The súddhi ritual, as performed by the Ārya samāj, a Hindu reform movement founded at the end of the 19th century, is formally very simple. It is reminiscent of the diksa - the ceremony required for acceptance into a sectarian tradition - on the one hand, and of the upanayana, the brahmanic initiation conferring upon the male members of the first three classes the status of "twice-born" and allowing them to perform the Vedic rituals, on the other hand. It has two other ritual functions besides initiation into the Ārya samāj, namely the reintegration of islamized or christianized Hindus into their original castes, and the metamorphosis of untouchables into "twice-born". The study of this ritual shows that these different functions are very c...
Ve své diplomové práci jsem se za pomoci sekundární literatury pokusil vystihnout základní problémov...
peer reviewedCette littérature rituelle, tant dans ses œuvres mytho-spéculatives (brāhmaņa’s) que te...
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The súddhi ritual, as performed by the Ārya samāj, a Hindu reform movement founded at the end of the...
The suddhi movements led successively by the Arya samaj and the Hindu Mahasabha between 1885 and 192...
The suddhi movements led successively by the Arya samaj and the Hindu Mahasabha between 1885 and 192...
Incomparable or identical twins? Renouncers in Hinduism and in Islam. For centuries in India, Hind...
The re-appropriation of Islamic rites of passage such as marriage, aqiqa and circumcision by women h...
Deux sectes principales, sampradāya, regroupent l’ensemble des hindous du Bengale, hormis des lignée...
Proselytism in India is both a stimulating theoretical problem and a burning political issue. Such z...
The institution of divine Power in the image of the temple in Southern India The installation ("pra...
Předmětem bakalářské práce je přechod z védského období k bráhmanismu, lesnímu učení k upanišadám. V...
Nepal is the last Hindu kingdom: the policy of her kings toward proselytism for the last two centuri...
The ismaili origin of the hindu cult of Rāmdeo Pīr The cult of the Hindu deity Rāmdeo is now very ...
The Vedic sources contain dozens of occurrences of the compound iṣṭāpūrtá-, whose context deals with...
Ve své diplomové práci jsem se za pomoci sekundární literatury pokusil vystihnout základní problémov...
peer reviewedCette littérature rituelle, tant dans ses œuvres mytho-spéculatives (brāhmaņa’s) que te...
Die Verschleierung der zum Islam konvertierten Frauen - ein abschließender Übergangsritus. Dieser Ar...
The súddhi ritual, as performed by the Ārya samāj, a Hindu reform movement founded at the end of the...
The suddhi movements led successively by the Arya samaj and the Hindu Mahasabha between 1885 and 192...
The suddhi movements led successively by the Arya samaj and the Hindu Mahasabha between 1885 and 192...
Incomparable or identical twins? Renouncers in Hinduism and in Islam. For centuries in India, Hind...
The re-appropriation of Islamic rites of passage such as marriage, aqiqa and circumcision by women h...
Deux sectes principales, sampradāya, regroupent l’ensemble des hindous du Bengale, hormis des lignée...
Proselytism in India is both a stimulating theoretical problem and a burning political issue. Such z...
The institution of divine Power in the image of the temple in Southern India The installation ("pra...
Předmětem bakalářské práce je přechod z védského období k bráhmanismu, lesnímu učení k upanišadám. V...
Nepal is the last Hindu kingdom: the policy of her kings toward proselytism for the last two centuri...
The ismaili origin of the hindu cult of Rāmdeo Pīr The cult of the Hindu deity Rāmdeo is now very ...
The Vedic sources contain dozens of occurrences of the compound iṣṭāpūrtá-, whose context deals with...
Ve své diplomové práci jsem se za pomoci sekundární literatury pokusil vystihnout základní problémov...
peer reviewedCette littérature rituelle, tant dans ses œuvres mytho-spéculatives (brāhmaņa’s) que te...
Die Verschleierung der zum Islam konvertierten Frauen - ein abschließender Übergangsritus. Dieser Ar...