Vedantic variations in the presence of Europe: establishing the Hindu dharma in late nineteenth century Bengal

We will offer in this essay an analytic overview of four texts from the second half of the nineteenth century which elaborated different variations on the Hindu dharma. These are Rajnarayan Basu's Hindu Dharmera Sresthata (‘The Superiority of the Hindu dharma', 1879), Bankim Chandra Chatte...

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Published in:International journal of Dharma Studies
Main Author: Barua, Ankur 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SpringerOpen [2017]
In: International journal of Dharma Studies
Further subjects:B Christian Doctrine
B Spiritual Welfare
B Social Existence
B European Concept
B Worldly Matter
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