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Dharma (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780824834661

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Dharma: Dimensions of Asian Spirituality (Book)

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ISBN:9780824834869

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Dharma: Its Early History in Law, Religion, and Narrative (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780195394238

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Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340500

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics - the "Mahabharata" and the "Ramayana" - continue to exert considerable cultural influence. This work offers an exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as a starting point...more details
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Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340517

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics - the "Mahabharata" and the "Ramayana" - continue to exert considerable cultural influence. This work offers an exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as a starting point...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:574

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Rethinking the "Mahabharata" (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340531

The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intricacies have waylaid generations of scholars and ignited dozens of unresolved debates.;In this text...more details
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Rethinking the "Mahabharata" (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340548

The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intricacies have waylaid generations of scholars and ignited dozens of unresolved debates.;In this text...more details
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The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 1: Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340456

This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic...more details
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The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 1: Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340463

This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic...more details
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The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340487

This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic...more details
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The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226340470

This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic...more details
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The Ritual of Battle: Krishna in the Mahabharata (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780791402504

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Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel;Gananath Miller Barbara DObeyesekere

ISBN:9780791437421

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Hair: Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel;Gananath Miller Barbara DObeyesekere

ISBN:9780791437414

Hair -- whether present or absent, restored or removed, abundant or scarce, long or short, bound or unbound, colored or natural -- marks a person as clearly as speech...more details
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Is the Goddess a Feminist?: The Politics of South Asian Goddesses (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel;Kathleen M Erndl

ISBN:9780814736197

In India, God can be female. The goddesses of Hinduism and Buddhism represent the largest extant collection of living goddesses anywhere on the planet. Feminists in the West often draw upon South Asian goddesses as theological resources in the contemporary rediscovery of the Goddess. Yet...more details
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Is the Goddess a Feminist?: The Politics of South Asian Goddesses (Book)

Alf Hiltebeitel;Kathleen M Erndl

ISBN:9780814736180

In India, God can be female. The goddesses of Hinduism and Buddhism represent the largest extant collection of living goddesses anywhere on the planet. Feminists in the West often draw upon South Asian goddesses as theological resources in the contemporary rediscovery of the Goddess. Yet...more details
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The Destiny of a King (Book)

Georges Dumezil;Alf Hiltebeitel

ISBN:9780226169767

The preeminent scholar of comparative studies of Indo-European society, Georges Dumezil theorized that ancient and prehistoric Indo-European culture and literature revolved around three major functions: sovereignty...more details
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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3: From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms (Book)

Mircea Eliade;Diane Hiltebeitel AlfApostolos-Cappadona

ISBN:9780226204055

This volume completes the immensely learned three-volume "A History of Religious Ideas," Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia...more details
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