinking no doubt distinguishes between dharma and
adharma. It, however, also contains a provision that what is at one time dharma
may, with the passage of time, become adharma and vice versa. An everyday
illustration ...
5
Book of Yudhisthir, The:
14. Dharma: Adharma: Svadharma*. Times without number we hear the word
dharma uttered and reiterated in Mahabharat — by Bhisma, Vidur, Vyas, Narad,
most often by Yudhisthir and Dhritarastra. And not only the persons owning
superior ...
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The Myths of Narasimha and Vamana: Two Avatars in ...
For in the actions of both the asuric antagonists and the ava- taras, we see not
really black and white, but varying shades of gray; not really Adharma vs.
Dharma, but a conflict in which the characters are tempered by the times. Why, if
there is ...
Adharma has spread everywhere in Bhârathvarsha. 'Dharmagurus' (Gurus of the
Faith) are robbing the people, and taking them on the path of 'Adharma' (
unrighteous conduct). Scholars have started selling the Vedas. Kings whose duty
it is to ...
Dr. Swami Satya Prasad Dasji
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Tradition and Reflection: Explorations in Indian Thought
In classical Vaisesika, as represented by Prasastapada, adrsta is a
comprehensive term for dharma and adharma, "merit" and "demerit," two of the
twenty-four qualities (guna) enumerated in the list of "categories" (paddrtha) of
the system.
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Hindu Ethics: A Philosophical Study
Sanskrit has a similar opposition between dharma and adharma: dharma is that
activity which upholds the cosmic order and adharma is its opposite, i.e. that
lawless activity which threatens the established order. However, in English we
also ...
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Social & Political Implications of Concepts of Justice & ...
Thus, eventhough the sources of dharma were based on practical experience of
the people, they could not prove to be the guiding principle in all the situations
because sometimes it was difficult to determine what was dharma and adharma.
Ashok S. Chousalkar,
1986
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADHARMA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
adharma is used in the context of the following news items.
RAM NAVAMI: BIRTHDAY OF LORD RAMA
The story of the Ramayan is a classic, eternal, universal message of Dharma versus adharma, of deva versus demon, of good versus evil, ... «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
Modern markets are based on greed
As soon as violence is indulged to satisfy imagined hunger fuelled by insecurity, or greed, it is adharma. How many businessmen and ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
The faith quotient
... universe and to establish dharma on a firm footing by destroying adharma. His duty is to protect the good from the over powering evil forces. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Andhra minister calls governor Dhritarashtra, KCR Duryodhana
"KCR knows the difference between dharma (righteousness) and adharma (evil), but still practises the latter. We are not able to understand as ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
Vegetarian Vigilantism
Nonviolence was a Buddhist doctrine while Bhagwat Gita and Ramayana's stories are not just full of violence but 'adharma' too as DrAmbedkar ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jun 15»
'Yudhisthir' in film cradle, critics cry adharma
New Delhi, June 9: The Centre today appointed a BJP member and television actor who played Yudhisthir in B.R. Chopra's epic TV series ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
A fine flow of emotion
Joseph's power lets us feel for Vali as a tragic hero and even see Rama as a stone-hearted schemer with his three sins of adharma — the ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Caste in British General Elections 2015? What Rubbish!
The body equated voting for the Conservative Party as a form of “dharma” and 'adharma'—blasphemy to vote otherwise! NCHT spearheaded ... «Mainstream, Jun 15»
The sense of 'ahamkara'
He says that he knows what is dharma and adharma only too well but that he does not follow dharma and chooses the path of adharma. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Posters hail Jaya, thank `Lord' Kumaraswamy
... others hailed `Lord Kumaraswamy.' One put up by party supporter M Balaganga thanked Kumaraswamy for "saving dharma from adharma". «Times of India, May 15»