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Back to SearchCaleb Simmons, "Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 46
In his book Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India (Oxford University Press, 2020), Caleb Simmons examines the reigns of Tipu Sultan …
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Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette, "Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 45
This ground-breaking work on Indian philosophical doxography examines the function of dialectical texts within their intellectual and religious milie…
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Kevin McGrath, "Vyāsa Redux: Narrative in Epic Mahābhārata" (Anthem Press, 2019)
Episode 44
In Vyāsa Redux: Narrative in Epic Mahābhārata (Anthem Press, 2019), Kevin McGrath examines the complex and enigmatic Vyāsa, both the primary creative…
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Alexander Rocklin, "The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad" (UNC Press, 2019)
Episode 42
The history of the Caribbean Island of Trinidad bears witness to an important interplay between the religious practices of peoples of South Asian and…
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A Conversation with Nicholas Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Episode 43
Today I talked to Dr. Nicholas Sutton speaks about his work at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. We discuss his teaching philosophy, his mandate o…
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Brian Collins, "The Other Rāma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma" (SUNY Press, 2020)
Episode 41
Brian Collins' book The Other Rāma Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma (SUNY Press, 2020) examines a fascinating, understudied figu…
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Peter Adamson, "Classical Indian Philosophy" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 40
In Classical Indian Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2020), Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri survey both the breadth and depth of Indian philoso…
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Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
Episode 193
Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies (University of Georgia Press, 2019), edited by Leslie M. Harris, James T. Campbell, and Alfred L. …
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Archana Venkatesan, "Endless Song: Tiruvaymoli" (Penguin, 2010)
Episode 39
Endless Song (Oxford University Press, 2019) is Dr. Archana Venkatesan’s exquisite translation of the Tiruvaymoli (sacred utterance), a brilliant 110…
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Elizabeth A. Cecil, "Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape" (Brill, 2020)
Episode 38
Elizabeth A. Cecil's Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape: Narrative, Place, and the Śaiva Imaginary in Early Medieval North India (Brill, 2020) weaves tog…
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