renaissance and renewal : the Spalding papers on Indic studies King, Anna S. Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions. text bibliography conference publication Conference proceedings. Electronic books. enk 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (xix, 412 pages) : illustrations. 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. edited by Anna S. King. Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 3, 2014). "Collected papers presented at the annual Spalding Symposium on Indic Religions." Includes bibliographical references. a-ii--- India Religion Congresses Religion India RELIGION / Comparative Religion BL2010 .I45 2006 294 9781845538200 (electronic bk.) 184553820X (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547804 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547804 N$T 140103 20200709055747.0 ocn867171958 eng