USA: Columbia University Press. 1974. ix + 143pp, chronological chart, glossary, index, foxing to dustjacket, minor wear and marking, a good copy. "Following an historical discussion of Hinduism as a religious and philosophical system and as a popular cult, Professor Ashby surveys its remarkable diversification in the nineteenth and twentieth..... More
Madras. Ganesh & Co., 1971. Fifth Edition. Portrait frontispiece, xviv + 384pp, a few cellotape marks and browning endpapers and dustjacket blurb, dustjacket worn with few chips. A good hardback in dustjacket. "The Mahanirvana Tantra is in the form of a dialogue on Mount Kailas between Lord Shiva and his..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1986. xiv + 257pp, glossary, bibliography, inscription front free endpaper, a good hardback copy in lightly worn dustjacket. In this comparative study of three modern religious movements, Lawrence A. Babb argues that thematic continuities exist between traditional Hinduism and its widely divergent modern expressions. When..... More
Santa Barbara. Ross Erikson. 1980. Second Edition, revised. 300pp, index, glossary, remainder mark lower edge, covers a touch worn and sunned, otherwise a good paperback copy. Autobiography of Leopold Fischer who took the robes of a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order in 1951. He relates his residence in..... More
Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1989. vi + 189pp, notes, glossary, lightly browned throughout, small stain upper corner first leaves, dustjacket has some shelf wear, otherwise good hardback copy. "Hinduism because of its many dimensions, is often regarded as a mixture of various components. However the archaeological monuments and literary texts..... More
Tucson. University of Arizona Press. 1975. Black and white portrait frontispiece, xiv + 321pp, notes, bibliography, index, a good copy in little worn dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 92048. More
New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1999. Map, black and white photographic and line illustrations, xiv + 320pp, index, glossary, dustjacket trifle bumped, a very good hardback copy. "This is an anthropological exploration of a South Indian ritual in which male actors become possessed by the fierce goddess Bhagvati as a...... More
New Delhi. Manohar. 1992. 335pp, index, bibliography. Boards somewhat marked, dustjacket little worn, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175528. More
London. The University of Chicago Press. 1985. xiv + 145pp, index, bibliography, good hardback copy in worn dust jacket. "With her usual wit and candour, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty rescues these tales of sex and violence from long-standing contempt and neglect by scholars of Indian religion." (Publisher's description). When referring to..... More
New York. Oxford University Press. 2012. 221pp, notes, very good paperback copy. "Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur. Composed in..... More
New Delhi. UBS Publishers' Distributors. 2002. xv + 201pp, 24.9 x 19cm. Light wear to cover and dustjacket, a very good copy. "The great soul that he was, Kabir epitomised the Oneness of God and the equality of mankind. He was a virulent critic of the absurdities of the caste..... More
Madras. The Christian Literature Society for India. (Circa 1911). Black and white illustrations, xiv + 187pp, bibliography, errata, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, endpapers and edges foxed, small bookseller's sticker upper paste down, upper cover lower corner bumped, spine a touch sunned, still good. First published in Oxford 1914..... More
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1967. [Reprint]. xxviii +451pp, index, bibliography, black cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, neat name prior owner front free endpaper, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154555. More
Berkeley. Uni of California. 1988. First Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 333pp, index, bibliography, glossary, spine of dustjacket sunned, prior owner's name front free endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. "Unlike most other works on Hindu pilgrimage, Fruitful Journeys begins where the pilgrimmage itself begins: at..... More
London. King. 1935. Endpaper maps, 2 full page colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations, some foxing and browning throughout, dustjacket worn with masking tape repairs on the reverse, good copy. Discusses various aspects of Hindu life and customs including Hindu temples and their Gods, and Hindu states and their..... More
(Berkeley). Berkeley Religious Studies Series. (c. 1982). Reprint. Colour plates and black and white illustrations, xviii + 414pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, paperback. Light foxing endpapers and edges, spine faded, a little light wear, a good copy. "The Divine Consort offers a unique exploration of the history and legacy of..... More
Hollywood. Vedanta Press. 1980. Reprint of Second Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 337pp + index, bibliography, inscription half title, a good paperback copy. Biography of Ramakrishna, the famous mystic of 19th century India, whose school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishnam Mission. When referring to this..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1991. Black and white illustrations, xii + 271pp, appendices, bibliography, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Explores the emergence of the new religious tradition, Radhasoami, based on the teachings of medieval Hindu saints, that is expanding across North India and throughout the world. When referring to..... More
New Delhi. Viking. 1991. xi + 92pp, notes, index, dustjacket little shelf worn, a good hardback copy. At the centre of this book is the story of 19th century Bengali mystic and Hindu saint Sri Ramkrishna. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179282. More
United States: Sarasvati Research Center, 2011. Black and white maps and illustrations, index, notes, front & back covers lifting, but nonetheless a very good copy. Rastram, supranation, is about a golden page in the history of human civilizations. It is an opportunity to realize almost 2 millennia of dharam-dhamma values..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1981. Black and white photographic plates, x + 514pp, index, bibliography, glossary, appendix, paperback covers trifle worn, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178511. More
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1988. Second Impression, with Corrections. xii + 184pp, index, references, appendix, sunned dustjacket worn, corners bruised, still a good hardback copy. "This book is an invitation to the reader not to get carried away by the striking ideas of 'renunciation' and 'purity' which dominate the academic..... More
Madras. Ganesh & Co., 1959. Black and white line illustrations, vii + 50pp, endpapers and verso dustjacket foxed, a good copy in little worn and marked dustjacket over stiff card covers, 12mo. The fourth publication in the Sankara Jayanti Series. Consists of a short account of his life and teachings..... More
Denpasar. Parisada Hindu Dharma. 1975. Single black & white plate, xii + 268pp, index. A prior owner's name neatly penned front free endpaper, endpapers little marked, blue cloth-covered boards trifle worn, overall a good copy. Text in Indonesian. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178469... More
