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Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia

Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia


Paula Richman



About the Author Paula Richman is Associate Professor of South Asian Religions at Oberlin College. She is the author of G...
Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts

Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts


Wendy Doniger



Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts...
Tantra Unveiled

Tantra Unveiled


Pandit Rajmani Tigunait



From Library Journal Head of the Himalayn International Institute, Tiguanit offers a clear, calm, open guide to Tantric p...
Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahabharata (Mcgill Studies in the History of Religions)

Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahabharata (Mcgill Studies in the History of Religions)


Julian F. Woods



From the Back Cover Explores this epic's ongoing polemic regarding free will in the face of destiny. While the belief tha...
Hindu, Sufi, or Sikh: contested practices and identifications of Sindhi Hindus in India and beyond

Hindu, Sufi, or Sikh: contested practices and identifications of Sindhi Hindus in India and beyond


Steven Wesley Ramey



Review "Ramey's book on the Hindu Sindhis of Lucknow is a valuable work of scholarship--the only full-scale ethnology of Hi...
Gurus In America (S U N Y Series in Hindu Studies)

Gurus In America (S U N Y Series in Hindu Studies)


Cynthia Ann Humes, Thomas A. Forsthoefel



From the Publisher Gurus in America provides an excellent introduction to the guru phenomenon in the United States, with ...
Prajāpati's rise to higher rank

Prajāpati's rise to higher rank


Jan Gonda



Review '"Scholars will be indebted to him for his masterly analysis...'"Adyar Library Bulletin. Language Notes Te...
South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora (Routledge South Asian Religion)

South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora (Routledge South Asian Religion)


Knut A. Jacobsen



About the Author Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the Department of the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, N...
The Disguises of the Demon: The Development of the Yaksa in Hinduism and Buddhism

The Disguises of the Demon: The Development of the Yaksa in Hinduism and Buddhism


Gail Hinich Sutherland



The Disguises of the Demon: The Development of the Yaksa in Hinduism and Buddhism...
The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition

The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition


Tracy Pintchman



The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition...
Ganapati: Song of the Self (Suny Series in Religious Studies)

Ganapati: Song of the Self (Suny Series in Religious Studies)


John A. Grimes



Ganapati: Song of the Self (Suny Series in Religious Studies)...
Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism

Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism


Alf Hiltebeitel



Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism...
Tantra: Path of Ecstasy

Tantra: Path of Ecstasy


Georg Feuerstein



Amazon.com Review Consider for a moment that the Dalai Lama is a tantric adept, and those visions of sexual bliss that t...
The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism


Gavin Flood



Review "This collection offers a new way to parse the multiple entryways into the vast arena of Hinduism. Using the gener...
A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology: Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavarttika ... Commentary (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)

A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology: Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavarttika ... Commentary (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)


John Taber



About the Author John Taber is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches course...
Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King

Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King


Alf Hiltebeitel



From the Inside Flap The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunde...
Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary

Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary


David Shulman



Review "Shulman disappears for pages at a time into sensuous latticework dream. . . . He isn''t some hippy-dippy pilgrim ...
Krishna: A Sourcebook

Krishna: A Sourcebook


Edwin F. Bryant



Review "This book provides a fine overview of the diversity, strengths, and weaknesses of the current state of American r...
The Memory of Love: Surdas Sings to Krishna

The Memory of Love: Surdas Sings to Krishna


John Stratton Hawley



Review "The songs of S=urd=as are presented here with a radiant lyricism that gives the reader a direct encounter with th...
Hunting the 'I'

Hunting the 'I'


Lucy Cornelssen



About the Author Little is known about the generally self-effacing devotees of the Bhagavan and Lucy cornelssen probably ...
Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi


Paramahansa Yogananda



Review One book in particular stayed with Steve Jobs his entire life, Autobiography of a Yogi...'the guide to meditation ...
The Maharshi and His Message

The Maharshi and His Message


Paul Brunton



About the Author Paul Brunton (Raphael Hurst) came to India in the early 1930's in search of the Truth behind the ancient...
Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A View from the Margin

Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A View from the Margin


Braj M. Sinha, Nathan Katz, Ranabir Chakravarti, Shalva Weil



About the Author Nathan Katz is Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International Univ...
Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj


Jean Dunn, Nisargadatta, Nisargadatta Maharaj



Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj...