An Introduction Hinduism
- Delhi Cambridge University Press 2009
- 341p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Points of departure 5 2 Ancient origins 23 3 Dharma 5i 4 Yoga and renunciation 75 5 Narrative traditions and early Vaisnavism 103 6 TheloveofVisnu 128 7 Saiva and tantric religion 148 8 The Goddess and Sakta traditions 174 9 Hindu ritual 198 10 Hindu theology and philosophy 224 11 Hinduism and the modern world 250