"A wider range than usual of Sanskrit texts: not only interesting Vedic, epic, and mythological texts but also a good sampling of ritual and ethical texts. . . . There are also extracts from texts usually neglected, such as medical treatises, works on practical politics, and guides to love and marriage. . . . Readings from the vernacular Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil traditions [serve to] enrich the collection and demonstrate how Hinduism flourished not just in Sanskrit but also in its many mother tongues."—Francis X. Clooney, Journal of Asian Studies
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hindi, Bengali, Tamil
Original Language: Hindi, Bengali, Tamil
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Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty is the Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts; Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities; and Tales of Sex and Violence, all published by the University of Chicago Press. John R. Hinnells is professor of comparative religion at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Handbook of Living Religions and editor of the Penguin Dictionary of Religions.
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Was definitely the right book for my class and after the class was over, since it was the only Hinduism book I didn't fully read and it has some legitimate detail and in depth readings/writings on some Hindu philosophies, beliefs, myths, etc.., I took the book home with me and have been reading it here and there: very good book for anyone interested in Hindu studies.
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This will be, I fear, the usual, stupefyingly boring survey of the Sanskrit sources, thought I hope at least to make it gratifyingly brief. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flawless lord, chaste student, sacrificial drink, fertile season, male sages, horse sacrifice, funeral sacrifice, middle realm, triple world, four sixteenths, own dharma, perfected beings, fit for sacrifice, sacrificial beast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rig Veda, Golden Age, Age of the Trey, Sur Das, Dark Age, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Nelvayil Aratturai, Shatapatha Brahmana, Tulsi Das, Dharma Shastras, Rupa Gosvamin, Ajigarta Sauyavasi, Bhagavad Gita, Mahanirvana Tantra, Narottama Dasa, Rig Vedic, Vedanta Sutras, Markandeya Purana, Ocean of Nectar of Devotional Rasa, Chandogya Upanishad, Final Section, Pine Forest, Shri Krishna, Vishnu Purana, Atharva Veda New!
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This will be, I fear, the usual, stupefyingly boring survey of the Sanskrit sources, thought I hope at least to make it gratifyingly brief. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flawless lord, chaste student, sacrificial drink, fertile season, male sages, horse sacrifice, funeral sacrifice, middle realm, triple world, four sixteenths, own dharma, perfected beings, fit for sacrifice, sacrificial beast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rig Veda, Golden Age, Age of the Trey, Sur Das, Dark Age, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Nelvayil Aratturai, Shatapatha Brahmana, Tulsi Das, Dharma Shastras, Rupa Gosvamin, Ajigarta Sauyavasi, Bhagavad Gita, Mahanirvana Tantra, Narottama Dasa, Rig Vedic, Vedanta Sutras, Markandeya Purana, Ocean of Nectar of Devotional Rasa, Chandogya Upanishad, Final Section, Pine Forest, Shri Krishna, Vishnu Purana, Atharva Veda New!
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- History of Indian Literature, Volume 3 by Maurice Winternitz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (Bollingen Series, Vol. LVI) by Mircea Eliade in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual and Religion by Brian K. Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A History of Indian Literature by Maurice Winternitz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 1: From the Beginning to 1800 (Introduction to Oriental Civilizations) by Ainslee T. Embree in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Parallel Myths by J.F. Bierlein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Hinduism : A Very Short Introduction by Kim Knott in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion by Hugh B. Urban in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Religion and the Body (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions) by Sarah Coakley on page 184
- Sacrificing the Self: Perspectives on Martyrdom and Religion (Aar the Religions (Unnumbered).) by Margaret Cormack on page 129
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