The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. Throughout Indian society religion has been central to debate about the position of women and opposition to the women's movement has often been rationalised in terms of religion. Through a review of the speeches and writings of leading figures of the movement from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,...
The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the mov...
This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations (avataras) of Vishnu. All three use much the same traditional material, yet each, by arranging this material in its own way, presents a distinctive view...
This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowl...
An exploration of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It seeks to provide a literary context in which one can appreciate fully the theological significance and historical value of Sufi biographies.
An exploration of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It seeks to provide a literary context i...
This title explores subtle-body practices from a variety of perspectives. It includes both studies of these practices in Asian and Western contexts, and explorations of the possibilities for new models of understanding which these concepts open up.
This title explores subtle-body practices from a variety of perspectives. It includes both studies of these practices in Asian and Western contexts, a...
Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.
Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of th...
