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Hindu Pluralism : Religion and the Public Sphere in Early Modern South India / by Fisher, Elaine M., 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Hindu sectarianism: difference in unity -- "Just like Kālidāsa": the making of the Smārta-Śaiva community of South India -- Public philology: constructing sectarian identities in early modern South India -- The language games of Śaiva: mapping text and space in public religious culture -- Conclusion: a prehistory of Hindu pluralism.…”
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Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons by Sherma, Rita D.

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Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory : Vyasatirtha, Hindu Sectarianism, and the Sixteenth-Century Vijayanagara Court / by Stoker, Valerie, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Hindu sectarianism and the City of Victory --…”
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Writing Self, Writing Empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary / by Kinra, Rajeev

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court -- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective -- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance -- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm -- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters -- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world -- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline -- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.…”
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The Place of Devotion : Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism / by Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, 1983-

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