Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions
This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed ''sacred'', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus, in India and beyond, Valmiki is the poet-saint who composed the epic Rà mà yaõa. Yet for a vocal community of ...
This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed ''sacred'', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus, in India and beyond, Valmiki is the poet-saint who composed the epic Rà mà yaõa. Yet for a vocal community of ...
