Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at Oxford University, Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall. He is the author of several books including Religion and the Philosophy of Life.

• List of Contributors xAbout the Editor xiiPreface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements xiiiPreface to the Second Edition xvIntroduction: Establishing the Boundaries xviGavin FloodPart I Theoretical Issues 11 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism 3Gauri Viswanathan2 Orientalism and Hinduism 21David SmithPart II Text and Tradition 37The Sanskrit Textual Traditions 393 Vedas and Upaniṣads 41Michael Witzel4 The Dharmaśāstras 69Ludo Rocher5 The Sanskrit Epics 81John Brockington6 The Purāṇas 92Freda Matchett7 The Bhagavad Gītā: Genesis of the Text, Its Messages, and Its Impact on the Mahābhārata and on Indian Religions and Philosophy 105Mislav JežićTextual Traditions in Regional Languages 1298 Tamil Hindu Literature 131Norman Cutler9 The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam 143Rich Freeman10 North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature 163Nancy M. MartinMajor Historical Developments 17911 The Śaiva Traditions 181Gavin Flood12 History of Vaiṣṇava Traditions: An Esquisse 209Gérard Colas13 Hinduism and the Goddess: Śākta Traditions 245Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen14 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society 275T.N. Madan15 The Renouncer Tradition 290Patrick OlivelleRegional Traditions 30516 The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala 307Rich Freeman17 The Month of Kārtik and Women’s Ritual Devotions to Krishna in Benares 323Tracy Pintchman18 Hindu Diasporas and Gods on the Move: Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage in Hindu Europe 338Knut A. JacobsenPart III Systematic Thought 353The Indian Sciences 35519 Introduction 357Frits Staal20 The Science of Language 359Frits Staal21 Indian Mathematics 370Takao Hayashi22 Calendar, Astrology, and Astronomy 384Michio Yano23 The Science of Medicine 399Dominik WujastykPhilosophy and Theology 41524 The Classical Worldview: Early Foundations of Hindu Philosophy 417Jessica Frazier25 Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason 448Jonardon Ganeri26 Restoring “Hindu Theology” as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse 479Francis Clooney SJ27 Mantra 505André Padoux28 Realism and Non-Realism in Indian Philosophy 517Ionut Moise29 Hinduism Compared 536Reid B. LocklinPart IV Society, Politics, and Nation 55130 On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism 553Declan Quigley31 Modernity, Reform, and Revival 565Dermot Killingley32 The Goddess and the Nation: Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity 580Sumathi Ramaswamy33 Gender in a Devotional Universe 595Vasudha NarayananIndex 612

Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at Oxford University, Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall. He is the author of several books including Religion and the Philosophy of Life.

• List of Contributors xAbout the Editor xiiPreface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements xiiiPreface to the Second Edition xvIntroduction: Establishing the Boundaries xviGavin FloodPart I Theoretical Issues 11 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism 3Gauri Viswanathan2 Orientalism and Hinduism 21David SmithPart II Text and Tradition 37The Sanskrit Textual Traditions 393 Vedas and Upaniṣads 41Michael Witzel4 The Dharmaśāstras 69Ludo Rocher5 The Sanskrit Epics 81John Brockington6 The Purāṇas 92Freda Matchett7 The Bhagavad Gītā: Genesis of the Text, Its Messages, and Its Impact on the Mahābhārata and on Indian Religions and Philosophy 105Mislav JežićTextual Traditions in Regional Languages 1298 Tamil Hindu Literature 131Norman Cutler9 The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam 143Rich Freeman10 North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature 163Nancy M. MartinMajor Historical Developments 17911 The Śaiva Traditions 181Gavin Flood12 History of Vaiṣṇava Traditions: An Esquisse 209Gérard Colas13 Hinduism and the Goddess: Śākta Traditions 245Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen14 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society 275T.N. Madan15 The Renouncer Tradition 290Patrick OlivelleRegional Traditions 30516 The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala 307Rich Freeman17 The Month of Kārtik and Women’s Ritual Devotions to Krishna in Benares 323Tracy Pintchman18 Hindu Diasporas and Gods on the Move: Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage in Hindu Europe 338Knut A. JacobsenPart III Systematic Thought 353The Indian Sciences 35519 Introduction 357Frits Staal20 The Science of Language 359Frits Staal21 Indian Mathematics 370Takao Hayashi22 Calendar, Astrology, and Astronomy 384Michio Yano23 The Science of Medicine 399Dominik WujastykPhilosophy and Theology 41524 The Classical Worldview: Early Foundations of Hindu Philosophy 417Jessica Frazier25 Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason 448Jonardon Ganeri26 Restoring “Hindu Theology” as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse 479Francis Clooney SJ27 Mantra 505André Padoux28 Realism and Non-Realism in Indian Philosophy 517Ionut Moise29 Hinduism Compared 536Reid B. LocklinPart IV Society, Politics, and Nation 55130 On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism 553Declan Quigley31 Modernity, Reform, and Revival 565Dermot Killingley32 The Goddess and the Nation: Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity 580Sumathi Ramaswamy33 Gender in a Devotional Universe 595Vasudha NarayananIndex 612