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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...
A Survey of Hinduism, Third Edition

A Survey of Hinduism, Third Edition


Klaus K. Klostermaier



From the Back Cover This third edition of the classic text updates the information contained in the earlier editions, a...
Hindu Selves in a Modern World: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission (South Asian Religion Series)

Hindu Selves in a Modern World: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission (South Asian Religion Series)


Maya Warrier



About the Author Maya Warrier teaches Indian Religion and the Anthropology of Religion at the University of Wales, Lampet...
Bhagavadgita (Dover Thrift Editions)

Bhagavadgita (Dover Thrift Editions)


Sir Edwin Arnold



Review (Sanskrit: "Song of the Lord") One of the greatest and most beautiful of the Hindu scriptures. It forms part of B...
The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal

The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal


Hugh B. Urban



Review "Urban's two volumes offer a magisterial overview and theoretically sophisticated interpretation of a group that i...
The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram

The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram


D. Dennis Hudson



Review "Dennis Hudson's multidimensional 'decoding' of the 'Emperor's Palace' temple of Lord Vishnu in Kanchipuram is rem...
Tripura Rahasya: The Mystery beyond the Trinity

Tripura Rahasya: The Mystery beyond the Trinity


Munagala S.Venkataramiah



About the Author Munagala S.Venakataramaiah,the author was one of the first and closest disciples of Sri Ramana Maharshi....
Reflections: On Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

Reflections: On Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi


S.S. Cohen



About the Author S.S.Cohen,Paul Brunton,Arthur Osborne and many other Western seekers had no hesitation in becoming profo...
Wandering With Sadhus: Ascetics of the Hindu Himalayas (Contemporary Indian Studies)

Wandering With Sadhus: Ascetics of the Hindu Himalayas (Contemporary Indian Studies)


Sondra L. Hausner



Review "Will be of interest to students and scholars who are interested in any of a number of subjects: meditation, yoga, s...
Tantra in Practice

Tantra in Practice


David Gordon White



Review This extremely welcome reader is the first substantial anthology devoted to tantra. Translations are crisp and cle...
The Philosophy of Gandhi: A Study of his Basic Ideas

The Philosophy of Gandhi: A Study of his Basic Ideas


Glyn Richards



The Philosophy of Gandhi: A Study of his Basic Ideas...
Religion under Bureaucracy: Policy and Administration for Hindu Temples in South India (Cambridge South Asian Studies)

Religion under Bureaucracy: Policy and Administration for Hindu Temples in South India (Cambridge South Asian Studies)


Franklin A. Presler



Book Description Religion under Bureaucracy is an innovative study of religion and politics in the south Indian state of ...
An Ornament for Jewels: Love Poems for the Lord of Gods

An Ornament for Jewels: Love Poems for the Lord of Gods


Steven P. Hopkins, Vedantadesika



Review "In An Ornament for Jewels, Steven Hopkins presents in luminous English versions the poetry of Vedantadesika, emin...
Shiva and the Primordial Tradition: From the Tantras to the Science of Dreams

Shiva and the Primordial Tradition: From the Tantras to the Science of Dreams


Alain Daniélou



From Publishers Weekly Better known in Europe than in the U.S., the late French intellectual Daniélou (1907–...
Hindu and Sikh Faiths in America (Faith in America Series)

Hindu and Sikh Faiths in America (Faith in America Series)


Gail M. Harley



From School Library Journal Grade 6-9-Following a lengthy introduction to the broad beliefs of each of these India-based ...
Beyond 1492: Encounters in Colonial North America

Beyond 1492: Encounters in Colonial North America


James Axtell



Review "Those who want a readable and informed introduction to some of the concerns of contemporary Encounter historians,...
Kundalini Tantra

Kundalini Tantra


Swami Satyananda Saraswati



About the Author About the Author .Swami Satyananda Saraswati was the disciple of swami Sivananda and became a wandering ...
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry (Illustrated Edition)

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry (Illustrated Edition)


W.G. Archer



The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry (Illustrated Edition)...
'Hinduism' in Modern Indonesia: A Minority Religion Between Local, National and Global Interests (Curzon in Association With Iias, 8)

'Hinduism' in Modern Indonesia: A Minority Religion Between Local, National and Global Interests (Curzon in Association With Iias, 8)


Martin Ramstedt



Review 'Explicitly describing, investigating and reflecting on characteristics of Indonesian Hinduism...With diligence an...
Bourgeois Hinduism, or Faith of the Modern Vedantists: Rare Discourses from Early Colonial Bengal

Bourgeois Hinduism, or Faith of the Modern Vedantists: Rare Discourses from Early Colonial Bengal


Brian A. Hatcher



Review "Here is another gem from one of the leading scholars of the nineteenth-century "Bengal Renaissance." Bourgeois H...
Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge & Cream of Liberation: Two Jewels of Indian Wisdom (Spiritual Classics)

Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge & Cream of Liberation: Two Jewels of Indian Wisdom (Spiritual Classics)


Ramananan Saraswathi



Review In language easy to understand, the author give a remarkably clear exposition of the tenents of Advaita. -- V.A De...
Hindi Poetry In A Musical Gere: Thumri Lyrics (Royal Asiatic Society Books)

Hindi Poetry In A Musical Gere: Thumri Lyrics (Royal Asiatic Society Books)


L. Du Perron



Review "I approached this study with high expectations and am glad to say that my anticipations were not disappointed... ...
Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe

Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe


Alain Daniélou



Review "[Yoga] will appeal to the serious student of yoga in any tradition. It is not a fluffy yoga exercise manual. It c...
Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)

Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)


David R. Kinsley



Review "A compendious survey of major Hindu goddesses . . . The kind of book that one can readily recommend to students...
Tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and Wisdom Spanning Continents and Time About India and Her Culture

Tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and Wisdom Spanning Continents and Time About India and Her Culture


Sushama Londhe



About the Author Sushama Londhe is an Indian American who came to the US as a graduate student in the mid-1970's. She hol...