The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

Preface and Acknowledgments.

Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries: Gavin Flood.

Part I Theoretical Issues.

1. Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism.

Gauri Viswanathan.

2. Orientalism and Hinduism.

David Smith.

Part II Text and Tradition.

The Sanskrit Textual Traditions.

3. Vedas and Upanisads.

Michael Witzel.

4. The Dharmaúâstras.

Ludo Rocher.

5. The Sanskrit Epics.

John Brockington.

6. The Purânas.

Freda Matchett.

Textual Traditions in Regional Languages.

7. Tamil Hindu Literature.

Norman Cutler.

8. The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam.

Rich Freeman.

9. North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature.

Nancy M. Martin.

Major Historical Developments.

10. The Úaiva Traditions.

Gavin Flood.

11. History of Vaisnava Traditions.

Gérard Colas.

12. The Renouncer Tradition.

Patrick Olivelle.

13. The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society.

T.N. Madan.

Regional Traditions.

14. The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala.

Rich Freeman.

15. The Month of Kârtik And Women's Ritual Devotions to Krsna in Benares.

Tracy Pinchman.

Part III: Systematic Thought:.

The Indian Sciences.

Introduction.

Frits Staal.

16. The Science of Language.

Frits Staal.

17. Indian Mathematics.

Takao Hayashi.

18. Calendar, Astrology and Astronomy.

Michio Yano.

19. The Science of Medicine.

Dominik Wujastyk.

Philosophy and Theology.

20. Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason.

Jonardon Ganeri.

21. Restoring "Hindu Theology" as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse.

Francis Clooney.

22. Mantra.

André Padoux.

Part IV: Society, Politics, and Nation.

23. On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism.

Declan Quigley.

24. Modernity, Reform and Revival.

Dermot Killingley.

25. Contemporary Political Hinduism.

C. Ram Prasad.

26. The Goddess and the Nation: Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity.

Sumathi Ramaswamy.

27. Gender in a Devotional Universe.

Vasudha Narayanan.

Index