Gavin Dennis Flood FBA (born 1954) is a British scholar of comparative religion specialising in Shaivism and phenomenology, but with research interests...
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seal has been interpreted by these scholars as a prototype of Shiva. Gavin Flood characterizes these views as "speculative", saying that it is not clear...
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of what is already acquired, and the increase of what is protected. Gavin Flood explains artha as "worldly success" without violating dharma (moral responsibility)...
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1987, pp. 56–57. Jessica Frazier & Gavin Flood 2011, p. 18. John Bowker 2014, pp. 84–85. Jessica Frazier & Gavin Flood 2011, pp. 18–19, 24–25. Harold Coward...
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ISBN 978-1-59030-893-6. Flood, Gavin D. (1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43878-0. Flood, Gavin (2006). The Tantric...
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enjoyment of life, affection, or love, with or without sexual connotations. Gavin Flood explains kāma as "love" without violating dharma (moral responsibility)...
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merchant and politician Gavin Fletcher (born 1941), Scottish footballer Gavin Flood (born 1954), British Hindu studies scholar Gavin Floyd (born 1983), American...
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term nāstika to describe Buddhism and Jainism in India is explained by Gavin Flood as follows: At an early period, during the formation of the Upaniṣads...
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conceptualize Brahman as the Cosmic Principles underlying all that exists. Gavin Flood states that the Vedic era witnessed a process of abstraction, where the...
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(life energy) along with nadi (energy carrying arteries). According to Gavin Flood, the ancient texts do not present chakra and kundalini-style yoga theories...
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