Hindus
Subtitle: their religious beliefs and practices
By: Julius Lipner
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The library of religious beliefs and practices; Library of religious beliefs and practices
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Abingdon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780415456760; 9780415456777; 9780203864647
Notes: Previously published: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. About 'Hindu', Hinduism and this book; title: Pt. I. Guiding voices; title: 2. The voice of scripture as Veda (I) : performing the word; title: 3. The voice of scripture as Veda (II) : discerning the word; title: 4. The voice of scripture as Veda and 'Veda'; title: 5. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (I); title: 6. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (II); title: 7. The voice of tradition : caste and its realities; title: 8. The voice of tradition : itihasa and sacred narrative; title: 9. The voice of tradition : folklore and the intellectual heritage; title: 10. The voice of experience; title: Pt. II. Reason and morality; title: 11. A story with a tale; title: 12. Morality and the person; the belief in karma and rebirth; title: Pt. III. Images of time, space, and eternity; title: 13. Reckoning time and 'progress'; title: 14. the sacred and its forms; title: 15. Ways, means and ends; title: Concluding postscript.