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Krishna
Tracy Coleman
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Krishna Introduction Arguably the most popular god in the Hindu pantheon, both in India and beyond, Krishna makes a dramatic appearance in th...
Liṅga and Yoni
Benjamin J. Fleming
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Liṅga and Yoni Introduction The liṅga (meaning mark, sign, phallus) is best known as the emblem of the Hindu god Śiva, most often rendered tod...
Mādhva
Deepak Sarma
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Mādhva Introduction Mādhva Vedānta is a tradition of Vedānta that was developed in the 13th century in southwestern India at modern-day Udupi, ...
Mahābhārata
Simon Brodbeck
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Mahābhārata Introduction The Mahābhārata is a vast array of narrative traditions in all varieties of media. It is also—and perhaps was origin...
Mahābhārata in Hindu Tradition
Pamela Lothspeich
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Mahābhārata in Hindu Tradition Introduction Epic tale, Hindu scripture, philosophical treatise, and national history, the Mahabharata ("the gr...
Mānava-Dharmaśāstra
Patrick Olivelle
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mānava-Dharmaśāstra Introduction The Mānava-Dharmaśāstra (“Manu” for short) occupies a pivotal position in the long history of Dharmaśāstric t...
Māriyammaṉ
Perundevi Srinivasan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Māriyamman Introduction Māriyammaṉ is a goddess, widely worshipped in Tamilnadu in South India. Although she has been predominantly identified...
Marriage
Lindsey Harlan
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Marriage Introduction Scholarly reflection on Hindu marriage includes work on prescriptive treatments in early Sanskrit sources. Among these a...
Mirabai
Nancy M. Martin
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Mirabai Introduction Mirabai (also known as Meerabai, Mira, Meera) is the most well known of the women bhakti (Hindu devotional) saints of Ind...
Mokṣa
Ariel Glucklich
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Mokṣa Introduction The subject of Mokṣa occupies a central and prestigious place in Hindu culture, although in practical and philosophical te...
Nāyaṉmār
Karen Pechilis
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Nāyaṉmār Introduction The term nāyaṉmār (singular, nāyaṉār) is a Tamil-language word that today generally means “leaders,” but as the term is ...
Pārvatī
Ellen Goldberg
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Pārvatī Introduction Pārvatī (“daughter of the mountain,” also known as Umā) is considered one of the most beloved goddesses in the Hindu panth...
Peace, War, and Violence in Hinduism
Christopher Key Chapple
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Peace, War, and Violence in Hinduism Introduction To understand issues of peace and violence in Hinduism, one must take into account a ...
Pilgrimage
James Lochtefeld
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Pilgrimage Introduction Hindu pilgrimage not only has a long and venerable history in India but is also a vibrant religious practice in mod...
Political Hinduism
Christophe Jaffrelot
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Political Hinduism Introduction Hindu nationalism is one of the oldest ideological streams in India. It took shape in the 1920s soon after the fi...
Popular and Folk Hinduism
Frank Korom
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Popular and Folk Hinduism Introduction As a number of scholars have noted, Hinduism is difficult to define because people tend to see it as...
Possession
Frederick M. Smith
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Possession Introduction Possession is a phenomenon that occurs in a majority of the world’s cultures. It most often denotes that one or more pers...
Purāṇas
Greg Bailey
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Purāṇas Introduction The Purāṇas constitute a body of literature, divided into several subcategories, dating from the 2nd century ce and cont...
Puruṣārthas
Greg Bailey
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2011-01-27
Puruṣārthas Introduction Puruṣārtha (meaning “goal of a man” or “aim of a person”) is a term normally used in the plural to define three sphere...
Rādhā
Heidi Pauwels
Subject: Hinduism »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Rādhā Introduction Rādhā is the foremost of the gopīs, or milkmaids, of Braj (Vraja), where Krishna (Kṛṣṇa) is believed to have grown up incog...
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