Hinduism

Jaya is a study of how the four poets of the Indian epic Mahbhrata fuse their separate performances of the poem into a single and seamless work of ...

The anonymous pre-Gagea Navya-Nyya treatise Updhidarpaa (UD) deals exclusively with the so-called updhi, a key concept in the Navya-Nyya theory of ...

From jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions especially those of the East are being commodified as never before...

Hinduism is one of the world's oldest and greatest religious traditions. In captivating prose, Shashi Tharoor untangles its origins, its key philos...

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

The Indian sage Ramana Maharshi (1879- 1950) is perhaps the most widely known Indian spiritual figure of the last century, second only to Gandhi. T...

Extensively based on fieldwork material, From Tapas to Modern Yoga primarily analyses embodied practices of ascetics belonging to four religious or...

The Upaniads are rich and complex Sanskrit Hindu scriptures dating back to the 8th century BCE and are a staple of world religion courses across th...