Hinduism

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism.

Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism.

This book provides the first full-scale English-language study of Pradyumna, the son of the Hindu god Krsna.

This book provides the first full-scale English-language study of Pradyumna, the son of the Hindu god Krsna.

The Caribbean is a microcosm of the world's religions.

The Caribbean is a microcosm of the world's religions.

'To read Ka is to experience a giddy invasion of stories - brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful' The New York Times'Who?

'An indispensable companion for all interested in yoga, both scholars and practitioners' Professor Alexis G.

The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy.

Warrior-prince Rama is about to be crowned Young King, when he hears the devastating news that his father, King of Ayodhya, has been tricked into banishing him to the forest.

Speaking of Siva is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god.

An 'Upanisad' is a teaching session with a guru, and these thirteen texts, the 'Principal Upanisads', form a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world.

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c.

The Purana is one of the two most important and popular Hindu texts, the other being the Ramayana.

Composed between 800 and 950 AD, Narayana's Hitopadesa is one of the best-known of all works in Sanskrit literature.

Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE.

The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry.

Part of the ancient Hindu epic The Mahabharata, The Bhagavad Gita is one of the enduring religious texts of the worldThe Bhagavad Gita is an early poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, a manifestation of God.

The Mahabharata is some 3,500 years old and is the longest poem in any language.

Yoga Sastra by John Murdoch is an illuminating exploration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, enriched by insights into Swami Vivekananda's profound contributions to the philosophy of yoga.

Of the five major sociologists whose views on Indian society are assessed in this work, originally published in 1979, Marx and Weber made a special study of the subject and had something definite to say about the future of Indian society.

Sustaining a Hindu universe at an everyday life level requires an extraordinary range of religious specialists and ritual paraphernalia.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The Mahabharata is one of the great works of world culture and the pinnacle of Sanskrit literature.

The book delves deeply into the concept of hidden power that exists within each of us but often goes untapped.

There are hundreds of books on Islam; after all, it is the second largest religion on the planet.

This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyze the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period.

This book examines the complexities of menstrual beliefs and practices in Nepal.

Seit Anbeginn der Zeit hat die Menschheit vom Ende der Welt erzählt – von Sintfluten und Feuerregen, von kosmischen Katastrophen und selbstverschuldeten Apokalypsen.

This book investigates women's ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity.

Bildliche Szenen aus Indien sind in deutschen, englischen und amerikanischen Missionsjournalen sowie erweckter und evangelikaler Literatur aus dem 19.

This book offers a different understanding of nature by investigating the concept of ziran ?

This book argues that early Vedic poet-priests deployed various forms of hate speech to negotiate interpersonal conflict and social status.

This book offers a different understanding of nature by investigating the concept of ziran ?

An illuminating introduction to the ancient classic of Chinese divinationthe must-have companion to the bestselling Wilhelm-Baynes translation of the I Ching, or Book of ChangesThe West's foremost translator of the I Ching, Richard Wilhelm thought deeply about how contemporary readers could benefit from this ancient work and its perennial insights into change and chance.

An illuminating introduction to the ancient classic of Chinese divinationthe must-have companion to the bestselling Wilhelm-Baynes translation of the I Ching, or Book of ChangesThe West's foremost translator of the I Ching, Richard Wilhelm thought deeply about how contemporary readers could benefit from this ancient work and its perennial insights into change and chance.