The Religious Culture of India: Power, Love and Wisdom

by Friedhelm Hardy

Book Overview

This study conducts a lively and innovative exploration of the traditional Indian religions and cultures - an area that has both fascinated and puzzled the West for centuries. Friedhelm Hardy aims at presenting the widest possible range of themes that have preoccupied traditional Indian culture. He uses a great variety of sources, in various languages, and listens not only to what the learned philosopher or theologian in the classical Sanskrit texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521023440
• ISBN13: 9780521023443
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 628 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"