Samskara : a rite for a dead man / U.R. Ananthamurthy

By:

Ananthamurthy, U. R, 1932-2014

Material type:

TextSeries: Oxford India perennialsPublisher: India : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 143 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0198077149
9780198077145

Uniform titles:

Saᣃskra. English

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Genre/Form:

Fiction.

Summary: Examining the caste system, culture, religious rules, and traditions, as well as the ambivalent relationship between handed-down cultural values and the new values of a changing world, Samskara looks at deeper moral and philosophical issues like how to lead a righteous life, the validity of customs, and the concept of brahminism in a contemporary world. A classic of modern Indian literature, it is both a religious novel and a contemporary reworking of ancient Hindu themes and myths. Probing multiple meanings of the word 'Samskara', which means rite of passage, ritual, preparation, transformation, as well as death rites, this novel is an engrossing tale of the personal transformation of a man living in a community that refuses to change with the times

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Examining the caste system, culture, religious rules, and traditions, as well as the ambivalent relationship between handed-down cultural values and the new values of a changing world, Samskara looks at deeper moral and philosophical issues like how to lead a righteous life, the validity of customs, and the concept of brahminism in a contemporary world. A classic of modern Indian literature, it is both a religious novel and a contemporary reworking of ancient Hindu themes and myths. Probing multiple meanings of the word 'Samskara', which means rite of passage, ritual, preparation, transformation, as well as death rites, this novel is an engrossing tale of the personal transformation of a man living in a community that refuses to change with the times