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Authors: S. M. Michael
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Exploring the enduring legacy of untouchability in India, this book challenges the ways in which the Indian experience has been represented in Western scholarsh
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Authors: Sheldon Pollock
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"The scholarship exhibited here is not only superior; it is in many ways staggering. The author's control of an astonishing range of primary and secondary texts
India's Agony Over Religion
Language: en
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Authors: Gerald James Larson
Categories: Religion
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Reciting the Goddess
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Authors: Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz
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Reciting the Goddess is the first book-length study of Nepal's goddess Svasthani and the popular Svasthanivratakatha textual tradition. Drawing on archival and