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Srinatha

Velcheru Narayana Rao , David Shulman

God on the Hill

Annamayya , Velcheru Narayana Rao , David Shulman

The devotional poems of Annamayya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamayya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song,...

Self and Self-Transformations in the History of Religions

David Shulman , Guy G. Stroumsa

This book brings together scholars of a variety of the world's major civilizations to focus on the universal theme of inner transformation. The idea of the "self" is a cultural formation like any other, and models and conceptions of the inner world of the person vary...

God Inside Out

Carmel Berkson , Don Handelman , David Shulman

This book offers a new exploration of the mythology of the Hindu god Siva, who spends his time playing dice with his wife, to whom he habitually loses. The result of the game is our world, which turns the god inside-out and changes his internal composition. Hindus...