Contemporary Perspectives

Edited by Mark Singleton, Jean Byrne

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon. Yoga has taken the world by storm and is even seeing renewed popularity in India. Both in India...

Published July 1st 2008 by Routledge.

Studying Hinduism

Key Concepts and Methods

Edited by Sushil Mittal, Gene Thursby

This book is an indispensable resource for students and researchers wishing to develop a deeper understanding of one of the world's oldest and most multifaceted...

Published September 7th 2007 by Routledge.

Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata

Edited by Simon Brodbeck, Brian Black

The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the most important texts to emerge from the Indian cultural tradition. At almost 75,000 verses it is the longest...

Published August 10th 2007 by Routledge.

Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Edited by Denise Cush, Catherine Robinson, Michael York

The Encyclopedia of Hinduism contains over 900 entries reflecting recent advances in scholarship which have raised new theoretical and methodological issues as well as identifying new...

Published August 8th 2007 by Routledge.

A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga

By James Mallinson

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time....

Published June 25th 2007 by Routledge.

The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami

When Knowledge Meets Devotion

By Ravi M. Gupta

The Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition is famous for its depth of devotion to Krishna, the blue-hued Deity. Chaitanya Vaishnavas are known for having refined the practice...

Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge.

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre

Thumri Lyrics

By Lalita Du Perron

Indian classical music has long been fascinating to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with...

Published February 13th 2007 by Routledge.

The Hindu World

Edited by Sushil Mittal, Gene Thursby

The Hindu World is the most complete, authoritative and up-to-date one-volume guide to Hindu faith and culture available today. Written by the world's leading scholars...

Published February 1st 2007 by Routledge.

Religion in India

A Historical Introduction

By Fred Clothey

Religion in India is an ideal first introduction to India's fascinating and varied religious history. Fred Clothey surveys the religions of India from prehistory and...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys?

By Srilata Raman

Filling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.