Religions of India in practice / Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Editor.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1995], ©1995.

xvi, 655 pages ; 24 cm.

Introduction. A brief history of religions in India / Richard H. Davis -- Songs of devotion and praise. Bengali songs to Kālī / Rachel Fell McDermott -- Kabīr ; Poems of Tukārām / Vinay Dharwadker -- The litany of names of Mañjuśrī / Ronald M. Davidson -- Sikh hymns to the divine Name / Hew McLeod -- Devotional hymns from the Sanskrit / Guy Leon Beck -- Tamil game songs to Śiva / Norman Cutler -- In praise of Muḥammad : Sindhi and Urdu poems / Ali Asani -- Bāul songs / Carol Salomon -- Tamil songs to God as child / Paula Richman -- Rites and instructions. The power of mantra : a story of the five protectors / Todd T. Lewis -- Royal temple dedications / Michael D. Rabe -- How to partake in the love of Kṛṣṇa / Neal Delmonico -- Women's songs for auspicious occasions / Lindsey Harlan -- The ocean of mercury : an eleventh-century alchemical text ; Predicting the future with dogs / David Gordon White -- How to worship at Śiva's temple / D. Dennis Hudson -- The order for Khālsā initiation / Hew McLeod -- The rite of veneration of Jina images / John E. Cort -- The Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā traditions of medieval Bengal / Glen A. Hayes --

The goddess Ṣaṣṭhī protects children / Tony K. Stewart -- Women's celebration of Muḥammad's birth / Marcia Hermansen -- Remarkable lives and edifying tales. The rescue of two drunkards ; Encountering the smallpox goddess : the auspicious song of Śītalā / Tony K. Stewart -- The wonders of Śrī Mastnāth / David Gordon White -- Jain stories inspiring renunciation / Phyllis Granoff -- A holy woman of Calcutta / June McDaniel -- Jain stories of miraculous power / Rosalind Lefeber -- Mother Ten's stories / Ann Grodzins Gold -- The life of Guru Nānak / Hew McLeod -- The autobiography of a female renouncer / J.E. Llewellyn --The prince with six fingers ; How a girl became a sacred plant / Kirin Narayan -- Lives of Sufi saints ; Conversations of Sufi saints / Carl Ernst -- Teachings of two Punjabi Sufi poets / Mustansir Mir -- Traditions in transition and conflict. Ascetic withdrawal or social engagement / Patrick Olivelle -- The Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi's subjugation of Śiva / Ronald M. Davidson -- India as a sacred Islamic land / Carl Ernst -- The exemplary devotion of the "Servant of Hari" ; Satya Pīr : Muslim holy man and Hindu god / Tony K. Stewart -- Jain questions and answers : who is God and how is he worshiped? / John E. Cort -- Esoteric knowledge and the tradition of the preceptors / Douglas Renfrew Brooks -- The rebuilding of a Hindu temple ; The origin of Liṅga worship / Richard H. Davis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.