1 option
The study of Hinduism / edited by Arvind Sharma.
Van Pelt - Govindaraju/Chandrasekhara South Asia Studies Seminar Room (551) BL1205 .S82 2003
Available
Log in to request item- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
- Studies in comparative religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism.
- Hinduism--Study and teaching.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Leading scholars from around the world take stock of two centuries of intellectual investment in Hinduism, and chart the course of what remains to be accomplished in the field of Hindu studies.
- Contents:
- 2 The Study of Hinduism: The Setting / Eric J. Sharpe 20
- 3 Method in the Study of Hinduism / Arvind Sharma 56
- 4 Vedic Hinduism / Stephanie W. Jamison, Michael Witzel 65
- 5 India's Epics: Writing, Orality, and Divinity / Alf Hiltebeitel 114
- 6 The Puranas: A Study in the Development of Hinduism / Gregory Bailey 139
- 7 The Bhagavadgita and Classical Hinduism: A Sketch / Milton Eder 169
- 8 Medieval Devotional Traditions: An Annotated Survey of Recent Scholarship / Philip Lutgendorf 200
- 9 Modern Hinduism / Robert D. Baird 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1570034494
- OCLC:
- 51093072
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.