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Mataparīkṣā
''Mata-parīkṣā'' is a Sanskrit-language text by the Christian author John Muir. It criticizes Hinduism, and portrays Christianity as the true faith. It was written in British India in 1839, and revised twice. As suggested by the title ''Mata-parīkṣā'' (Sanskrit for "An Examination of Religions"), Muir portrayed himself as an impartial judge of religions. William Hodge Mill criticized the text for discussing the Christian philosophy in isolation instead of encouraging the readers to get baptized and join the Church. Contents The book is written in form of a dialogue between a student and a teacher. The following is a synopsis of 1839 edition: # Description of God's Attributes (''Īśvara-guṇa-varṇana'') #: The student notes that various religions contradict each other, and therefore, not all of them can be true. The teacher explains that an intelligent person must analyze religions, accept the true one, and reject all others. He then describes the various attribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mataparīkṣottara
''Mataparīkṣottara'', also called ''Mataparīkṣottaram'', is an 1840 Sanskrit-language text by Harachandra Tarkapanchanan (IAST: Hara-candra Tarka-pañcānana) of Calcutta, British India. It is a Hindu apologist response to the Christian writer John Muir's ''Mataparīkṣā''. Authorship The author, Harachandra, was a Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta. The text suggests that he was not a scholar, but knew a little about the Bible, the history of the Christian church, the Western freethought, and contemporary science. Contents The ''Mataparīkṣottara'' consists of 137 verses in 18 pages, including a 2-page English-language preface. The Sanskrit text is divided into three untitled chapters. The text was printed in Bengali script, which limited its circulation outside Bengal. The title of the text means "An Answer to the Mataparīkṣā" (''Mata-parīkṣā-uttara'') in Sanskrit. It bears the subtitle ''An Answer to a Sketch of the Argument for Christianity and against Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subaji Bapu
Subaji Bapu (IAST: Subājī Bāpū) was an early 19th-century Hindu astrologer (''jyotisha'') and astronomer from British India. Under the influence of the British civil servant Lancelot Wilkinson, he gave up his belief in Hindu cosmology, Puranic cosmography in favour of the Copernican heliocentrism, Copernican system. He argued that the Siddhanta (astronomy), Siddhantic cosmography of ancient Indian astrologers was more accurate than the Puranic cosmography, and wrote ''Siddhānta-siromani-prakāsa'' (1836) and ''Avirodha-prakasha'' (1837) to justify his views, amid opposition from the orthodox pandits. Subaji was a Hindu apologetics, Hindu apologist and defended the Indian caste system, caste system in ''Laghu-tamka'' (1839). He is also identified with Somanātha, the author of ''Mata-parīkṣā-śikṣā'', a Hindu response to the Christian writer John Muir (indologist), John Muir's ''Mataparīkṣā''. Career Astrology and astronomy Subaji Bapu was a Marathi language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mata-parīkṣā-śikṣā
''Mata-parīkṣā-śikṣā'' ("A Lesson for the uthor of theMataparīksā") is an 1839 Sanskrit-language text by Somanātha, apparently a pseudonym for Subaji Bapu of British India. It is a Hindu apologist response to the Christian writer John Muir's ''Mataparīkṣā''. Authorship The author of ''Mata-parīkṣā-śikṣā'' identifies himself as Somanātha. According to an anonymous English-language note on the manuscript of the text, the author was Subaji Bapu, a Marathi-speaking astrologer ('' jyotisha'') of Central India, who enjoyed the patronage of the British civil servant and Orientalist Lancelot Wilkinson. James R. Ballantyne, who wrote the entry for the text in India Office Library and Records (IOLR)'s catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, disputes this information. However, several later writers such as Richard F. Young and Stephen Neill believe it to be true, based on a comparison of ''Mata-parīkṣā-śikṣā'' with Subaji's writings. * Somanātha displays fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindu Apologetics
Apologetics (from Greek ) is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called Christian apologists. In 21st-century usage, ''apologetics'' is often identified with debates over religion and theology. Etymology The term ''apologetics'' derives from the Ancient Greek word (). In the Classical Greek legal system, the prosecution delivered the (), the accusation or charge, and the defendant replied with an ', the defence. The was a formal speech or explanation to reply to and rebut the charges. A famous example is Socrates' Apologia defense, as chronicled in Plato's ''Apology''. In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, the Apostle Paul employs the term ''apologia'' in his trial speech to Festus and Agrippa when he says "I make my defense" in Acts 26:2. A cognate form appears in Paul's Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
