A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos 4 Volume Paperback Set
A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos 4 Volume Paperback Set
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USDWilliam Ward's account of the Hindu communities among whom he served as a Baptist missionary in Serampore in West Bengal was first published in 1811 and reprinted in this third edition in 1817. It was an extremely influential work that shaped British views of the newly defined entity of 'Hinduism' in the early nineteenth century. Ward and his fellow missionaries promoted social reforms and education, establishing the Serampore Mission Press in 1800 and Serampore College in 1818. Ward devoted twenty years to compiling his study of Hindu literature, history, mythology and religion, which was eventually published in four volumes. It provided richly detailed information, and was regarded as authoritative for the next fifty years. It is still an important source for researchers in areas including Indian history, British colonialism, Orientalism and religious studies.
Product details
November 2010Multiple copy pack
9781108008259
1773 pages
250 × 324 × 68 mm
2.3kg
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Volume I. Objects of Worship:
- 1. Of God
- 2. Of the gods
- 3. Of the goddesses
- 4. Inferior celestial beings objects of worship
- 5. Of the terrestrial gods
- 6. Terrestrial goddesses
- 7. Deities worshipped by the lower orders only
- 8. Worship of beings in strange shapes
- 9. Worship of human beings
- 10. Worship of beasts
- 11. The worship of birds
- 12. The worship of trees
- 13. The worship of rivers
- 14. The worship of fish
- 15. The worship of books
- 16. The worship of stones
- 17. A log of wood worshipped
- Volume II. Of the Temples, Images, Priests, and Temple Worship of the Hindoos:
- 1. Of the temples
- 2. Of the images
- 3. Of the priests
- 4. Of the worship in the temples
- Book III. Of the Stated Periods of Worship, and Various Duties and Ceremonies:
- 1. Of the times of worship
- 2. Appointed rites and ceremonies
- Book IV [Not present in the original edition]
- Book V. Doctrines of the Hindoo Religion:
- 1. Of the transmigration of souls
- 2. Judgment of men after death
- 3. Of future happiness
- 4. Of future punishments
- Book VI. Hindoo Saints, or Mendicants:
- 1. Preparatory duties of a mendicant
- Book VII. Hindoo Religious Sects:
- 1. Account of the regular Hindoo sects
- 2. Account of the Bouddhus
- 3. Account of the Joinus
- 4. Account of the Shikhs
- 5. Account of the followers of Choitunyu
- 6. Analysis of all the Hindoo sects
- Concluding remarks
- Volume III:
- 1. History
- 2. The hindoo account of the castes
- 3. Ceremonies practised at the birth of children
- 4. Glossary
- Volume IV:
- 1. Account of Munoo
- 2. Hindoo arrangement of their own writings
- 3. The present state of learning among the Hindoos.
