Research Catalog

Title

The study of Hinduism / edited by Arvind Sharma.

Publication

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2003.

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Additional Authors

Sharma, Arvind.

Description

xii, 315 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"In The Study of Hinduism, leading scholars from around the world take stock of two centuries of international intellectual investment of Hinduism. Since the early nineteenth century, when the scholarly investigation of Hinduism began to take shape as a modern academic discipline, Hindu studies has evolved from its concentration on description and analysis to an emphasis on understanding Hindu traditions in the context of the religion's own values, concepts, and history. Offering a needed assessment of the current state of Hindu studies, the contributors to this volume identify past achievements and chart the course for what remains to be accomplished in the field."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Studies in comparative religion

Uniform Title

Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)

Subjects

• Hinduism
• Hinduismus
• Hindouisme
• Godsdienstwetenschap
• Hindoeïsme
• Hinduism > Study and teaching

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

What is Hinduism? / Arvind Sharma -- Study of Hinduism: the setting / Eric J. Sharpe -- Method in the study of Hinduism / Arvind Sharma -- Vedic Hinduism / Stephanie W. Jamison and Michael Witzel -- India's epics: writing, orality, and divinity / Alf Hiltebeitel -- Purāṇas: a study in the development of Hinduism / Gregory Bailey -- Bhagavadgītā and classical Hinduism: a sketch / Milton Eder -- Medieval devotional traditions: an annotated survey of recent scholarship / Philip Lutgendorf -- Modern Hinduism / Robert D. Baird.

ISBN

• 1570034494
• 9781570034497

LCCN

• 2002041370
• 99816722858

OCLC

• ocm51093072
• 51093072
• SCSB-1299398

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library