Hindu
Primary Sources
Price: $28.95
Subtitle: A Sectarian Reader
Editor: Carl Olson
Subject: Religion / Asian Studies
Paper ISBN 0-8135-4070-4
Cloth ISBN 0-8135-4069-0
Pages: 544 pages
Publication Date: September 2007
Description:
Bringing together texts from a variety of sectarian
traditions, this reader provides the broadest selection of primary
source Hindu literature available to date.
The volume is divided into two major parts. The first section
presents selections that explore major themes in classical Sanskrit
traditions, including those in the Vedic, Upanis?adic, and Dharma
literatures, as well as the classical philosophical-religious schools.
The second part includes selections that highlight the sectarian and
devotional movements related to major deities such as Vishnu, Shiva,
Krishna, Rama, Sant, Tantra, and the goddess figures.
In addition to a general introductory chapter on Indian
literature, each major section is introduced by an essay that places
the selections within the context of Hindu history. This comprehensive
reader stands on its own as an indispensable anthology of original
textual sources for courses in Hinduism, while also serving as a
companion volume to the text The Many Colors of Hinduism: A
Thematic-Historical Introduction.
About the Author:
Carl Olson is a professor in the department of
religious studies at Allegheny College. His numerous books include
The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction
and Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader (Rutgers University
Press).
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