Introducing the topics, themes and arguments of the most influential Hindu and Buddhist
Indian philosophers, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy leads the reader through the main …

In Theatre and Its Other, Elisa Ganser revisits a telling debate on the intertwined natures of
dance and dramatic acting; preserved in Abhinavagupta's eleventh-century commentary on …

The period from the fourth to the seventh century CE has long been considered a dark one
in the history of Central Asia and Northwest India. The various ruling elites known to …

This book examines the theory of consciousness developed by the school of Recognition,
an Indian philosophical tradition that thrived around the tenth c. CE in Kashmir, and argues …

This dissertation investigates the close connection between poetry and prayer in South Asia
by studying the history of Sanskrit hymns of praise (stotras) in Kashmir. It offers a broad …

In this thesis I provide a study of the distinct traditions within the Pāñcarātra, concentrating
especially on the ways in which these traditions' identities were formed by their textual …

Abhinavagupta is undoubtedly the most famous Kashmirian medieval intellectual: his
decisive contributions to Indian aesthetics, Saiva theology, and metaphysics, and to the …

In an effort to bridge the disciplinary gap between Indology and South Asian folklore studies,
this essay analyses the 'fluid'textual dynamics of Shivadasa's V etāla-pañcaviṃśati, or …

This essay examines the narratives of displacement produced by Kashmiri Hindu Pandits
who were forced to leave the Valley in 1990 after the start of the insurgency. Rai …

The fifth-century grammarian-philosopher Bhartṛhari has long attracted scholarly attention,
and deservedly so: his magnum opus, the Vākyapadīya, had a profound impact on later …