Hinduism
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Hinduism
Paperback. Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows that the priests have become more 'professional' and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. It concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLP1; HRLP7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116587
- ISBN
- 9780691116587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. For the first time, the elaborate system of Indian hand mudras has been compiled into a comprehensive format that allows readers access to this still esoteric body of knowledge. The book presents over 200 mudras, each with photograph, Sanskrit name, translation, and a detailed explanation of technique, application, benefits and historical context. Num Pages: 344 pages, 264 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASDX; HPDF; HRE; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848191099
- ISBN
- 9781848191099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.02
€ 29.02
Paperback. "Astonishing.. [Satyamurti's Mahabharata] brings [the] past alive .. as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse."-Vinay Dharwadker Num Pages: 928 pages, Map. BIC Classification: HRGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352498
- ISBN
- 9780393352498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Hardcover. "Astonishing.. [Satyamurti's Mahabharata] brings [the] past alive .. as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse."-Vinay Dharwadker Num Pages: 928 pages, Map. BIC Classification: DCF; HRGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393081756
- ISBN
- 9780393081756
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.08
€ 42.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. Relax your spirit and reconnect to your authentic voice. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRE; HRG; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 209. .
- Publisher
- North Light Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440348327
- ISBN
- 9781440348327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.07
€ 29.99
€ 20.07
Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885698
- ISBN
- 9780226885698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.34
€ 46.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRG; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624938
- ISBN
- 9780691624938
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Condition: New
€ 55.64€ 43.71
€ 55.64
€ 43.71
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HRG; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651453
- ISBN
- 9780691651453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.70
€ 191.70
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630694
- ISBN
- 9780691630694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.44
€ 136.44
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600888
- ISBN
- 9780691600888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.70
€ 59.70
Hardcover. Through analysis of an array of "low" and "high" Hindu literatures, such as pamphlets, tracts, and archival data, Gupta explores the emerging discourse of gender and sexuality, which was essential to the development of notions of Hindu communitality and nationalism in the colonial period. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HRG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295455
- ISBN
- 9780312295455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.25
€ 187.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMH; CJBT; EBD; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd ,India
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120722392
- ISBN
- 9788120722392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.54
€ 9.99
€ 8.54
Paperback. Translator(s): Hartranft, Chip. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Shambhala Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590300237
- ISBN
- 9781590300237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.19
€ 20.99
€ 15.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175807
- ISBN
- 9780231175807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.87€ 55.54
€ 71.87
€ 55.54
Hardback. Saint Namdev is a figure central to the history of bhakti, or devotional Hinduism, one of the oldest religious practices in India. This book focuses on Namdev as a feature of Marathi public memory and examines the many ways that he has been remembered. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141840
- ISBN
- 9780231141840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.01€ 77.50
€ 102.01
€ 77.50
Paperback. In 1939, as Europe approaches war, the author, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties. There he meets Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk, who will become his spiritual guide for the next thirty-seven years. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HRGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561231
- ISBN
- 9780099561231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. The "Mahapuranas" embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths. It includes chapters such as: "Origins"; "Seers, Kings and Supernaturals"; "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva"; and, "The Goddess" that presents stories of the wives and lovers of the gods, as well as of Kali, the battle goddess. Translator(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HRG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877221227
- ISBN
- 9780877221227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.86
€ 47.99
€ 42.86
Hardback. The representation of the Muslims as threatening to India's body politic is central to the Hindu nationalist project of organizing a political movement and normalizing anti-minority violence. Adopting a critical ethnographic approach, this book identifies the poetics and politics of fear and violence engendered within Hindu nationalism. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603851
- ISBN
- 9780230603851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Paperback. The Ramayana is one of the great epics of the ancient world, with versions spanning the cultures, religions and languages of Asia. Its the story of Rama's quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana. Incorporating elements of Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain and secular versions, the author creates a consciously multicultural Ramayana. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main - Illustrated cover pb
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571313846
- ISBN
- 9780571313846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.28
€ 14.99
€ 12.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780193311
- ISBN
- 9781780193311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42