(Hardback)
By: Koushiki Dasgupta
ISBN: 9781350448988
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Federico Squarcini
ISBN: 9780857284303
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2011
Publisher: Anthem Press
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This collection of essays features a significant selection of the specialized fields of knowledge that have shaped classical South Asian intellectual history, focusing on the different and complex processes employed during the 'invention', construction, preservation and renewal of a given tradition.
(Paperback)
By: Geir Heierstad
ISBN: 9781785271878
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Anthem Press
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This ethnographic study is an empirical exploration of caste through the story of Indian potters who have transformed caste into a marketable brand in the business of selling sculptures. To these contemporary potters, caste is in their blood, caste is about being a creative and independent artist, and caste is about business, as they engage in a competitive market to sell their artworks.
(Hardback)
By: Robin Rinehart
ISBN: 9781576079058
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An examination of the contemporary practices, beliefs, and issues of one of the world's oldest and most enduring religions, both within its Indian homeland and throughout the world.
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By: Graham M. Schweig
ISBN: 9780691114460
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Introduces the Rasa Lila, a dramatic love poem of exquisite poetry and profound theology to the Western world. This book explores the historical context and literary genre of the work and elucidates the aesthetic and emotional richness of the composition, highlighting poignant details of this drama of divine love.
(Paperback)
By: Karen Pechilis
ISBN: 9781350214224
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Karen Pechilis
ISBN: 9781350214187
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
ISBN: 9781441182654
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
ISBN: 9781441154644
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Steven Rosen
ISBN: 9780275990060
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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As a world religion, Hinduism remains one of the most elusive for many.
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By: Steven J. Rosen
ISBN: 9780313397035
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This revealing compilation of essays by prominent practitioners and well-informed scholars lays to bear one simple truth: One must be a vegetarian to properly practice Yoga.
(Hardback)
By: Sunita Shah
ISBN: 9781682226346
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
By: Steven J. Rosen
ISBN: 9780826413659
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In 1995, Steven Pressfield introduced the ancient Hindu epic "The Bhagavad-Gita" to a modern audience by restructuring it as a golf novel, "The Legend of Bagger Vance" (now a film directed by Robert Redford). In this book Steven Rosen draws the story out further using 30 years of Gita scholarship.
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By: Robert W. Hefner
ISBN: 9780691028569
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 1990
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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The description for this book, Hindu Javanese: Tengger Tradition and Islam, will be forthcoming.
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By: Arvind Sharma
ISBN: 9780313381614
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This pioneering work examines the existing understanding of Hinduism in relation to human rights discourse.
Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is organized around specific rights, such as the right to own property, the rights of children, women's rights, and animal rights.
(Hardback)
By: Jessica Frazier
ISBN: 9781474251563
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Jessica Frazier
ISBN: 9781474251556
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Owen Cole
ISBN: 9781444105094
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2010
Publisher: John Murray Press
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Hinduism - An Introduction will give you a full understanding of the history and beliefs of this faith, as well exploring what it means to be a Hindu today.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Paul Oliver
ISBN: 9781472531551
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Dr Paul Oliver
ISBN: 9781472533036
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Dr Heather Elgood
ISBN: 9780304707393
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The visual arts associated with the Hindu religion are recognized as being the most complex and rich of any living religion. In this book, Heather Elgood provides a synthesis and critical study of recent scholarship on the subject.
(Paperback)
By: Lavanya Vemsani
ISBN: 9781350343863
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Lavanya Vemsani
ISBN: 9781350138513
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An examination of the history, religion, and literature of middle India through the study of texts, practice, art and architecture related to Narasimha, the Hindu diety.
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By: Dr Stephen Jacobs
ISBN: 9780826440273
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2010
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Understanding Hinduism requires an understanding of how it is practised in the contemporary world. This title presents an introduction that tackles these central issues, beginning with case studies of the grassroots practice of Hinduism in India and in diaspora communities.
