Tamil Saiva and Siddhar Traditions — Tamil Saiva, Siddhar, Tevaram, Pattinathar, Sivavakkiyar, and related Hindu devotional materials moved out of the non-sectarian Tamil literary shelf. (24)
A Rāmāyana Petition — PT 982 — A five-line Old Tibetan petition from the Dunhuang caves, written in the form of a formal betrothal document using characters from the Indian Rāmāyana. Three civilizations on one scroll — Chinese Buddhist on the recto, Tibetan bureaucratic-epic on the verso.
Glossary — A shelf-specific glossary starter for the Hindu shelf.
Introduction to Hinduism — A source-critical public introduction to Hinduism — the problem of the name, the Vedic inheritance, the epics and Puranas, the six philosophies, the three great theisms, the bhakti revolution, the temple and the image, caste and liberation, and the modern encounter with modernity.
The Devi Bhagavata Purana — Swami Vijñanananda — The Devi Bhagavata Purana (Srimad Devi Bhagavatam), translated by Swami Vijñanananda (1921-22). The great Purana of the Goddess in twelve books, covering the mythology, theology, and devotion of Shakti worship.
The Laws of Manu — George Bühler — The Laws of Manu (Manusmriti), translated by George Bühler (1886). Sacred Books of the East, Volume 25. The foundational Hindu legal code in twelve chapters.
The Long Tibetan Rāmāyaṇa — The most complete Old Tibetan Rāmāyaṇa from the Dunhuang caves — 276 lines spanning the cosmic backstory of Laṅkā, the origin of Rāvaṇa, the incarnation of Viṣṇu as Rāma, the birth of Sītā, the golden deer, the abduction, the alliance with Sugrīva, Hanumān's leap to Laṅkā, and the march to war. First English translation.
The Tibetan Rāmāyana — An Old Tibetan Rāmāyana fragment from the Dunhuang caves. Rāma's exile, the finding of Sītā, her abduction by the ten-headed demon, and the alliance with the monkey prince Sugrīva.
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