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Riddles in Hinduism : an exposition to enlighten the masses : the annotated critical edition / B.R. Ambedkar ; edited and annotated by S. Anand and Shobhna Iyer ; introduced by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Navayana Publishing 2024Edition: 20th - Anniversary edDescription: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9788189059774 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.5 AMB 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1211 .A25 2016
Contents:
Preface 7 Introduction by Kancha llalah The Riddle of Ambedkar: Why did he say he was born a Hindu? 17 Riddles in Hinduism B.R. Ambedkar 47 Introduction 49 Part I-Religious Riddle No. 1/The Difficulty of Knowing Why One is a Hindu 58 Riddle No. 6/The Contents of the Vedas Have they any Moral or Spiritual Value? 66 Riddle No. 13/The Riddle of Ahimsa 85 Riddle No. 14/From Ahimsa back to Himsa 98 PART II-Social Riddle No. 16/ The Four Varnas: Are the Brahmans Sure of their Origin? 105 Riddle No 17/The Four Ashramas: The Why and How about them 129 Riddle No. 18/Manu's Madness or the Brahmanic Explanation of the Origin of the Mixed Castes 139 Riddle No. 19/ The Change from Paternity to Maternity: What did the Brahmans Wish to Gain by it? 155 PART III-Political Riddle No. 22/Brahma is Not Dharma: What Good is Brahma? 166 Riddle No. 23/Kali Yuga: Why Have the Brahmans made it Unending? 180 Appendix 1/ The Riddle of Rama and Krishna 217 List of all the Riddles from the BAWS edition 247 Appendix II/"The Towel, the Tar Brush and the Hammer" Archival cartoons curated by Unnamati Syama Sundar 249 Bibliography 256 Acknowledgements 272 Index 273
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Preface 7

Introduction by Kancha llalah

The Riddle of Ambedkar: Why did he say he was born a Hindu? 17

Riddles in Hinduism
B.R. Ambedkar 47

Introduction 49

Part I-Religious

Riddle No. 1/The Difficulty of Knowing Why One is a Hindu 58

Riddle No. 6/The Contents of the Vedas Have they any Moral or Spiritual Value? 66

Riddle No. 13/The Riddle of Ahimsa 85

Riddle No. 14/From Ahimsa back to Himsa 98

PART II-Social

Riddle No. 16/ The Four Varnas:

Are the Brahmans Sure of their Origin? 105

Riddle No 17/The Four Ashramas: The Why and How about them 129
Riddle No. 18/Manu's Madness or the Brahmanic Explanation of the Origin of the Mixed Castes 139

Riddle No. 19/ The Change from Paternity to Maternity: What did the Brahmans Wish to Gain by it? 155

PART III-Political

Riddle No. 22/Brahma is Not Dharma: What Good is Brahma? 166

Riddle No. 23/Kali Yuga: Why Have the Brahmans made it Unending? 180

Appendix 1/ The Riddle of Rama and Krishna 217

List of all the Riddles from the BAWS edition 247

Appendix II/"The Towel, the Tar Brush and the Hammer" Archival cartoons curated by Unnamati Syama Sundar 249

Bibliography 256

Acknowledgements 272

Index 273

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