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Selected Studies of Jan Gonda, Volume 6 Selected Studies, Part 1
The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004094468).
Selected Studies of Jan Gonda, Volume 6 Selected Studies, Part 2
The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004094468).
Selected Studies
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The Vision of Vedic Poets
This book is primarily intended to be an Investigation into the Meaning and Religious significance of the important Vedic term dhi, which has been variously and often inadequately translated.
Some observations on the relations between “gods” and “powers” in the Veda à propos of the phrase Sūnuḥ Sahasaḥ
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River of Love in an Age of Pollution
"Very few scholars in religious studies have achieved Haberman's combination of textual and ethnographic authority. The book is groundbreaking, building on his achievements in the study of the religious traditions of Braj; he is widely regarded as a major authority on this area of Hinduism's complex regional matrix. The superior scholarship, combined with the author's personal voice, gives the book additional resonance, bringing to light an urgent environmental and moral challenge."--Paul B. Courtright, co-editor, From the Margins of Hindu Marriage: Essays in Gender, Religion, and Culture
Viṣṇu's Children
The Vaikhanasas, a group of Brahmanic priests in the Visnu temples of south India, can look back on a long and turbulent history, that is characterized by the effort of claiming their status against rivaling priests. Central to this monograph is a controversy, ongoing for centuries, as to what makes a person eligible to perform the rituals in Visnu temples: does birth or an initiation create the ideal intermediary between the god and humans? Since the 14th century CE the discussion in the relevant Sanskrit texs centers around the question of whether the Vaikhanasas priests must undergo an initiation including a branding on the upper arms, or whether their particular prenatal life-cycle ritua...
