A fascinating study of the gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class.

An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.

The first book-length study in English of the Chinese classic, the Li sao (Encountering Sorrow). Includes translations of the Li sao and the Nine Songs.

Discusses the notion of a spiritual master and looks at examples in a variety of world religions.

Buddhist-Christian reflection that uses friendship as a model for interreligious understanding.

Explores the development of Chinese thought, highlighting its concern with questions of coherence.

Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.

Looks at narrative in the history of ayurvedic medical literature and the perspectives on illness and patienthood that emerge.

An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China.

Combining aesthetic and political history, explores the influence of Chinese people and objects on American visual culture.

An accessible discussion of the thought of key figures of the Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy.

A philosophical analysis of the work of one of the most iconoclastic thinkers in Chinese history, Li Zhi, whose ethics prized spontaneous expression of genuine feelings.

Four Shin Buddhist thinkers reflect on their tradition’s encounter with modernity.

Comprehensive overview of the work of Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh.

A unique translation of and commentary on the Laozi, based on the oldest edition of the work.

The first English translations of the writings of Chŏngsan (1900-62), who codified the central doctrines of Won Buddhism.

Provides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy.

Surveys the fifty-year career of the avant-garde artist Ushio Shinohara.

An exploration of the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāths, a Hindu lineage known for Hatha yoga practice.

A new, multifaceted look at Korean women during a period of strong Confucian ideology.

Presents the thought of a controversial Tibetan Buddhist thinker on the Yogācāra and Madhyamaka systems.

Describes how writer Nagai Kafū (1879–1959) used his experience of the West to reconcile modernization and Japanese identity.

A Buddhist feminist social ethics for contemporary times.

A wide-ranging scholarly consideration of the martial arts.

Explores the transformation of Hindi poetry as it reflects a changing society during the period from 1885 to 1925.