Skip to Content

Book Series

Routledge Hindu Studies Series

Series Editor: Gavin Flood

This series, in association with the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, intends primarily the publication of constructive Hindu theological, philosophical and ethical projects aimed at bringing Hindu traditions into dialogue with contemporary trends in scholarship and contemporary society. The series invites original, high quality, research level work on religion, culture and society of Hindus living in India and abroad. Proposals for annotated translations of important primary sources and studies in the history of the Hindu religious traditions will also be considered.

New and Published Books

11-18 of 18 results in Routledge Hindu Studies Series

  1. Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata

    Edited by Simon Brodbeck, Brian Black

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the most important texts to emerge from the Indian cultural tradition. At almost 75,000 verses it is the longest poem in the world, and throughout Indian history it has been hugely influential in shaping gender and social norms. In the context of ancient India, it...

    Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge

  2. Self-Surrender (prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavism

    Tamil Cats or Sanskrit Monkeys?

    By Srilata Raman

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    Filling the most glaring gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, this book deals with the history of interpretation of a theological concept of self-surrender-prapatti in late twelfth and thirteenth century religious texts of the Shrivaishnava community of South India. This original study shows that...

    Published April 20th 2009 by Routledge

  3. Consciousness in Indian Philosophy

    The Advaita Doctrine of ‘Awareness Only’

    By Sthaneshwar Timalsina

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    This book focuses on the analysis of pure consciousness as found in Advaita Vedanta, one of the main schools of Indian philosophy. According to this tradition, reality is identified as Brahman, the world is considered illusory, and the individual self is identified with the absolute reality....

    Published October 19th 2008 by Routledge

  4. The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami

    When Knowledge Meets Devotion

    By Ravi M. Gupta

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    The Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition is famous for its depth of devotion to Krishna, the blue-hued Deity. Chaitanya Vaishnavas are known for having refined the practice and aesthetics of devotion into a sophisticated science. This imposing devotional edifice was constructed upon a solid foundation of...

    Published April 29th 2007 by Routledge

  5. Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism

    The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati

    By Sanjukta Gupta

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    In Indian philosophy and theology, the ideology of Vedanta occupies an important position. Hindu religious sects accept the Vedantic soteriology, which believes that there is only one conscious reality, Brahman from which the entire creation, both conscious and non-conscious, emanated. Madhusudana...

    Published August 22nd 2006 by Routledge

  6. Attending Krishna's Image

    Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth

    By Kenneth Russell Valpey

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. Attending Krishna's...

    Published April 27th 2006 by Routledge

  7. Samkara's Advaita Vedanta

    A Way of Teaching

    By Jacqueline G. Suthren Hirst

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    Samkara (c.700 CE) has been regarded by many as the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time. A great Indian Vedantin brahmin, Samkara was primarily a commentator on the sacred texts of the Vedas and a teacher in the Advaitin teaching line. This book serves as an introduction to...

    Published April 19th 2005 by Routledge

  8. Epistemologies and the Limitations of Philosophical Inquiry

    Doctrine in Madhva Vedanta

    By Deepak Sarma

    Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

    Deepak Sarma explores the degree to which outsiders can understand and interpret the doctrine of the Màdhva school of Vedànta. The school is based on insider epistemology which is so restrictive that few can learn its intricate doctrines. This book reveals the complexity of studying traditions...

    Published October 27th 2004 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. A Woman's Ramayana: Candravati's Bengali Epic
    By Mandakranta Bose, Sarika Bose
    To Be Published June 10th 2013
  2. Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology: A History of Reception in Premodern India
    By Ajay K. Rao
    To Be Published June 27th 2013
  3. The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami: When Knowledge Meets Devotion
    By Ravi M. Gupta
    To Be Published September 26th 2013
  4. Attending Krishna's Image: Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth
    By Kenneth Russell Valpey
    To Be Published September 26th 2013
  5. Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism: The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati
    By Sanjukta Gupta
    To Be Published September 26th 2013
  6. Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Srisailam
    By Prabhavati Reddy
    To Be Published October 14th 2013
  7. Bhakti and Embodiment: Fashioning Divine Bodies and Devotional Bodies in Krsna Bhakti
    By Barbara A. Holdrege
    To Be Published October 30th 2013
  8. Hinduism and Environmental Ethics: Law, Literature, and Philosophy
    By Christopher Framarin
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  9. Western Theism and Indian Philosophy: The Vedanta of Ramanuja
    By Martin Ganeri
    To Be Published December 31st 2013
  10. Gandhi, Hinduism and Modernity: The Persistent Mahatma
    By Makarand Paranjape
    To Be Published December 31st 2013

Search for Book Series