Foundations for ethics in the sacred scriptures of ancient Hinduism and early BuddhismBush, Richard Clarence
For the Indian Hindu culture dance has a highly important ritualistic and mystical meaning, hence it is also present along with music and singing, which is a melodic recitation of sacred verses, in all literature, from the Vedas (sacred books of Hinduism), through encyclopedic Puranas, to ...
The enigmatic fairy-smith ‘Wayland‘ is famed in the legends of the pagan north Europeans, particularly among the speakers of the Scandinavian and Germanic language groups. What is less understood is that his influence is far more widespread – from Ireland in the west, to Russia in the east...
as well as other sacred monolithic sites. This idea was first posited by John Aubrey in 1640 and later perpetuated by William Stukeley. Though, theis theory has supposedly been discredited as radiocarbon dating showed the stones date back to 3,100 BC, while the known history of the Druids ...
All the basic principles of plastic surgery like planning, precision, haemostasis and perfection find an important place in Sushruta’s writings on this subject. Sushruta described various reconstructive methods or different types of defects like release of the skin for covering small defects, rotation...
The Babylonian creation myth/story is compiled in the writings of the Enuma Elish, and was heavily embraced in the Babylonian religion. It begins by featuring three uncreated elemental beings: Apsu (the depths/ depthless abyss containing the underground sea) Tiamat (Mass of waters, both bitte...
are said in the opening line to have been spoken by the god Nebertcher, i.e. the "Lord to the uttermost limit," or God Himself. The Egyptian Christians, or Copts, in their religious writings use this name as an equivalent of God Almighty, the Lord of All, the God of the Universe...
There are plenty of myths in the Egyptian writings and arts in which the story of the Egyptian gods and goddesses was told. The Egyptians considered the time in the present moment as a series of cyclical patterns, while the earliest moments of humanity were considered linear. That is the...
Sinners descend to the base of the sacred mountain, Meru, to undergo a set period of punishment in one hell or in a series of hells. When they have paid for their sins and are ready for rebirth, they drink a brew that makes them forget their past lives. In some accounts, a wheel ...
Critical Thinking How might you account for the fact that two stories of great floods appear in the literary and religious writings of two different civiliza- tions and cultures? The Oldest Love Poem In the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient, there is a 4,000-year- old cuneiform tablet ...