The Hindus : an alternative history. (Record no. 61194)
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| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.509 W484 H |
| Item number | 24178 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wendy Doniger |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Hindus : an alternative history. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | English |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Press, |
| Date of publication | 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 779 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | A narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, this book elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account: many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated; its central tenets--karma, dharma, to name just two--arise at particular moments in Indian history and differ in each era, between genders, and caste to caste; and what is shared among Hindus is overwhelmingly outnumbered by the things that are unique to one group or another. Yet the greatness of Hinduism--its vitality, its earthiness, its vividness--lies precisely in many of those idiosyncratic qualities that continue to inspire debate today. Wendy Doniger, one of the world's foremost scholars of Hinduism, illuminates those moments within the tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon.--Publisher description. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hinduism--Social aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hinduism |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu civilization |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| General | Chinmaya International Foundation | Chinmaya International Foundation | General Stacks | 30/06/2020 | Donation | 999.00 | 294.509 W484 H 24178 | 24178 | 30/06/2020 | Books |