Religions of India in practice /

The inaugural volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of thirty scholars of the religions of India in a new anthology designed to reshape the ways in which the religious traditions of India are understood. The book contains translations of forty-five works, most of which h...

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مؤلفون آخرون: Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952-
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995.
سلاسل:Princeton readings in religions.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv131btwn
جدول المحتويات:
  • Songs of Devotion and Praise
  • Bengali songs to Kali / Rachel Fell McDermott
  • Kablr / Vinay Dharwadker
  • Poems of Tukaram / Vinay Dharwadker
  • The litany of names of ManjusrI / Ronald M. Davidson
  • Sikh hymns to the divine name / Hew McLeod
  • Devotional hymns from the Sanskrit / Guy Leon Beck
  • Tamil game songs to Siva / Norman Cutler
  • In praise of Muhammad : Sindhi and Urdu poems / Ali Asani
  • Baul songs / Carol Salomon
  • Tamil songs to God as child / Paula Richman
  • Rites and Instructions
  • The Power of mantra : a story of the five protectors / Todd T. Lewis
  • Royal temple dedications / Michael D. Rabe
  • How to partake in the love of Krsna / Neal Delmonico
  • Women's songs for auspicious occasions / Lindsey Harlan
  • The ocean of mercury : an eleventh-century alchemical text David Gordon White
  • Predicting the future with dogs / David Gordon White
  • How to worship at Siva's temple / D. Dennis Hudson
  • The order for Khalsa initiation / Hew McLeod
  • The rite of veneration of Jina images / John E. Cort
  • The Vaisnava Sahajiya traditions of medieval Bengal / Glen A. Hayes
  • The goddess Sasthi protects children / Tony K. Stewart
  • Women's celebration of Muhammad's birth / Marcia Hermansen
  • Remarkable Lives and Edifying Tales
  • The rescue of two drunkards / Tony K. Stewart
  • Encountering the smallpox goddess : the auspicious song of Sitala / Tony K. Stewart
  • The wonders of Sri Mastnath / David Gordon White
  • Jain stories inspiring renunciation / Phyllis Granoff
  • A holy woman of Calcutta / June McDaniel
  • Jain stories of miraculous power / Rosalind Lefeber
  • Mother Ten's stories / Ann Grodzins Gold
  • The life of Guru Nanak / Hew McLeod
  • The autobiography of a female renouncer / J. E. Llewellyn
  • The prince with six fingers / Kirin Narayan
  • How a girl became a sacred plant / Kirin Narayan
  • Lives of Sufi saints / Carl Ernst
  • Conversations of Sufi saints / Carl Ernst
  • Teachings of two Punjabi Sufi poets / Mustansir Mir
  • Traditions in Transition and Conflict
  • Ascetic withdrawal or social engagement / Patrick Olivelle
  • The Bodhisattva Vajrapani's subjugation of Siva / Ronald M. Davidson
  • India as a sacred Islamic land / Carl Ernst
  • The exemplary devotion of the "Servant of Hari" / Tony K. Stewart
  • Satya Pir : Muslim holy man and Hindu god / Tony K. Stewart
  • Jain questions and answers : Who is God and how Is He worshiped? / John E. Cort
  • Esoteric knowledge and the tradition of the preceptors / Douglas Renfrew Brooks
  • The rebuilding of a Hindu temple / Richard H. Davis
  • The origin of Liriga worship / Richard H. Davis.