Flood G. (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2003. — 616 p. — (Blackwell Companions to Religion). — ISBN: 0-631-21535-2.An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience. Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism. Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics. Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies. Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the importance of region in analyzing Hinduism. Ideal for use on university courses.Introduction: Establishing the boundaries / Gavin Flood
Colonialism and the construction of Hinduism / Gauri Viswanathan
Orientalism and Hinduism / David Smith
Vedas and upaniṣads / Michael Witzel
Dharmaśāstras / Ludo Rocher
Sanskrit epics / John Brockington
Purāṇas / Freda Matchett
Tamil Hindu literature / Norman Cutler
Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam / Rich Freeman
North Indian Hindi devotional literature / Nancy M. Martin
Śaiva traditions / Gavin Flood
History of Vaiṣṇava traditions: an esquisse / Gérard Colas
Renouncer tradition / Patrick Olivelle
Householder tradition in Hindu society / T.N. Madan
Teyyam tradition of Kerala / Rich Freeman
Month of kārtik and women's ritual devotions to Krishna in Benares / Tracy Pintchman
Introduction; Science of language / Frits Staal
Indian mathematics / Takao Hayashi
Calendar, astrology, and astronomy / Michio Yano
Science of medicine / Dominik Wujastyk
Hinduism and the proper work of reason / Jonardon Ganeri
Restoring "Hindu theology" as a category in Indian intellectual discourse / Francis Clooney
Mantra / André Padoux
On the relationship between caste and Hinduism / Declan Quigley
Modernity, reform, and revival / Dermot Killingley
Contemporary political Hinduism / C. Ram-Prasad
Goddess and the nation: subterfuges of antiquity, the cunning of modernity / Sumathi Ramaswamy
Gender in a devotional universe / Vasudha Narayanan