Hinduism

The Ramayana of Valmiki is considered by many contemporary Hindus to be a foundational religious text.

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon.

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon.

Desireless action is typically cited as a criterion of the liberated person in classical Indian texts.

Desireless action is typically cited as a criterion of the liberated person in classical Indian texts.

This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice.

This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice.

Your hands-on guide to one of the world's major religions The dominant religion of India, "e;Hinduism"e; refers to a wide variety of religious traditions and philosophies that have developed over thousands of years.

Your hands-on guide to one of the world's major religions The dominant religion of India, "e;Hinduism"e; refers to a wide variety of religious traditions and philosophies that have developed over thousands of years.

Explores the emergence, florescence, decay, and rejuvenation of the Sunni saint cult and shrine-complex of Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad-i Jam over nine-hundred years.

Explores the emergence, florescence, decay, and rejuvenation of the Sunni saint cult and shrine-complex of Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad-i Jam over nine-hundred years.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

By analyzing the Arthaśāstra''s early history, Mark McClish overturns prevailing beliefs that ancient India was governed by religion, not politics.

By analyzing the Arthaśāstra''s early history, Mark McClish overturns prevailing beliefs that ancient India was governed by religion, not politics.

The first comparative work to explore how humankind seek out the meaning of life amid suffering and struggle.

The first comparative work to explore how humankind seek out the meaning of life amid suffering and struggle.

This Element explores the nature of a Hindu monotheism, not as one God but as a transcendent, ultimate source.

Explores aspects of the private lives and interpersonal ties, between the personal and communal domains of early Sufis.

This book describes the emergence of Muslim scholarly communities from the origins of Islam until the mid-tenth century.

This book describes the emergence of Muslim scholarly communities from the origins of Islam until the mid-tenth century.

Includes up-to-date information about growth, geographic expansion, leadership transitions, and the impact of Swaminarayan institutions in India and abroad.

Includes up-to-date information about growth, geographic expansion, leadership transitions, and the impact of Swaminarayan institutions in India and abroad.

An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology provides a comprehensive doctrinal account of the Swaminarayan tradition''s belief system.

An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology provides a comprehensive doctrinal account of the Swaminarayan tradition''s belief system.

The book seeks to intervene in current debates within political theory and intellectual history.

Explores British interpretations of Hinduism at a crucial period in the East India Company''s conquest of Bengal.

Explores British interpretations of Hinduism at a crucial period in the East India Company''s conquest of Bengal.

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple.

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple.

This is a Comprehensive Survey of the Bhakti Movement as it sprang in South India to spread across the subcontinent in independent and multifarious manifestations yet marked with amazing commonalities.

This is a Comprehensive Survey of the Bhakti Movement as it sprang in South India to spread across the subcontinent in independent and multifarious manifestations yet marked with amazing commonalities.

This book expands the current axiology of theism literature by assessing the axiological status of alternative conceptions of God and the divine.

This book expands the current axiology of theism literature by assessing the axiological status of alternative conceptions of God and the divine.

Sufism in Eighteenth-Century India focuses on one particular treasure from surviving Persian manuscripts in India, Nala-yi ?

Sufism in Eighteenth-Century India focuses on one particular treasure from surviving Persian manuscripts in India, Nala-yi ?

This book offers a comprehensive description of the 'doctrine of salvation' (nihsreyasa/ moksa) and Vaisesika, one of the oldest philosophical systems of Indian philosophy and provides an overview of theories in other related Indian philosophical systems and classical doctrines of salvation.

This book offers a comprehensive description of the 'doctrine of salvation' (nihsreyasa/ moksa) and Vaisesika, one of the oldest philosophical systems of Indian philosophy and provides an overview of theories in other related Indian philosophical systems and classical doctrines of salvation.

The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in Australia.

The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in Australia.

This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to twenty-first century.

This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to twenty-first century.

This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice.

This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice.