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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
What is Hinduism?
Elusive Hinduism
Uncertain Origins in India
The Indus Valley Civilization
Aryans and Hinduism’s Origins
An Early Mix of Elements
Sanskrit: Language of the Gods
Hindu Religious Literature
The Cosmological World of the Vedas
Gayatri Mantra
Hymn to Creation
The Caste System
Varnashrama Dharma
Brahmin Superiority
Pollution and Purity
Sudra Pollution
Dalits: Are They Hindus?
Gandhi and Ambedkar
Is Caste Intrinsic to Hinduism?
Four Stages of Life
Values at Each Stage
Sannyasa
The Upanishads
Transmission of Knowledge
Esoteric Teachings?
On Being a Brahmin
Brahman and Atman
Svetaketu’s Story
Union of Brahman and Atman
Doctrine of Mayo
The Illusion of Ignorance
Revolt against Brahminism
Buddhism
Mahavira and Jainism
Ahimsa or Non-Violence?
Lokayata: Indian Materialism
Affirmation of Life
Artha: the Pursuit of Wealth
Karma: The Life Of Desire (Pleasure)
Dharma: Completing the Triad
Dharma in the Mahabharata
The Great War
The Story of Aswatthama
Dharma and Hindu Ethics
Dharma Freedom of Action
Mahabharata Hinduism
The Ramayana
Rama’s Story
Rama’s Doubt
The Ideal Hindu Couple
Versions of the Ramayana
Puranic Hinduism
Puranas
Puranic (Ludic) Lore
The Hindu Trinity
Shiva
Aspects of Shiva
Shiva Lingam
Lingayats: A Shaivite Community
The Personal Lingam
Shiva as Ardhanarisvara
Shiva and Parvati
Shakti: The Feminine Principle
Traditions of the Devi
Durga: The Ferocious Aspect of Parvati
Kali, “The Black One”
Festivals of Durga and Kali
The Darshan
Little Goddesses: Sitala
River Goddesses
Are Goddesses Autonomous?
Matriarchal Resistance
Vishnu: The Trinity Completed
The Doctrine of Avatars
Ten Avatars
The Revenge of Hiranyakashipu
Narasimha: Uses of Ambiguity
Buddha: Vishnu’s Incarnation
Kalki: Avatar for the Kali Yuga
The Traditions of Krishna
Krishna the Charioteer
The Bhagavad Gita
The Three Yogas
Bhakti yoga
The Other Krishna
The Child Krishna
Krishna and the Gopis
Erotic Allegory?
The Bhakti Movement
Characteristics of the Bhakti Movement
Caste and Bhakti
Women and Bhakti
The Voice of Bhakti
Hinduism in Islamic India
Guru Nanak
Bauls: Singing Bards
Reform Movements in Hinduism
Rammohun Roy and Hindu Monotheism
Brahmo Samaj
Arya Samaj
Nationalistic Hinduism
Sri Ramakrishna
Swami Vivekananda
Mohandas Gandhi*
Hinduism in the Modern World
Women in Hindu Society
Hindu Scriptures on Women
The Practice of Sati
Hinduism and Bollywood
Mythologicals
The Gods in Film
Jai Santoshi Maa
Gods and Humans
Hindu Culture and Hindi Cinema
Bollywood’s Hindu Inspiration
Hinduism and the Cow
Vegetarianism in Hindia
The Doctrine of Ahimsa
The Sacred Cow
Muslims and the Cow
Cows in the Colonial Period
The Cow in Contemporary Hinduism
Hinduism and Ecology
Chipko: Ecological Resistance
Bishnoi: Ecologically Aware Hinduism
The Future of Hinduism
Hinduism in the Television Age
The Internet and Hinduism
New Hindu Histories
In the United States
The Hindu Diasporic Vanguard
The Softer Hindu Diaspora
Hinduism and Hindutva
Gandhi’ Ashram
Hinduism and Politics
Gandhi’s Hinduism and Hindutva
A Proper Religion for a Proper Nation-State
Bajrang Dal: Debasing Hinduism
The Babri Masjid Episode
History and Mythos
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Illustrator
Index
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