Questioning the conventional depiction of India as a nation divided between religious communities, Gottschalk shows that individuals living in India have multiple identities, some of which cut across ...
The mythic figure Satya Pir has a wide following among Hindus and Muslims alike in the Bangla-speaking regions of South Asia. Believed to be an avatara of krsna, or a Sufi saint, or somehow both, he i...
This is a study of the Bengali Kartabhaja sect and its place in the broader movement of Tantrism, an Indian religious movement employing purposely shocking sexual language and rituals. Urban looks clo...
The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings found anywhere in the world. Most are located at Hindu temples, but some are at...
Kerala Christian Sainthood is an ethnography-based study that celebrates the multi-vocal function of saints. Drawing on pilgrim anecdotes, shrine practices, official hagiographies, and regional lore, ...
This is the first full-length study of the devotional poetry and poetics of the fourteenth-century poet-philosopher Vedantadesika, one of the most outstanding and influential figures in the Hindu trad...
IN THIS BOOK, WILLIAM S. SAX OFFERS AN ENTHRALLING ACCOUNT OF AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY, FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULT OF NANDADEVI IN THE LIVES OF LOCAL HINDU WOMEN. SAX SHOWS THAT NANDADEVI'S APPE...
'A welcome addition to the literature on both modern popular Hinduism and goddess traditions in India. An excellent example of top-notch scholarship packaged for beginners or lay readers as well as sp...
Volume 1 of the definitive, scholarly English translation of one of the great religious and philosophical classics of the East. Included are the 12 classical upanishads: Chandogya, Kena, Aitareya, Kau...
Practical guidance from Sir Daya Mata on living the spiritual life in today's challenging world. All spiritual seekers will find her words, illuminated by direct personal realization, to be a source o...
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