The Blackwell companion to Hinduism / edited by Gavin Flood.

Other author Flood, Gavin D., 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Descriptionxiii, 599 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Hinduism.

SeriesBlackwell companions to religion
Blackwell companions to religion. ^A581976
Contents Introduction: Establishing the boundaries / Gavin Flood -- PART I. THEORETICAL ISSUES -- Colonialism and the construction of Hinduism / Gauri Viswanathan -- Orientalism and Hinduism / David Smith -- PART II. TEXT AND TRADITION -- Vedas and upaniṣads / Michael Witzel -- Dharmaśāstras / Ludo Rocher -- Sanskrit epics / John Brockington -- Purāṇas / Freda Matchett -- Tamil Hindu literature / Norman Cutler -- Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam / Rich Freeman -- North Indian Hindi devotional literature / Nancy M. Martin -- Śaiva traditions / Gavin Flood -- History of Vaiṣṇava traditions: an esquisse / Gérard Colas -- Renouncer tradition / Patrick Olivelle -- Householder tradition in Hindu society / T.N. Madan -- Teyyam tradition of Kerala / Rich Freeman -- Month of kārtik and women's ritual devotions to Krishna in Benares / Tracy Pintchman -- PART III. SYSTEMATIC THOUGHT -- Introduction ; Science of language / Frits Staal -- Indian mathematics / Takao Hayashi -- Calendar, astrology, and astronomy / Michio Yano -- Science of medicine / Dominik Wujastyk -- Hinduism and the proper work of reason / Jonardon Ganeri -- Restoring "Hindu theology" as a category in Indian intellectual discourse / Francis Clooney -- Mantra / André Padoux -- PART IV. SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND NATION -- On the relationship between caste and Hinduism / Declan Quigley -- Modernity, reform, and revival / Dermot Killingley -- Contemporary political Hinduism / C. Ram-Prasad -- Goddess and the nation: subterfuges of antiquity, the cunning of modernity / Sumathi Ramaswamy -- Gender in a devotional universe / Vasudha Narayanan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002071220
ISBN0631215352 (alk. paper)