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Mans Broo, "The RÄdhÄ Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation" (Routledge, 2019)
The RÄdhÄ Tantra is an anonymous 17th-century tantric text from Bengal. Mans Broo'sĀ The RÄdhÄ Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated TranslationĀ (Routledge, 2019)Ā offers a lively picture of the meeting of different...
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Pankaj Mirshra, āTurning the Mirror: A View From the Eastā (Open Agenda, 2021)
Turning the Mirror: A View From the EastĀ is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning writer Pankaj Mishra. The conversation provides behind-the-scenes insights into several of...
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Wendy Doniger, "Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares: Horses in Indian Myth and History" (U Virginia Press, 2021)
Raj BalkaranĀ speaksĀ with Wendy Doniger about her new book Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares:Ā Horses in Indian Myth and History (University of Virginia Press, 2021), along with her translation of the final four books...
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John Nemec, "The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Philosophical Interlocutors" (Oxford UP, 2021)
The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Philosophical InterlocutorsĀ (Oxford UP, 2021) is a sequel to a volume published in 2011 by OUP under the titleĀ The Ubiquitous Siva: Somananda's Sivadrsti and his...
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Gidi Ifergan, "The Psychology of the Yogas" (Equinox Publishing, 2021)
Gidi Ifergan's new bookĀ The Psychology of the YogasĀ (Equinox Publishing, 2021) explores the dissonance between the promises of the yogic quest and psychological states of crisis. Western practitioners of yoga and...
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Kusumita P. Pedersen, "The Philosophy of Sri Chinmoy: Love and Transformation" (Lexington, 2021)
This podcast interviews Kusumita Pedersen onĀ the first book-length study of the thought of Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) and his teaching of a dynamic spirituality of integral transformation.Ā The Philosophy of Sri Chinmoy:...
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Stephen Phillips, "Jewel of Reflection on the Truth about Epistemology: A Complete and Annotated Translation of the Tattva-Cinta-mani" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
In the first complete English translation of a monumental 14thĀ century Sanskrit philosophical text, theĀ Jewel of Reflection on the Truth about EpistemologyĀ (Bloomsbury 2020),Ā Stephen Phillips introduces modern readers...
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Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha, "Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha's bookĀ Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and ArgumentsĀ (Oxford UP, 2021)Ā examines diverse retellings of the Ramayana narrative as interpreted and...
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Alastair Gornall, "Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157ā1270" (UCL Press, 2020)
Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157ā1270Ā (UCL Press, 2020) is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lankaās most culturally productive period. This era of reform...
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Online DharmaÅÄstra Library: A Conversation with Don Davis
Dr. Don Davis (Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies) speaks about the newly launched Resource Library for DharmaÅÄstra Studies, a digitized open educational resource hosted at the University of Texas,...
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James D. Reich, "To Savor the Meaning: The Theology of Literary Emotions in Medieval Kashmir" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Medieval Kashmir in its golden age saw the development of some of the most sophisticated theories of language, literature, and emotion articulated in the pre-modern world. James D. Reich's bookĀ To Savor the Meaning:...
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Nicole Karapanagiotis, "Branding Bhakti: Krishna Consciousness and the Makeover of a Movement" (Indiana UP, 2021)
How do religious groups reinvent themselves in order to attract new audiences? How do they rebrand their messages and recast their rituals in order to make their followers more diverse? InĀ Branding Bhakti: Krishna...
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