{"product_id":"a-view-of-the-history-literature-and-religion-of-the-hindoos-including-a-minute-description-of-their-manners-and-customs-and-translations-from-their-principal-works-paperback-9781108007917","title":"A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos; Including a Minute Description of their Manners and Customs, and Translations from their Principal Works (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108007917","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIncluding a Minute Description of their Manners and Customs, and Translations from their Principal Works\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume 1 of this influential early nineteenth-century British work on Hinduism, describing the many deities and objects of worship.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Ward (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108007917, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam 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 therefore still an important source for researchers in areas including Indian history, British colonialism, Orientalism and religious studies. Volume 1 describes and categorises Hindu deities and objects of worship, celestial, terrestrial, animate and inanimate.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook I. Objects of Worship: 1. Of God\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the gods\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of the goddesses\u003cbr\u003e 4. Inferior celestial beings objects of worship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of the terrestrial gods\u003cbr\u003e 6. Terrestrial goddesses\u003cbr\u003e 7. Deities worshipped by the lower orders only\u003cbr\u003e 8. Worship of beings in strange shapes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Worship of human beings\u003cbr\u003e 10. Worship of beasts\u003cbr\u003e 11. The worship of birds\u003cbr\u003e 12. The worship of trees\u003cbr\u003e 13. The worship of rivers\u003cbr\u003e 14. The worship of fish\u003cbr\u003e 15. The worship of books\u003cbr\u003e 16. The worship of stones\u003cbr\u003e 17. A log of wood worshipped.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265916850456,"sku":"9781108007917","price":32.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108007917i_a451d0db-1587-40a0-a6b1-4a3cdccb5537.jpg?v=1694867385","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-view-of-the-history-literature-and-religion-of-the-hindoos-including-a-minute-description-of-their-manners-and-customs-and-translations-from-their-principal-works-paperback-9781108007917","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}