Hindu practice /
This is an authoritative collection on the history of Hindu religious practices. 'Hindu Practice' considers traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion, including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford history of Hinduism.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : A history of Hindu practice / Gavin Flood
- I. Textual sources. Ritual, ascetic, and meditative practice in the Veda and upanṣiads / Cszary Galewica
- Historical context of early asceticism / Johannes Bronkhorst
- Religious practices in the Sanskrit epics / John Brockington
- II. Histories of practice. The early history of renunciation / Patrick Olivelle
- The later institution of renunciation / Sondra L. Hausner
- Measuring innovation : Genesis and typology of early Pūjā / Natalia Lidova
- Haṭhayoga's early history : from Vajrayāna sexual restraint to universal somatic soteriology / James Mallinson
- The quest for liberation-in-life : a survey of early works on Haṭha- and Rājayoga / Jason Birth
- Practice in the Tantric religion of Śiva / Gavin Flood
- Vaiṣṇava practice / Rembert Lutjeharms
- Theatre as religious practice / Lyne Bansat-Boudon
- Sounding out the divine : musical practice as theology in Samāj Gāyan / Richard David Williams
- Women's obervances : Vratas / Tracy Pintchman
- Gandhi, Hinduism, and humanity / Faisal Devji
- Legal Yoga / Sunila S. Kale, Christian Lee Novetzke
- The modern spirit of Yoga : idioms and practices / Elizabeth De Michelis
- Gurus in contemporary Hindu practice / Daniel Gold