Indian religions :  renaissance and renewal : the Spalding papers on Indic studies / 
edited by Anna S. King. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 412 pages) :  illustrations. 
<br/><br/> Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 3, 2014).  "Collected papers presented at the annual Spalding Symposium on Indic Religions." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Preface by Karel Werner -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Section 1 -- Challenging Paradigms -- Klaus Klostermaier Hinduism- Hindutva-Hindu Dharma -- Hans Bakker The Hindu Religion and War -- Ninian Smart and Knut Jacobsen Is Hinduism an Offshoot of Buddhism? -- Karel Werner The Philosophy of Religions from the Perspective of Indian Religions -- Section 2 -- Text and Context -- Dermot Killingley Faculties, Breaths and Orifices: some Vedic and Samkhya Notions of the Body and Personality -- David Bastow Time and the Sarvastavadins -- Jacqueline Suthren Hirst Images of amkara: Understanding the Other -- Kathleen Taylor Arthur Avalon among the Orientalists: Sir John Woodroffe and the Re-Interpretation of Tantra -- Section 3 -- Encounter, Revival and Reform -- Geoffrey Samuel Shamanic Powers, Village Religion and Esoteric Exchanges: How Far is Tantra a Specifically Indian Phenomenon -- David Gellner Theravada Buddhist Revival in Nepal: Reflections in the Early Years -- Theodore Gabriel Brahmanisation of Dravidian Religions: The Case of the Multafan Cult of North Malabar -- Matthew Clark The Curious History of the Dasanami-Samnyasis -- Ron Geaves From Totapuri to Maharaji (Prem Rawat)? Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara) -- Section 4 -- Renewing the World: Sacred Performance, Sacred Art -- David J. Smith The Hindu Imagination and Imaginary Hinduisms -- Anna S. King Kumbha Mela and the Media -- Alleyn Diesel Walking in the Mother's Footsteps: Dravidian Virgin Goddesses as Empowering Role Models for Women -- Richard Shaw The Mediaeval Saivite World portrayed on the Prakara Wall of the Mallikarjuna Temple of Srisailan -- Christopher Aslet Height and Size in Indian Iconography -- Biographical notes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845538200 (electronic bk.) 184553820X (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion.<br/>RELIGION / Comparative Religion
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Religion--Congresses.<br/>India.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Conference proceedings.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2010  / .I45 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294