Hinduism

Today, there are more than two million Hindus in America.

Since the beginning of modern Indology in the 19th century, the relationship between the early Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism has been predicated on a perceived dichotomy between two meta-historical identities: "e;the Brahmans"e; (purveyors of the ancient Vedic texts and associated ritual system) and the newer "e;non-Brahmanical"e; sramana movements from which the Buddhists and Jains emerged.

Since the beginning of modern Indology in the 19th century, the relationship between the early Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism has been predicated on a perceived dichotomy between two meta-historical identities: "e;the Brahmans"e; (purveyors of the ancient Vedic texts and associated ritual system) and the newer "e;non-Brahmanical"e; sramana movements from which the Buddhists and Jains emerged.

Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Indian princess, wrote passionate love songs to Lord Krishna.

The Rigveda is a monumental text in both world religion and world literature, yet outside a small band of specialists it is little known.

The Rigveda is a monumental text in both world religion and world literature, yet outside a small band of specialists it is little known.

Through in-depth analysis of musical theatre choreography and choreographers, Making Broadway Dance challenges long-held perceptions of Broadway dance as kitsch, disposable, a dance form created without artistic process.

Through in-depth analysis of musical theatre choreography and choreographers, Making Broadway Dance challenges long-held perceptions of Broadway dance as kitsch, disposable, a dance form created without artistic process.

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today.

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today.

Snakebite may sound like a rare and exotic phenomenon, but in India it is a problem that affects 1.

The thousand-year-old Sanskrit classic the Bhagavatapurana, or "e;Stories of the Lord,"e; is the foundational source of narratives concerning the beloved Hindu deity Krishna.

Tantric traditions in both Buddhism and Hinduism are thriving throughout Asia and in Asian diasporic communities around the world, yet they have been largely ignored by Western scholars until now.

After a sleepless night spent longing for his absent wife Sita, Rama, god-prince and future king, surveyed his army camps on a clear autumn morning and spied a white goose playing in a pond of lotus flowers.

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Central Himalayan region of Kumaon, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment draws on oral and written narratives, stories, testimonies, and rituals told and performed in relation to the "e;God of Justice,"e; Goludev, and other regional deities.

The thousand-year-old Sanskrit classic the Bhagavatapurana, or "e;Stories of the Lord,"e; is the foundational source of narratives concerning the beloved Hindu deity Krishna.

After a sleepless night spent longing for his absent wife Sita, Rama, god-prince and future king, surveyed his army camps on a clear autumn morning and spied a white goose playing in a pond of lotus flowers.

Found in many different religious cultures, the practice of making votive offerings into fire dates back to the earliest periods of human history.

Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history.

At the turn of the millennium, Nepal was the world's last remaining Hindu kingdom.

Is the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique?

In the mid-nineteenth century, the American missionary James Butler predicted that Christian conversion and British law together would eradicate Indian ascetics.

Snakebite may sound like a rare and exotic phenomenon, but in India it is a problem that affects 1.

When the colonial slave trade, and then slavery itself, were abolished early in the 19th century, the British empire brazenly set up a new system of trade using Indian rather than African laborers.

Mirabai, a sixteenth-century Indian princess, wrote passionate love songs to Lord Krishna.

This is the second in a trilogy of works by the famed Bengali novelist Bankimcandra Chatterji (1838-1894), and the second to be translated by Julius Lipner.

A celebrated Hindu pilgrimage site, Hardwar lies on the river Ganges at the edge of the Himalayas.

No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang of Krishna more famously than SurdD^=as-or Sur, for short.

This book seeks to understand the major mythological role models that mark the moral landscape navigated by young Hindu women.

This book is the crowning achievement of the remarkable scholar D.

Although Buddhism is often depicted as a religion of meditators and philosophers, some of the earliest writings extant in India offer a very different portrait of the Buddhist practitioner.

Despite the global spread of Western medical practice, traditional doctors still thrive in the modern world.

In this companion volume to Singing the Body of God (Oxford 2002), Steven P.

The devotional poems of Annamayya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India.

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Many Hindus today are urban middle-class people with religious values similar to those of their professional counterparts in America and Europe.

In Divine Mother, Blessed Mother, Francis X.

The Indian state of West Bengal is home to one of the world's most vibrant traditions of goddess worship.

Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "e;Hinduism"e; came into being.

Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha's main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu's avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad Gita.

Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha's main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu's avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad Gita.

Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history.

At the turn of the millennium, Nepal was the world's last remaining Hindu kingdom.

Kabir was a great iconoclastic-mystic poet of fifteenth-century North India; his poems were composed orally, written down by others in manuscripts and books, and transmitted through song.

What does it mean to be a Brahmin, and what could it mean to become one?

Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets provides an ethnographic study of varmakkalai, or "e;the art of the vital spots,"e; a South Indian esoteric tradition that combines medical practice and martial arts.

For countless generations families have lived in isolated communities in the Godavari Delta of coastal Andhra Pradesh, learning and reciting their legacy of Vedas, performing daily offerings and occasional sacrifices.

Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power.

Provincial Hinduism explores intersecting religious worlds in an ordinary Indian city that remains close to its traditional roots, while bearing witness to the impact of globalization.

Is the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique?