Hindu Writings A Short Introduction to the Major Sources

includes index and biblioraphy

Basic Hindu Source Literature The Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism The Four World-Ages THE VEOIC INDRA RELIGION Indra in the Rgveda Indra in the Brhaddevatd Indra in the Brdhmanas Indra in the Upanisads Indra in Epics and Purdnas The Vedic Yajna Other Features of Vedic Religion VAISNAVISM Visnu in the Vedas Visnu in Epics and Purdnas Vaisnava Philosophy and Theology Bhakti Poets and Mystics SAIVISM Siva in the Vedas Siva in the Brdhmanas Siva in the Upanisads Siva in Epics and Purdnas Saivite Philosophies Saiva Poets and Saints SAKTISM Devl in the Vedas Devl in the Epics Devl in the Purdnas DevT in the Tantras Sakta Philosophy Devl in Other Hindu Systems Devl in Modern Hinduism THE SMARTAS HINDU PHILOSOPHIES The Antecedents The Six Accepted Systems (Saddarsana) MODERN HINDUISM Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the Brahmo-Samaj Dayananda SarasvatI and the Arya-Samaj The Ramakrishna Movement HINDU NATIONALISM HINDU JAGARAN Balgangadhar Tilak Caste Conferences The Servants of India Society Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur) Aurobindo Ghose Mahatma Gandhi Vinoba Bhave Hindu Mahasabha The Rastrlya Svayamsevak Sarigh (R.S.S.) The Bharatlya Janata Party (B.J.P.) OPPOSITION TO HINDU NATIONALISM The Dalits ("Oppressed") Hindu Secularism THE NEW UNIVERSAL HINDU GURUS Swami Rama Tlrtha Ramana Maharsi Sathya Sal Baba Ananadamayl Ma