Adcock, C. S. Limits of Tolerance: Indian Secularism and the Politics of Religious Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Chaudhary, Archana. “U.S. Panel Lists India Among Nations With Waning Religious Freedom.” Bloomberg, April 29, 2020....

Chavda, Mrunal.  2019.  “Performing Garba (The Clap Dance): Choreographic and Commercial Changes.” Dance Chronicle 42/1:  78–101. David, Ann R. 2014. “Embodied traditions: Gujarati (dance) practices of Garba and Raas in the UK context.” In Dance Ethnographies and...

Resources on the disrobing of Draupadi through a feminist lens From Sohini Sarah Pillai: Pamela Lothspeich has a great essay on modern interpretations of Draupadi in Many Mahabharatas entitled “Draupadī, Yājñasenī, Pāñcālī, Kṛṣṇā: Representations of an Epic Heroine in...

Frits Stall, Exploring Mysticism, Soma in the appendix. D N Jha, Drink of Immortality: Essays on Distillation and Alcohol Use in Ancient India (2020) Matthew Clark, The Tawny One and Botanical Ecstasies. James McHugh, Unholy Brews. Soma in the appendix. Jan E.M....

Translations  Coburn, Thomas B. 1991. Encountering the Goddess: A Translation of the Devī-Māhātmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press. Kali, Devadatta. 2004. In Praise of the Goddess: The Devīmāhātmya and Its Meaning....

Primary Sources Yoga Vasishtha (also called the Vasishtha Ramayana or Moksopaya). Abhidharmakośa of Vasubandh (French translation: de la Vallée Poussin, L. 1971 [1923-1931]. L'Abhidharmakośa de Vasubandhu: traduction et annotations. 6 vols. Brussels: Institut Belge...

Allocco, Amy. “Snakes, Goddesses, and Anthills: Modern Challenges and Women's Ritual Responses in Contemporary South India” (Dissertation, Emory University 2009). https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/7w62f8854?locale=en Krishnan, Y. 1967. “The Nāga Cult in...

Articles and Books: The work of Radhika Parameswaran, in Indiana University's Media School Articles on Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia, edited by J. Bronkhors and M. Deshpande, Harvard University. H H Hock’s “Through a glass darkly: Modern racial interpretations vs....

SCHOLARLY WORKS Ambedkar, B.R. “Appendix: Rama and Krishna,” in Riddle in Hinduism. 1995. Beck, Brenda. Hidden Paradigms: A South Indian Folk Epic Viewed Through Many Lenses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (forthcoming 2021). Bulcke, Kamil. Rām Kathā Utppatti...

Cheah, Joseph. 2011. Race and Religion in American Buddhism. Oxford University Press. Gleig, Ann. 2019. American Dharma. New Haven: Yale University Press. Han, Chenxing. 2019. “The Invisible Majority” Lion’s Roar, (Sept 5)....

Almond, Philip C. 1988. The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Andrews, Fred H., and Aurel Sir Stein. 1948. Wall Paintings From Ancient Shrines in Central Asia; Recovered by Sir Aurel Stein. London: Oxford University Press,. Bayly,...

Ayodhya and Babri Masjid (Amy Allocco 2020) Books Babb, Lawrence A. 2019. Religion in India: Past and Present. Dunedin Academic Press. (last two chapters) Gandhi, Ramchandra. Sita’s Kitchen: A Testimony of Faith and Inquiry. Albany, NY: State University of New York...

Contributed by Raj Balkaran Arora, R. K. 1971. “The Magas Sun-Worship and the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa.” Purāṇa 13 (1): 47–76. Atkins, Samuel D. 1938. “A Vedic Hymn to the Sun-God Sūrya: (Translation and Exegesis of Rig-Veda 1. 115).” Journal of the American Oriental...

Contributed by Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa Several people have asked me off list to compile the sources reported and to summarize the very preliminary findings from my question last week regarding an apparent convergence between followers of Vivekananda,...

Contributed by Brian K. Pennington, Maryville College Divakaruna, Chitra Banerjee. Sister of my Heart. Mukherjee, Bharati Mukherjee. Miss New India. Prakash, Uday. The Walls of Dehli. Translated by Jason Grunebaum Prakash, Uday. The Girl with the Golden Parasol....

Contributed by Rembert Lutjeharms, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Biardeau, Madeleine 1994: tudes de mythologie hindoue, tome II: bhakti et avatāra (Pondichry: EFEO). Coleman, Tracy. "Avatara" entry on Oxford Bibliographies Online: Hinduism. Couture, Andr 2001: "From...

Contributed by Matthew R. Sayers, Lebanon Valley College Aukland, Knut "The Cult of Nakoda Bhairava: Deity Worship and Possession in Jainism," in Jaina Studies: Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, issue #6 (March 2011), pp. 31-33....

Contributed by Ithamar Theodor, University of Haifa Below please find a collected list of bibliographical items as well as some relevant helpful remarks. An excellent starting point (and place to mine for other bibliographic references) is David White's Myths of the...

Contributed by Pankaj Jain, University of North Texas "Ancient Indian Kingship from the Religious Point of View" by Jan Gonda. "Kings" or "Kingship" in both the Encyclopedia of Religion (first edited by Eliade), the article will have a short bibliography, and the...

Contributed by Fabrizio M. Ferrari, University of Chester Agrawal, M.M. (2001). Six Systems of Indian Philosophy: The Sutras of Six Systems of Indian Philosophy with English Translation, Transliteration, and Indices. Delhi: Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan. Berger,...

orld. New York: Routledge, 2002. Balagangadhara, S. N. (2007), "The Secular State and Religious Conflict: Liberal Neutrality and the Indian Case of Pluralism," Journal of Political Philosophy, 15(1), pp 67-92. --------------. (2006), "Secularisation as the Harbinger...

Contributed by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Chapple, C.K. 1993 'Nonviolent Approaches to Multiplicity' in Chapple, Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions, Albany: SUNY Press Chapple, C.K. 2003 Reconciling Yogas: Haribhadra's...

Contributed by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Baumer, Bettina (ed) (1996) Primal Elements (Mahabhuta), Kalatattvakosa Series vol III, Delhi: IGNCA, ISBN: 81-208-1402-9 Muller-Ortega, Paul (1998) Triadic Heart of Siva: Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta...

Contributed by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Asher, Catherine. India before Europe, Cambridge: CUP, 2006 Coe, Michael D. Angkor and the Khmer Civilization. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003 Duncan, James The City as Text: The Politics of Landscape...

Contributed by Amy L. Allocco, Elon University Women in Islam (with a special emphasis on - but not confined to - South Asia) Books, Chapters, and Journal Articles Abu-Lughod, Lila. Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society. Berkeley: University of...

Contributed by Jack E. Llewellyn, Missouri State University Adi Shankaracharya. 1983. Synopsis from imdb: The first and only Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Sankara. 130 minutes. Agni Varsha. 2002. Snippet from the imdb...

Compiled by Andrew J. Nicholson, Stony Brook University Berkson, Carmel. The Divine and the Demoniac: Mahisas Heroic Struggle with Durga. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995. Bhattacharyya, N. N. Indian Demonology. Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2000. Coomaraswamy,...

Compiled by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University, and Laurie Patton, Emory University Bader, Jonathan. Conquest of the Four Quarters: Traditional Accounts of the Life of Sankara. New Delhi, 2000. Bakhtin, M. The Problem of Dostoyevsky's Poetics, tr. R.W....

Compiled by Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University Sources focused on the Mahabharata and other Sanskrit sources Brodbeck, Simon. forthcoming in Religions of South Asia journal: "Janamejaya's big brother: new light on the Mahabharata's frame story." Gail, Adalbert....

Compiled by Brian K. Pennington, Maryville College From the Mahabharata: Book 3.80-88 (Aranyaka Parva) (given as "Tour of the Sacred Fords" in van Buitenen) Book 13 (Anushasana Parva)(Bhisma's discourse on yatra and "manasa tirtha") Secondary Sources: Bigger, Andreas....

Contributed by Douglas L. Berger, Southern Illinois University R. K. Narayan, The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version. University of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0226568225 Barbara Stoller-Miller, The Bhagavad Gita: Krishna's Council in Time of War. Bantam...

Contributed by Chad Bauman, Butler University Abraham, K C.; Abraham, Ajit K. Homosexuality: Some Reflections from India, Ecumenical Review, January 1998, 50:1, pp 22-29. Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy and Hsu, Minna J. India's Homosexual Discrimination and Health...

Contributed by Kerry San Chirico, University of California, Santa Barbara Ahmad, Imtiaz and Reifeld, Helmut, eds. Lived in Islam in South Asia: Adaptation, Accommodation and Conflict. Delhi: Social Sciences Press, 2004. Assayaj, Jackie. At the Confluence of Two...

Contributed by Tamar C. Reich, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Swami Satchidananda Film "Living Yoga: The Life and Teachings of Swami Satchidananda." Available from the Integral Yoga Institute at www.livingyogamovie.org. Rajneesh "Ashram." Source? Rajneeshpuram: An...

Contributed by Joshua M. Greene, Hofstra University Babb, Lawrence A., and Susan Snow Wadley. Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995 Bailey, Julius H. "The Final Frontier: Secrecy, Identity and the...

Contributed by Jarrod L. Whitaker, Wake Forest University Alter, Joseph S. Yoga in modern India: The body between science and philosophy (Princeton University Press, 2004). Alter, Joseph S. Gandhis body: Sex, diet, and the politics of nationalism (University of...

Contributed by Janet E. Gunn, University of Ottawa Addiss, Stephen. The Art of Zen: Painting and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks, 1600-1925. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Avedon, John F., ed. The Buddha's Art of Healing: Tibetan Paintings Rediscovered. New York:...

Contributed by Anthony Cerulli, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Ali, Ahmed. 1984 [1940]. Twilight in Delhi. Karachi & New York: Oxford University Press. Antherjanam, Lalithambika. 1998. Cast Me Out If You Will: Stories and Memoir. Gita Krishnankutty, trans. New York:...

Contributed by Robert A. Yelle, University of Memphis Don Baker, World Religions and National States: Competing Claims in East Asia, in Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and James Piscatori, eds., Transnational Religion & Fading States (Boulder: Westview Press, 1997). David...

Contributed by Anthony Cerulli, Yale University FILMS "Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai." Saeed Akhtar Mirza; Manas Mukherji. 1984. Hindi Visual Material Visual Material : Videorecording : VHS tape VHS tape 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. [Bombay] : Spectra...

Contributed by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Balagangadharan, S.N. The Heathen in His Blindness: Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion. 2nd ed. Manohar, Delhi: 2005 Brooks, D. R. The Thousand-Headed Person: The Mystery of Hinduism and the Study of...

Contributed by Michael Hawley, Mount Royal College Frykenberg, Robert Eric. Christians and Missionaries in India cross-cultural communication since 1500, with special reference to caste, conversion, and colonialism/ Bayly, Susan. Saints, Goddesses and Kings : Muslims...

Contributed by Michael Hawley, Mount Royal College Lal, Vinay. Too Deep for Deep Ecology: Gandhi and the Ecological Vision of Life. In Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Cambridge:...

Contributed by Michael Hawley, Mount Royal College Anne Vallely, "These Hands are not for Henna" in Khandelwal, ? and Gold, 2006 (sorry for the incomplete citation) an interesting chapter in James Laidlaw's Riches and Renunciation which deals with Jain discourse on...

Contributed by Michael Hawley, Mount Royal College Gurbachan Singh Nayyar, Guru Hargobind in Sikh Tradition (Based on Acknowledged Conventional Sources) (New Delhi: National Book Organisation, 1998) W.H. McLeod, Sikhs of the Khalsa, pp. 33-40. Gurmeet Rai and Kavita...

Contributed by Karline McLain, Bucknell University Bharati, Swami Agehananda. 1972. The Asians in East Africa. Chicago: Nelson-Hall. Markovits, Claude. 2000. The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [In terms of the...

Contributed by Angela Rudert, Syracuse University Anderson, Mary M (1971). The Festivals of Nepal. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London. Letizia, Chiara (2003). La dea bambina. Il culto della Kumari e la regalit in Nepal. Roma. Levy, Robert I (1990). Mesocosm....

Contributed by Cassie Adcock, Washington University in St. Louis Recommendations for a course on South Asian traditions in practice that would explore ritual, perfomance, and traditions of self-cultivation. For theoretical approaches on rituals in general, Bell,...

Contributed by Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University Brockington's Epic Threads (p. 218-264) Doniger, Wendy (2002) "Shadows of the Ramayana." In The Epic Voice, ed. by Alan D. Hodder and Robert Emmet Meagher. Greenwood Press. Goldman, Robert (1984) The...

Contributed by Timothy Dobe, Grinnell College Branch, Tayler. Parting the Waters (Simon and Schuster, 1989). Includes information on MLK, but also on earlier African-American interactions with Gandhi. Carson, Clayborn, Tenisha Armstrong, et al, eds. `The Threshold of...

Contributed by Kama Maclean, University of New South Wales Many thanks for the suggestions for basic readings on Hindu iconography. Below is an assembled list. Banerjea, J.N. The Development of Hindu Iconography New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal, 1974. Blurton, T....

Contributed by Joseph Schaller, Nazareth College Thanks to those who responded to my query regarding films dealing with Dr. Ambedkar and Neo-Buddhism, and by extension films about Indian politics. Following is the list of suggestions in this context for others who...

Contributed by Chad Bauman, Butler University Books Set in India/Written by Indian authors 1. Pratibha Ray's Yajnaseni (Mahabharata retold through eyes of Draupadi by an Oriyan authoress) 2. Mahasweta Devi's short story The Wet Nurse (set in Calcutta) 3. Lalithambika...

Contributed by Jennifer B. Saunders, Denison University NB These items do not include what appears in the "Religion and Music in South Asia" bibliography in the RISA archives. Singer, Milton. "The Radha-Krishna Bhajanas of Madras City." in Krishna: Myths, Rites, and...

Contributed by Joseph Schaller, Nazareth College (I cannot vouch for all of them, not having had the opportunity to meet the persons in charge, but at least it is a start.) India Art Protection Society, Gujarat (Kutch dist.; works to preserve and foster traditional...

Contributed by Tim Cahill, Loyola University Defouw, Hart and Robert Svoboda. Light on life: an introduction to the astrology of India. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1996. Pp. xxv, 438. Includes bibliographical references (p. [420]-422) and index. ISBN: 0140195076 Evans,...

Contributed by Krisztina Danka, Bhaktivedanta College, Budapest Charles Adams piece in the first edition of Eliades (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religions Philip C. Almond, The British Discovery of Buddhism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988) Talal Asad,...

Contributed by Andrew Fort, Texas Christian University Texts recommended for research on Sacred Dining M. Milner, Jr., _Status and Sacredness_ (OUP, 1994) G. G. Raheja, _The Poison in the Gift_ (Chicago, 1988) Sered, Susan Starr, Women as Ritual Experts: The Religious...

Contributed by Jarrod L. Whitaker, Wake Forest University AAs requested, here is the bibliography specifically on Asceticism in the Epics. Once again thanks to everyone for all the sources, whether listed below or not. If you would like the entire bibliography, which...

Contributed by Suzanne Newcombe, University of Cambridge Note: While not completely comprehensive (especially in regards to devotional sources) this provides a good orientation to Sai Baba. Devotional Sources There are a number of propaganda films at...

Compiled by: Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University Original prompt: "if you were putting one literary work from India (in English or available in English translation) on a list of the world's great literature about religion (it doesn't have to be exclusively about...

Compiled by Robert Menzies Achaya, K.T. Indian Food: A Historical Companion. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998, 53-72. Beckerlegge, Gwilym. Swami Vivekananda and Seva: Taking 'Social Service' Seriously. In Swami Vivekananda and the Modernization of Hinduism, ed....

Compiled by Eliza Kent, Colgate University Agarwal, Priya. Passage from India: Post 1965 Indian Immigrants and their Children; Conflicts, Concerns and Solutions. Palos Verdes, CA: Yuvati Publications, 1991. Baumann, Martin. 1995. "Conceptualizing Diaspora: The...

Compiled by Tracy Pintchman, Loyola University Chicago Eleanor Zelliot's chapter on caste in __Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice,_ edited by Robin Rinehart (ABC-CLIO 2004) Harper, Edward. "Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion." In...

Compiled by Lance Nelson, University of San Diego GENERAL Jones, Lindsay, ed. 2005. Encyclopedia of Religion. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. [look up yoga, hatha yoga, kundalini, siddhis, etc. There's an index in the final volume] Burley, Mikel. 2000. Hatha Yoga:...

By Matthew Sayers, University of Texas at Austin Bana, H.R. Dokhmenashini and Khurshed Nagirashni: Mode of Disposal of the Dead Body of a Parsi Zoroastrian. Bombay: Dadar Jashan Commitee and Baug-e-Iranshan Joint Publication. [GT 3276 D658] Becker, Carl B. 1993....

By J. E. Llewellyn, Missouri State University Aktor, Mikael. Ritualization and Segregation: The Untouchability Complex in the Scholarly Indian Lliterature on Dharma with Special Reference to Parasarasmrti and Parasaramadhaviya. Ph.D. dissertation. Copenhagen,...

Compiled by John Cort Original prompt: A colleague who is not a South Asianist is preparing a course on religious justifications for and uses of violence. Much of the course focuses on Europe & America, but they want to include some materials from Indic religions. So,...

Compiled by Linda Hess This is a non-alphabetical, chaotic compilation of info that came in response to my RISA query regarding Islamic nationalist or fundamentalist movements in S. Asia comparable to Hindutva & Hindu nationalism. Short annotations included, long...

Compiled by Ginni Ishimatsu Many thanks to Mark Elmore, Doug Berger and everyone else for the great references. Babb, Lawrence. "Glancing: Visual Interaction in Hinduism." Journal of Anthropological Research 37 (1981): 387-401. Babb, Lawrence A., Susan S. Wadley,...

Compiled by Tracy Pintchman Mishima, Runaway Horses Chaudhuri, Nirad C. Hinduism: A Religion to Live By Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, _To Whom She Will_.Fireside; 1st Fireside edition 1989. Karan Singh, Mountain of Shiva Anees Jung. _Night of the New Moon. Encounters with...

Compiled by Gregory P. Grieve Buhnemann, Gudrun. Mandalas and Yantras in the Hindu Traditions. Lieden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2003. Brauen, Martin. The Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism. Translated by Martin Wilson, with photographs by Peter Nebel and...

Compiled by Robin Rinehart Paul Bowlby (1991). Kings without authority: the obligation of the ruler to gamble in the Mahabharata. Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses 20, pp. 3-17. Harry Falk, Bruderschaft und Wurfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur...

Compiled by Shyam Ranganathan Davis, Donald R. Jr. (forthcoming). "Being Hindu or Being Human: A Reappraisal of the Purusarthas". International Journal of Hindu Studies. [Contains several discussions of the Purusarthas in both Buddhist and Jain literature---in...

Compiled by Neelima Shukla-Bhatt India Articles by Lochtefeld, Smith and Juergensmeyer in vol. 26 (1996) of the Journal - Religion. They give a perspective on the scholarly debate over how to interpret Hindutva. David Ludden, Contesting the Nation (alternately titled...

Compiled by John Cort 1. There is a wonderful book called "Preyo Bhakti Rasaarnava," which basically consists of Bengali poetry with numerous Sanskrit quotations, written by one Nayananda Thakur in 1731 CE. It is a detailed theological account of Krishna's relation to...

Compiled by John Cort The following four entries were in response to a request for titles of novels, short stories, and autobiographical writings on the cultural shaping of gender roles in South Asia, September 2004. 1. My mind went to a section of Nirad Chaudhuri's...

Compiled by Tracy Pintchman Many thanks to all who responded to my call for sources addressing religious/cultural meanings of dress and ornamentation in India. Here is the list of sources. ----------------------------------------------------------- _The Sari_ (no...

Compiled by Lance Nelson NOVELS ON MUGHAL INDIA Basu, Kunal. The Miniaturist. New Delhi; New York: Penguin Books, 2003. Dalrymple, William. White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth- Century India. New York: Viking Press, 2003. Myers, Leopold Hamilton...

Compiled by Martin Gansten Here is the list of books (excerpts) and articles that I have used (apart from my own book 'Patterns of Destiny: Hindu Nadi Astrology') for the five-week introductory course 'Astrology and Divination in Indic Religions'. Many of these titles...

Compiled by Linda Hess Here is the collection of responses to my query. Each number represents a different persons contribution. I have abbreviated Prof. Witzels substantial discussion since you all received it, and am including only his references. Thanks to...

Bibliography on Monastic Scarification bar Compiled by Helen Crovetto Further reading from Buddhist sources: Benn, James A. "Where Text Meets Flesh: Burning the Body as an Apocryphal Practice in Chinese Buddhism."History of Religions 37 (May 1998): 295-322. Blofeld,...

Compiled by Valerie Stoker PRIMARY SOURCES: Agganna-Sutta of the Digha-Nikaya; a quick translation is available at: http://www.buddhadust.org/sutta/dn/27_exrpt.html Walshe, Maurice, Trans. _Digha-Nikaya_ Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga ("Path of Purification") see 13.32...

Compiled by Ericka Schnitzer Balakrishnan, Radhika. The Social Context of Sex Selection and the Politics of Abortion in India, in Power and Decision: The Social Control of Reproduction. Cambridge: Harvard School of Public Health, 1994. pp.267-286. Bumiller, Elisabeth....

Compiled by C. Ram-Prasad Brockopp, Jonathan (ed.), _Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War and Euthanasia_, University of South Carolina Press 2003. Catholics Bishops Conference in India: http://www.cbcisite.com/default.htm Cromwell Crawford, S. Dilemmas of Life and...

Compiled by Deepak Sarma Gonzalez-Reimann, Luis. _The Mahabharata and the Yugas: India's Great Epic Poem and the Hindu System of World Ages_. Asian Thought and Culture, ed. Sandra Wawrytko, 51. New York: Peter Lang2002. Piatigorsky, Alexander introduction to Element's...

Originally compiled by John Cort. (See addenda below.) Veena Das, "Voices of Children" in _Daedalus_ Fall 1989 Sudhir Kakar, _The Inner World_ (Oxford India, 1981) -----, "Modernity and Female Childhood," in his _Culture & Psyche: Psychoanalysis and India_ (New York :...

Compiled by Matthew Allen With respect to South Asia, in addition to Bill Jackson's [work on Tyagaraja] and Guy Beck's excellent work [Sonic Theology], the following might be of interest: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, South Asia volume, edited by Alison...

Originally Compiled by Lance Nelson (See addenda below) RELIGION AND MUSIC IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Encyclopedia Alison, Arnold, ed. South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent. Garland encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 5. New York, NY : Garland Pub., 2000. Miller, Terry...

Compiled by: Michael Hawley Doris R. Jakobsh, Relocating Gender in Sikh History: Transformation, Meaning and Identity. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. Cynthia Mahmood and Stacy Bradt, The Guru's Gift: An Ethnography Exploring Gender Equality With North American...

Compiled by Bradley S. Clough -Most won't be surprised to hear that this is most emphasized in Vaishnava traditions, especially in Krishna/Radha bhakti circles. But seeing one's relationship with a god in terms of friendship also is prominent in the Ram Rasak...

Compiled by Tracey Coleman, from postings on RISA-L. Acharya, Padmashri P. 1965. "A Short Note on Sridhara Svamin and Baladeva Vidyabhusana." The Orissa Historical Research Journal 13 (1) (April): 1-9. Elkman, Stuart Mark. 1986. Jiva Gosvamin's Tattvasandarbha: A...

Compiled by Tracey Coleman, from postings on RISA-L. Carman, John, and Vasudha Narayanan. 1989. The Tamil Veda: Pillai's Interpretation of the Tiruvaymoli. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. Griffiths, Paul J. 1999. Religious Reading: The Place of...

Contributed by John Noyce, from his forthcoming (2001) Religion and Development: A Bibliography, johnnoyce@hotmail.com . ANAND, A.S., and V.K.ARUNA KUMARA Experimenting with ancient knowledge [agricultural research in Karnataka, based on the Lokopakarum, the first...

Contributed to RISA-L by Arti Dhand A Bibliographical Guide to the Comparative Study of Ethics. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Ames, Roger T. "Rites as Rights: The Confucian Alternative". In Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach. Larry May, Shari...

Complied by Tracy Coleman from RISA-L discussions 1) John Brockington's, The Sanskrit Epics. Leiden: Brill, 1998. Very useful text and bibliography. 2) Jim Fitzgerald's web pages on The Mahabharata. 3) Forthcoming article by Jim Fitzgerald, written for The Hindu...

Contributed to RISA-L by Gene Thursby Today (July 15, 2000) the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Chhagan Bhujbal, granted permission to the Mumbai police to take action against Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and Samajwadi Party city unit president Abu Asim Azmi...

Compiled by Kelly Pemberton from submissions to RISA-L (November 15, 1999). Farid Esack, On Being a Muslim: Finding a Religious Path in the World Today (Oxford: Oneworld, 1999) Farid Esack, Qur'an, Liberation & Pluralism: An Islamic Perspective of Interreligious...

Compiled by Tracy Coleman from RISA-L discussions. Biardeau, Madeleine. 1990. Hinduism: The Anthropology of a Civilization. New York: Oxford University Press. [Here she formulate her theory of indian culture as 'antropology of desire'. Please ceck the index under,...

Compiled by Lance Nelson, with suggestions from RISA-L subcribers, including many from Prof. Steven P. Hopkins. Alston, A. J. The Devotional Poems of Mirabai. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980. Archer, W. G. 1957. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry. New...

Compiled by Ann Grodzins Gold from RISA-L discussions. Babb, Lawrence A. and Susan S. Wadley, eds. 1995. Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Bhattacharya, Rinki 1985. "Portrayals of Women in Indian...

Compiled by Arti Dhand from submissions to RISA-L (November 5, 1999). Mulk Raj Anand. Gauri. Anita Badami. Tamarind Mem. Kalpana Bardhan, trans. Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels. Vikram Chandra. Love and Longing in Bombay. _____. Red Earth and Pouring Rain....

Compiled by Lance Nelson, with many suggestions from RISA-L subcribers. Thanks especially to Jack Hawley and Nancy Martin. Alston, A. J. 1980. The Devotional Poems of Mirabai. 1st ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. [Instructive for its range and for its attempt to render...

Compiled by Deepak Sarma from RISA-L discussions. Dasgupta, Shamita Das (ed.). A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U. Pr, 1998). Ratti, Rakesh (ed). A Lotus of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay...

*International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a.k.a. the Hare Krishna movement. Compiled by Lance Nelson from postings on RISA-L, December 1997. Bhaktivedanta Swami, A. C., and Bob Cohen. 1983. Perfect Questions and Perfect Answers. New York: The Bhaktivedanta...

[The following bibliography was submitted by Prof. Parpola, who reviewed the RISA-L discussion and bibliography on the Aryan migration controversy and reported that many of the references to his publications "are at best marginal as far as this topic is concerned,...

Compiled from fall 1996 discussion on RISA-L, electronic discussion listfor the American Academy of Religion's Religion in South Asia Section. Somecomments from the List discussion are included. This biblio isn't perfect,in either form or content. It is occasionally...