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The Birth and Evolution of an Indian Gemstone Industry
Lawrence A. Babb's Emerald City provides an intriguing portrait of the gemstone cutting industry of the North Indian city of Jaipur. It focuses on the...
Myths of Identity and the Life of Trade in Western India
This study shows how myths construct and express the social identities of a community. Focusing on Rajasthan, it describes how myths here mostly centr...
Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture
What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever?...
Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition
00 In this comparative study of three modern religious movements, Lawrence A. Babb argues that thematic continuities exist between traditional Hinduis...
Popular Hinduism in Central India
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Jainism is aside from Buddhism, the only surviving example of India`s ancient non-Vedic religious traditions celebrated for its systematic practice of...
Past and Present
An introduction to South Asian religions for non-specialist readers and undergraduate students....
A Study of Melancholia in English Literature from 1580 To 1642
Religious Individualism in a Hierarchical Culture
A Hindu Festival Cycle
A Study of Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy
Prayers on Mahāvīra, 24th Jaina Tirthankara....