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Satyagraha by Glass, Philip

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When the Goddess was a Woman : Mahabharata Ethnographies - Essays by Alf Hiltebeitel, volume 2. by Adluri, Vishwa

Table of Contents: “…avas and Draupadi; Chapter Four Purity and Auspiciousness in the Sanskrit Epics; Chapter Five The Folklore of Draupadi: Saris and Hair; Chapter Six Orders of Diffusion in Indian Folk Religion; Chapter Seven Draupadi Cult Lilas; Chapter Eight Colonialist Lenses on the South Indian Draupadi Cult; Chapter Nine Review of Landscapes of Urban Memory; Chapter Ten Draupadi's Question.…”
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The king and the clown in South Indian myth and poetry by Shulman, David Dean, 1949-

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Epigraphy and Islamic Culture : Inscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal (1205-1494). by Siddiq, Mohammad Yusuf

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Sigla -- Note on transliteration -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: epigraphy of Muslim Bengal -- 1 Epigraphy as an important source for Islamic history and civilization -- Epigraphy in Islamic tradition -- Use of inscriptions in Islamic architecture -- Emergence of Islamic epigraphy -- Importance of Islamic epigraphy -- Thematic variety of Islamic inscriptions -- Use of inscriptions as legal deeds -- Globalization and cultural continuity of the Islamic world: comparison of some inscriptions of Bengal with those of Andalusia -- Diversity of materials and features in Bengal inscriptions -- Comparison of Islamic inscriptions with Sanskrit inscriptions in Bengal -- Some conclusive remarks -- 2 The diffusion of Islam in Bengal and the articulation of a new order -- The land -- The advent of Islam and the Bengal hinterland -- Merchants and the faith: early Islamic contacts with Bengal -- The Muslim conquest of Bengal and the beginning of Islamic consolidation -- The emergence of the independent Sultanate and the spread of Islamic culture -- From syncretistic tradition to Islamic reassertion: the mighty Mughals and the British Raj -- Royalty and ruling establishment -- Commerce and maritime activities -- Mosques: the nucleus of Islamic society -- The role of 'ulamā' and madrasas in the transmission of knowledge -- 3 Nature, aesthetic perception and mysticism: spiritual dimensions of the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal -- 4 Worldly authority and paradisiacal ambition: diversity of titles in the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal -- Titles in Islamic culture and their historical importance -- 5 Early Islamic inscriptions -- Inscriptions of the Khaljī chiefs.…”
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Understanding Indian movies : culture, cognition, and cinematic imagination by Hogan, Patrick Colm

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Head, eyes, flesh, and blood : giving away the body in Indian Buddhist literature by Ohnuma, Reiko

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Linguistic categories, language description and linguistic typology

Table of Contents: “…Leipzig Glossing Rules) -- References -- 9 Parts of speech, comparative concepts and Indo-European linguistics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The comparative concept debate in the field of the PoS -- 3 The PoS in Latin and in Sanskrit: State of the art -- 4 A relatively new PoS theory -- 5 The Latin PoS system -- 6 The RV Sanskrit PoS system -- 7 Discussion and conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- 10 Verbal vs. nominal reflexive constructions: A categorical opposition? …”
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Recent developments in historical phonology

Table of Contents: “…Irregular sound change due to frequency in GermanPhonostylistics and sound change -- Perseverance in the English vowel shift -- The origin of the Germanic dental preterit: Von Friesen revisited -- The simplification of the unstressed vowel systems in Old High German -- Rule inversion and lexical storage: the case of Sanskrit visarga -- Is sound change teleological? -- The distribution of short and long vowels in stems of the type Lith. …”
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The big fish : consciousness as structure, body and space by Bonshek, Anna J.

Table of Contents: “…Reverie II: Revelation, Consciousness and Peace14. 1 Stands Out; Bibliography; Part One: Infinite Mind/Infinite Body; Part Two: Expressions, Visions, Perspectives; Glossary of Sanskrit Terms; A; B; C; D; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y.…”
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Krishna : a sourcebook

Table of Contents: “…Martin -- Gujarat: Krishna-Lila in the songs of Narasinha Mehta / Neelima Shukla-Bhatt -- Sanskrit from Tamil Nadu: at play in the forests of the Lord: the Gopalavimshati of Vedantadeshika / Steven P. …”
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Philanthropy in the world's traditions

Table of Contents: “…Contextualizing philanthropy in South Asia : a textual analysis of Sanskrit sources / Leona Anderson -- 4. Generosity and service in Theravāda Buddhism / Ananda W.P Guruge and G.D. …”
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The Princeton handbook of world poetries

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New mantras in corporate corridors : from ancient roots to global routes / Corporate corridors by Sharma, Subhash, 1951-

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Ritual worship of the great goddess : the liturgy of the Durgā Pūjā with interpretations / Liturgy of the Durgā Pūjā with interpretations by Rodrigues, Hillary, 1953-

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The birth of orientalism by App, Urs, 1949-

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Understanding Indian movies : culture, cognition, and cinematic imagination by Hogan, Patrick Colm

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Righteous republic : the political foundations of modern India by Vajpeyi, Ananya

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Women and work in precolonial India : a reader

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 22: Courtesans; Chapter 23: Temple Women as Temple Servants; Chapter 24 In the Business of Kama: Prostitution in the Classical Sanskrit Literature from the Seventh to the Thirteenth Centuries; Prostitution in Ancient India; About the Editor and Contributors.…”
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Hinduism and the religious arts by Elgood, Heather, 1950-

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The house of wisdom : how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance by Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-

The Lotus Sutra

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Understanding Theories of Religion An Introduction. by Strenski, Ivan

Table of Contents: “…Part II Classic Nineteenth-Century Theorists of the Study of Religion: The Quest for the Origins of Religion in History -- Chapter 4 Max Müller, the Comparative Study of Religion, and the Search for Other Bibles in India -- Max Müller in the Center of a Whirlwind -- The Bible and Beyond -- Müller's Theological Liberalism and Comparison of Religions -- The Discovery of the East-West Link in Sanskrit -- Max Müller's "Romantic" Comparativism and Western Imperialism -- The Search for Germany's National Soul in India ... of All Places -- German Unity via Hindu Myth…”
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On language diversity and relationship from Bibliander to Adelung

Table of Contents: “…Adelung discovers Paradise and the Ursprache in Asia; 6. Sanskrit and Sir William Jones; 7. Conclusion; Master list of references; Index of biographical names; Index of subjects & terms.…”
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Perspectives on lived religion : practices transmission landscape

Table of Contents: “…Twiston Davies; The Crying Game; Some Thoughts about the "Cow and Calf" Scenes on the Sarcophagi of Aashyt and Kawit; Burkhard Backes; Human and Material Aspects in the Process of Transmission and Copying the Book of the Dead in the Tomb of Djehuty (TT 11); Lucía Díaz-Iglesias Llanos; Vyāsa's Palimpsest; Tracking Processes of Transmission and Re-creation in Anonymous Sanskrit Literature; Peter C. Bisschop…”
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World Literature in Theory by Damrosch, David

Table of Contents: “…-- Experiments with History -- Forms as Abstracts of Social Relationships -- Trees, Waves and Cultural History -- Notes -- More Conjectures (2003) -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- Notes -- 13 World Literature without a Hyphen: Towards A Typology of Literary Systems (2008) -- Literature and Power -- Six Modes -- The Sanskrit Example -- Vernacular to National -- Regional and Global -- Notes -- 14 Literature as a World (2005) -- Birth of a World -- Stockholm and Greenwich -- Temporalities…”
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Etymological dictionary of the Iranian verb by Cheung, Johnny, 1969-

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Astrolabes in Medieval cultures

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 4 From the Celestial Globe to the Astrolabe: Transferring Celestial Motion onto the Plane of the AstrolabeChapter 5 Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary; Chapter 6 A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends; Chapter 7 Saphaeae and Hayʼāt: The Debate between Instrumentalism and Realism in Al-Andalus; Chapter 8 Astrolabes on Parchment: The Astrolabes Depicted in Alfonso X's Libro Del Saber De Astrología and Their Relationship to Contemporary Instruments…”
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Kashefi's Anvar-e Sohayli : rewriting Kalila and Dimna in Timurid Herat by Ruymbeke, C. van (Christine van)

Table of Contents: “…; 2 Sir William's 1771 Sugarchest; 3 A Language Exercise; Chapter 7 -- A Collaborative Effort: The "Noble" HereditaryLine of KD Versions and Translations in the PersianTradition; 1 Concerns, Doubts and Queries; 2 The Lost Sanskrit Text; 3 Borzuyeh's Lost Pahlavi Text; 4 The Old Syriac Version; 5 Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ's Arabic KD; 6 Balʿami's and Rudaki's Opus Geminum; 7 Nasrollah Monshi's KD Prosimetrum; Chapter 8 -- Conclusions; Bibliography; Index…”
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Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism : the Foundations of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism. by Mills, Martin A.

Table of Contents: “…Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; A Note on the Transliteration of Ladakhi, Tibetan and Sanskrit Terms; Part One: The Face of Monasticism; 1 History and Authority; The View from Above; The Origins of Tibetan Buddhism; Tantra and State in Tibetan History; Conclusion; 2 The Face of Monasticism; Kumbum Gompa -- A Local Monastery; Layout of the Monastery; Monastic Lives; The Structure of Offices in Kumbum; The Body and Sacred Space in Kumbum; 3 Reassessing Monasticism; The Buddhist Monk as Ascetic Individual.…”
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Buddhist Phenomenology : a Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun. by Lusthaus, Dan

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The hidden lives of Brahman : Sankara's Vedanta through his Upanisad commentaries, in light of contemporary practice by Dubois, Joël André-Michel, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The Hidden Lives of Brahman: Śaṅkara's Vedānta through His Upaniṣad Commentaries, in Light of Contemporary Practice; Contents; Illustrations; Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words; Foreword; Preface; Why Another Book About Vedānta?…”
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Rolf Stein's Tibetica antiqua : with additional materials by Stein, R. A. (Rolf Alfred), 1911-1999

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Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill.

Table of Contents: “…nster) -- On the so-called signature of Queene Ann of France (1063) -- The nature of possessive suffixes in Uralic and Altaic -- On reconstruction in morphology -- Sanskrit Å?ábda- â€?sound, voice, wordâ€?: An etymology…”
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Troubling Traditions Canonicity, Theatre, and Performance in the US. by Mantoan, Lindsey

Table of Contents: “…Navigating Canonical Rules with Hamlet and Oklahoma! -- Variations on a Sanskrit Classic -- B. Variations on Canonical Hauntings: Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella: A polyvocal fugue in three columns -- C. …”
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Tibetan Buddhist literature and praxis : studies in its formative period, 900-1400 : PIATS 2003 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the tenth seminar of the International Associatio...

Table of Contents: “…""TANTALISING TRACES OF THE LABOURS OF THE LOTSÄ€WAS: ALTERNATIVE TRANSLATIONS OF SANSKRIT SOURCES IN THE WRITINGS OF RJE TSONG KHA PA -- CHRISTIAN K. …”
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The composition of meaning : from Lexeme to discourse

Table of Contents: “…Copulative c̀ompounds' in Sanskrit -- 6. Semantic properties of copulative compounds in English -- 6.1. …”
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The emergence of the modern language sciences : studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. / Methodological perspe...

Table of Contents: “…Berthold Delbrück and his Contemporaries on 'Tempora' in Sanskrit; PART VI. Latin and Comparative Romance Linguistics…”
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Exaptation and language change

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion -- References -- Being exacting about exapting: An exaptation omnibus -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sanskrit reduplication -- 3. An English temporal neologism -- 4. …”
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A companion to late antique literature

Table of Contents: “…6.5 Christian History in Iranic ColorsReferences; Chapter Seven Middle Persian (Pahlavi); 7.1 Commentary on the Avesta; 7.2 Philosophical and Debate Texts; 7.3 Apocalyptic and Visionary Texts; 7.4 Didactic Texts; 7.5 Geographical and Epic Texts; 7.6 Legal Texts; 7.7 Cultural Texts; 7.8 Dictionaries; 7.9 Christian and Manichaean Literature in Middle Persian; 7.10 Pahlavi Literature in Contact with Greek and Sanskrit Literature and Islam; 7.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter Eight Languages of Arabia; References; Part Two Literary Forms; Chapter Nine Classicizing History and Historical Epitomes.…”
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A companion to late antique literature

Table of Contents: “…6.5 Christian History in Iranic ColorsReferences; Chapter Seven Middle Persian (Pahlavi); 7.1 Commentary on the Avesta; 7.2 Philosophical and Debate Texts; 7.3 Apocalyptic and Visionary Texts; 7.4 Didactic Texts; 7.5 Geographical and Epic Texts; 7.6 Legal Texts; 7.7 Cultural Texts; 7.8 Dictionaries; 7.9 Christian and Manichaean Literature in Middle Persian; 7.10 Pahlavi Literature in Contact with Greek and Sanskrit Literature and Islam; 7.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter Eight Languages of Arabia; References; Part Two Literary Forms; Chapter Nine Classicizing History and Historical Epitomes.…”
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