03508nam a2200493Ii 4500 ocn867171958 OCoLC 20200709055747.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140103s2006 enka ob 100 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781845538200 (electronic bk.) 184553820X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)867171958 547804 (N$T) a-ii--- BL2010 .I45 2006 REL 017000 bisacsh 294 22 N$TA Indian religions : renaissance and renewal : the Spalding papers on Indic studies / edited by Anna S. King. London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2006. 1 online resource (xix, 412 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 3, 2014). "Collected papers presented at the annual Spalding Symposium on Indic Religions." Includes bibliographical references. 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. India Religion Congresses. Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01093763 India. fast (OCoLC)fst01210276 RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Conference proceedings. fast (OCoLC)fst01423772 Electronic books. King, Anna S. Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547804 EBSCOhost EBSC 547804 cpp6067 02 N$T 52710 52710