{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-hinduism-isbn-9781405132510","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism","description":"An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures four coherent sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the importance of region in analyzing Hinduism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdeal for use on university courses.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Establishing the Boundaries 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin Flood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theoretical Issues 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGauri Viswanathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Orientalism and Hinduism 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Text and Tradition 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sanskrit Textual Traditions 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 Vedas and Upanisads 68\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Witzel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Dharmaúâstras 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLudo Rocher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Sanskrit Epics 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Brockington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Purânas 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFreda Matchett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTextual Traditions in Regional Languages 144\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Tamil Hindu Literature 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman Cutler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRich Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature 182\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy M Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajor Historical Developments 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Saiva Traditions 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin Flood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 History of Vaisnava Traditions: An Esquisse 229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGérard Colas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Renouncer Tradition 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick Olivelle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society 288\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTN Madan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegional Traditions 306\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRich Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Month of Kârtik and Women's Ritual Devotions to Krishna in Benares 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTracy Pinchman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Systematic Thought 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Indian Sciences 345\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 346\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrits Staal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Science of Language 348\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrits Staal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Indian Mathematics 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTakao Hayashi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Calendar, Astrology and Astronomy 376\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichio Yano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Science of Medicine 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDominik Wujastyk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy and Theology 410\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonardon Ganeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Restoring \"Hindu Theology\" as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancis Cloone. SJ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Mantra 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndré Padoux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Society, Politics, and Nation 493\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism 495\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeclan Quigley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Modernity, Reform and Revival 509\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDermot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKillingley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Contemporary Political Hinduism 526\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC Ram Prasad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Goddess and the Nation Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity 551\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSumathi Ramaswamy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Gender in a Devotional Universe 569\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVasudha Narayanan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 588\u003c\/p\u003e  “This collection offers a new way to parse the multiple entryways into the vast arena of Hinduism. Using the general divisional categories of theoretical issues, text and tradition, systematic thought, and society, politics and nation, Flood has achieved significant breadth in disciplines, subjects and historical perspectives.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a most welcome, timely, and authoritative assessment of the entire field of study, a most commendable response to an enormous challenge.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It effectively serves to condense the proliferation of scholarship on Hinduism... The approach is interdisciplinary and places Hinduism not within a sphere of its own, but within a larger context, reading it as a dynamic product of historical global exchange. \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Hinduism\u003c\/i\u003e also has an important section devoted to the Indian Sciences (language, mathematics, astrology, astronomy and medicine) which collectively destabilize colonialism’s claim that Hinduism was arbitrary and irrational. … A handsome addition to academic and personal libraries.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsian Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGavin Flood\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. Among his publications are \u003ci\u003eBeyond Phenomonology: Rethinking the Study of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Hinduism\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eBody and Cosmology in Kashmir Œaivism\u003c\/i\u003e (1993).  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