PA R T I I
Text and Tradition
The Sanskrit Textual Traditions 67
3 Vedas and Upanis.ads 68
Michael Witzel
4 The Dharmas ́a ̄stras 102
Ludo Rocher
5 The Sanskrit Epics 116
John Brockington
6 The Pura ̄n.as 129
Freda Matchett
Textual Traditions in Regional Languages 144
7 Tamil Hindu Literature 145
Norman Cutler
8 The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam 159
Rich Freeman
9 North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature 182
Nancy M. Martin
Major Historical Developments 199
10 The S ́aiva Traditions 200
Gavin Flood
11 History of Vais.n.ava Traditions 229
Gérard Colas
12 The Renouncer Tradition 271
Patrick Olivelle
13 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society 288
T. N. Madan
Regional Traditions 306
14 The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala 307
Rich Freeman
15 The Month of Ka ̄rtik and Women’s Ritual Devotions to Krishna in
Benares 327
Tracy Pintchman