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Tamil Buddhism and brahminism in Modern India : Deep Resistance against Caste /

This book explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Central to this movement was Pandit Iyothee Thass (1845-1914), a pioneering intellectual who reinterpreted India's Buddh...

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Main Author: Ayyathurai, Gajendran (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Religion and democracy (Series)
Subjects:
Anti-caste movements > India.
Buddhism > India.
Caste > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Caste-based discrimination > India.
Tamil (Indic people) > Religion.
Bouddhisme > Inde.
Castes > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Discrimination fondée sur la caste > Inde.
Tamouls > Religion.
Asia.
HISTORY.
Social History.
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Rituals & Practice.
Hinduism.
RELIGION.
Buddhism
Caste > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Caste-based discrimination
Tamil (Indic people) > Religion
India
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Call Number: DS422.C3 A9 2025
 
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