An interlinear edition of the spiritual classic that provides devanagari, transliterated Sanskrit, and English versions of the Gītā.

The oldest surviving anthology of lyric poems from India, the Sattasai presents the many aspects of love and provides a realistic counterpart to the Kāmasūtra.

How perceptions of land and space influence social and aesthetic conditions in the Tamil region of India.

A fresh look at Yoga philosophy.

A comprehensive overview of Ayurveda.

A translation and analysis of Guru Nanak’s description of the Sikh path to spiritual liberation.

Going beyond the standard depictions of Krishna in the epics, this book uses regional and vernacular sources to present a wide range of Krishna traditions.

A fascinating look at women’s rituals honoring the god Krishna.

Documents the lifelong journey of faith—full of challenges along the way—that made Gandhi the enlightened spiritual leader we revere.

Looks at the ideals of masculine Hinduism—and the corresponding feminine ideals—that have built the Indian nation, and explores their consequences.

Examines female infanticide in colonial and postcolonial India.

Explores contemporary controversies in bioethics from a Hindu perspective.

Argues that the myths and ideals of William Blake's poetry were heavily influenced by the Oriental Renaissance—the British discovery of Hindu literature.

An introduction to the Ram bhakti tradition and a fascinating account of its practice among a group of Central Indian Untouchables.

A fascinating study from a modern feminist perspective of an androgynous Hindu god in Indian culture.

Examines the contemporary workings of property law in India through the lives and thoughts of middle-class and poor women.

This translation and commentary on an important Hindu text on the Great Goddess envisions a universe created and protected by a compassionate female deity.

The last work of the eminent philosopher Bimal Krishna Matilal, this book traces the origins of logical theory in India.

Presents the multi-faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence to modern times.

Constructs a history of an untouchable and heretical community, the Satnamis of Central India.

Examines the legendary life and poetic works of Ramprasad, the eighteenth-century Bengali devotee of the Goddess, whose songs were influential in his own time and remain popular today.

Examines texts and commentaries in the Tamil-language SArivastradition of South India; about the general issues of text, vision, and narrative that such texts raise, and about the implications of these for a particular style of comparative theology.

Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.

Enlarges our understanding of the term "scripture" through a comparative study of Veda and Torah.