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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Photographs | |
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| Preface to Second Edition | |
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| Note on Pronunciation and Use of Sanskrit Words | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Hinduism: Development and Essence | |
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| India and the West | |
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| The History and Development of Hinduism | |
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| Hindu Dharma: Orthodoxy and Heresy in Hinduism | |
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| Revelation and Scripture in Hinduism | |
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| Itihasa and Purana: The Heart of Hinduism | |
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| The Bhagavadgita | |
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| The World of the Hindu | |
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| The Many Gods and the One God of Hinduism | |
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| Trimarga: The Three Hindu Paths to Liberation | |
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| The Path of Works: Karmamarga | |
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| Purity and Merit: The Twin Concerns of Karmamarga | |
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| The Hindu Sacraments: The Samskaras | |
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| The Path of Knowledge: Jnanamarga | |
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| Atman and Brahman: Self and All | |
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| Karma, Vidya, Moksa: Liberation from Rebirth | |
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| The Path of Loving Devotion: Bhaktimarga | |
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| Lord Visnu and His Devotees | |
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| Siva: The Grace and the Terror of God | |
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| Devi: The Divine Mother | |
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| Mudalvan, Murugan, Mal: The Great Gods of the Tamils | |
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| The Structural Supports of Hinduism | |
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| The Divine Presence in Space and Time: Murti, Tirtha, Kala | |
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| The Hindu Social Order: Caturvarnasramadharma | |
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| The Professional Religious: Samnyasa | |
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| Stridharma: The Position of Women in Hinduism | |
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| Hindu Structures of Thought: The Saddarsanas | |
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| Hindu Logic and Physics: Nyaya-Vaisesika | |
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| Hindu Psychology and Metaphysics: Samkhya-Yoga | |
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| Hindu Theology, Old and new: Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta | |
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| The Meeting of East and West in Modern India | |
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| Hindu Reforms and Reformers | |
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| Mahatma Gandhi: A Twentieth-Century Karmayogi | |
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| Hindu Nationalist Politics and Hinduism as A World Religion | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Maps | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Abbreviations Used | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |