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Sources & Bibliography

Every page in this codex draws on peer-reviewed scholarship rather than paraphrased web content. This page collects the 57 works by 36 scholars cited by author and year (e.g. "Olivelle (1996)") throughout the site's individual pages.

Tier 1 sources
Olivelle · Gambhirananda · Jamison & Brereton · Bryant · Flood
Tier 2 sources
Hardy · Hawley · Eck · Wujastyk · Kramrisch · Dyczkowski · Sanderson · Rocher · and others below
A note on this list. These are standard academic editions from university presses and established Indological publishers. Multiple editions and reprints exist for many of these titles; if you are tracking down a specific citation, we recommend verifying the exact edition through a library catalogue or academic bookseller rather than relying on this list alone.
Bhardwaj, S. M.
1973Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural Geography. University of California Press.
Bor, Joep
1999The Raga Guide: A Survey of 74 Hindustani Rāgas. Nimbus Records, in association with the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music.
Brooks, Douglas Renfrew
1990The Secret of the Three Cities: An Introduction to Hindu Śākta Tantrism. University of Chicago Press.
Bryant, Edwin F.
2002 — Writings on Kṛṣṇa devotion and Vaiṣṇava tradition.
2003Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God (Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Book X). Penguin Classics.
2007Krishna: A Sourcebook (ed.). Oxford University Press.
2009The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary. North Point Press.
Cardona, George
1988Pāṇini: His Work and Its Traditions. Motilal Banarsidass.
1997 — Writings on Sanskrit grammatical tradition and Pāṇinian linguistics.
Carman, John B.
1974The Theology of Rāmānuja: An Essay in Interreligious Understanding. Yale University Press.
Cenkner, William
1983A Tradition of Teachers: Śaṅkara and the Jagadgurus Today. Motilal Banarsidass.
Coburn, Thomas B.
1984Devī-Māhātmya: The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass.
1988Encountering the Goddess: A Translation of the Devī-Māhātmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. State University of New York Press.
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
1917 — Writings on Indian art, temple architecture, and aesthetics.
Dyczkowski, Mark S. G.
1987The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism. State University of New York Press.
1992 — Writings on Kashmir Shaiva philosophy and Trika texts.
Eck, Diana L.
1981Darśan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. Anima Books.
2012India: A Sacred Geography. Harmony Books.
Flood, Gavin
1996An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press.
Fuller, Christopher John
1992The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India. Princeton University Press.
Gambhirananda, Swami
2000Eight Upaniṣads: With the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya. Advaita Ashrama.
2004Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya of Śrī Śaṅkarācārya. Advaita Ashrama.
2006 — Translation and commentary on Śaṅkara's Advaita Vedānta texts. Advaita Ashrama.
Ghosh, Batakrishna
1967 — Writings on Vedic and Sanskrit philology.
Halbfass, Wilhelm
1988India and Europe: An Essay in Understanding. State University of New York Press.
Hardy, Friedhelm
1983Viraha-Bhakti: The Early History of Kṛṣṇa Devotion in South India. Oxford University Press.
Hawley, John Stratton
1981At Play with Krishna: Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan. Princeton University Press.
1984Sūr Dās: Poet, Singer, Saint. University of Washington Press.
1988 — Writings on North Indian Bhakti poet-saints (ed., with Mark Juergensmeyer).
2005Three Bhakti Voices: Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in Their Time and Ours. Oxford University Press.
2015A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement. Harvard University Press.
Hiltebeitel, Alf
2011 — Writings on the Mahābhārata and Hindu epic traditions.
Jamison, Stephanie W., and Joel P. Brereton
2014The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India. Oxford University Press (3 vols.).
Jones, Clifford Reis
1976 — Writings on South Indian temple traditions and performing arts.
Kersenboom, Saskia C.
1987Nityasumaṅgalī: Devadasi Tradition in South India. Motilal Banarsidass.
Klostermaier, Klaus K.
2007A Survey of Hinduism (3rd ed.). State University of New York Press.
Kramrisch, Stella
1946The Hindu Temple. University of Calcutta.
1981The Presence of Śiva. Princeton University Press.
Lienhard, Siegfried
1984A History of Classical Poetry: Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit. Harrassowitz.
Lutgendorf, Philip
1991The Life of a Text: Performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas. University of California Press.
1994 — Writings on Rāmāyaṇa performance traditions and Tulsīdās.
2007Hanuman's Tale: The Messages of a Divine Monkey. Oxford University Press.
Madhavananda, Swami
1978Vivekacūḍāmaṇi of Śrī Śaṅkarācārya (translation). Advaita Ashrama.
Nicholson, Andrew J.
2010Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History. Columbia University Press.
Olivelle, Patrick
1993The Āśrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution. Oxford University Press.
1996Upaniṣads (translation). Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press.
1998The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation. Oxford University Press.
1999Dharmasūtras: The Law Codes of Ancient India. Oxford World's Classics.
2005Manu's Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra. Oxford University Press.
2013King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India: Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra. Oxford University Press.
Parry, Jonathan P.
1994Death in Banaras. Cambridge University Press.
Pintchman, Tracy
1994The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition. State University of New York Press.
Plofker, Kim
2009Mathematics in India. Princeton University Press.
Rocher, Ludo
1986The Purāṇas. Harrassowitz (A History of Indian Literature series).
Sanderson, Alexis
1988 — Writings on Śaiva and Tantric traditions, including "Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions."
Venkatesananda, Swami
1984The Concise Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (translation). State University of New York Press.
Wujastyk, Dominik
2003The Roots of Āyurveda: Selections from Sanskrit Medical Writings. Penguin Classics.