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Malcolm Keating, "Controversial Reasoning in Indian Philosophy: Major Texts and Arguments on Arthâpatti" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)
How do we know what we know?  The most prominent means of knowledge for Indian philosophers are direct perception (pratyakᚣa), inference (anumÄna) and authority (Ĺabda). Then there is the much debated âpostulationâ...
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Shankar Nair, "Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia" (U California Press, 2020)
Shankar Nairâs new book Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia (University of California Press, 2020) is an intellectually daring and dazzlingly imaginative study of...
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Martin Gansten, "The Jewel of Annual Astrology: A Translation of Balabhadra's HÄyanaratna"Â (Brill, 2020)
We speak with Martin Gansten on his groundbreaking edition and translation of Balabhadra's HÄyanaratna (1649), the first-ever scholarly volume on Sanskritized Perso-Arabic (TÄjika) astrology. The Jewel of Annual...
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Jeffery D. Long, "Hinduism in America" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)
In Hinduism in America (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) Jeffrey D. Long traces two worlds that converge â that of Hindu immigrants to America who strive to preserve their traditions in a foreign land, and that of American...
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Arti Dhand, "Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata" (SUNY Press, 2008)
The Hindu tradition has held conflicting views on womanhood from its earliest textsâholding women aloft as goddesses to be worshipped on the one hand and remaining deeply suspicious about womenâs sexuality on the...
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A Conversation with Seth Powell about Yogic Studies
Today I talked with Seth Powell, founder of Yogic Studies âwere the studio meets the academyâ rendering rigorous research accessible to studios, teachers, and students. Beyond completing his Yoga Studies doctorate at...
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A Conversation with Chris Chapple, Part II: Living Landscapes
Join us as we continue discussion with Dr. Christopher Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology at Layola Marymount University as we dive into his new book Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five...
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Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, âMaterial Acts in Everyday Hindu Worldsâ (SUNY Press, 2020)
In her fascinating book, Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds (SUNY Press, 2020), Joyce Flueckiger analyzes the agency of materiality, that is, the ability of materials to have effect beyond what was intended.
This...
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Johannes Bronkhorst, "A Ĺabda Reader: Language in Classical Indian Thought" (Columbia UP, 2019)
In A Ĺabda Reader: Language in Classical Indian Thought (Columbia University Press, 2019), Johannes Bronkhorst, emeritus professor at the University of Lausanne, makes the case through an extensive introduction and...
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David L. Haberman, âLoving Stones: Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhanâ (Oxford UP, 2020)
Loving Stones: Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan (Oxford University Press) explores the worship world of Mount Govardhan: located in the Braj region of India, the mountain is considered...
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A Conversation with Chris Chapple, Part I: MA in Yoga Studies
In this interview, we have a candid conversation with Dr. Christopher Key Chapple of Loyola Marymount University about his outlook, teaching philosophy, and new developments in the field â his Master of Arts in Yoga...
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Drew Thomases, "Guest is God: Pilgrimage, Tourism, and Making Paradise in India" (Oxford UP, 2019)
In Guest is God: Pilgrimage, Tourism, and Making Paradise in India (Oxford University Press, 2019) Drew Thomases investigates the Indian pilgrimage town of Pushkar.
While the town consists of 20,000 residents, it...
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