The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

the idea of tolerance that develops with modern Hinduism or the idea of modern, inclusivist interpreters of Hinduism that all pa ...

person and in return receiving a blessing. There are many social implications of gift giving in Hindu society and gods who recei ...

comprising the Maha ̄bha ̄rata and the Ra ̄ma ̄yan.a (see Brockington in this volume) and the vast collections of “ancient stori ...

been beef eaters at times in their history (Jha 2002). Hinduism is part of the cul- tural politics of India and the term “Hindu” ...

Philological and Other Methodological Issues This book does not wish to make assertions about a unified Hinduism stretching into ...

the more “authentic”? Is the correction of grammatical forms legitimate, assum- ing as it does a fixed grammar? And so on. A tex ...

Ra ̄makan.t.ha (ca. 950–1000 ce), sections of the Kiran.a Tantrawere probably “corrupt” and he had a number of readings to choos ...

out their history, will affect the understanding conveyed in them (Silverstein and Urban 1996: 1–3). These methodological consid ...

Text and tradition The largest part of the book, “Text and Tradition,” systematically provides an overview of the major textua ...

did S ́aivism) expanded beyond the borders of India into southeast Asia where it has left an important legacy. Cutting across hi ...

acknowledged as an important feature of Indian traditions, the way in which the zodiacal signs relate to mathematics and tempora ...

A ̄rya Sama ̄j, and the relation of social reform to the British rule of law interfac- ing with Hindu law. Developing the histor ...

Heesterman, J. C. 1976. The Inner Conflict of Tradition: An Essay in Indian Ritual, Kinship and Society. Chicago: University of ...

Smith, J. D. 1991. The Epic of Pabuji: A Study, Transcription and Translation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Smith, J. ...

PA R T I Theoretical Issues 1 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism 23 Gauri Viswanathan 2 Orientalism and Hinduism 45 Da ...

CHAPTER 1 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism Gauri Viswanathan InThe Hill of Devi, a lyrical collection of essays and ...

finds a Hinduism to which he can relate, as surely as he is alienated by the other face of Hinduism blazoned by conch shells, ca ...

The Modernity of Hinduism That so sympathetic a figure as Fielding should resort to western aesthetic stan- dards to evaluate Hi ...

wielded by Hindu pandits (learned, religious men) who also doubled as native informants and commentators of Sanskrit texts, Brit ...

ally superior Hinduism. In turn, nationalist adaptations of Orientalist scholar- ship formed the basis for contemporary (New Age ...