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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html

09 May 2006
5star
Hinduism - The eBook
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, JBE, The Pennsylvania State University, US & Goldsmiths University, UK.
Self-description: "Hinduism - The eBook The First Comprehensive E-Text Introduction [2006] By Hillary Rodrigues. [...] a self contained textbook [ISBN: 0-9747055-2-7, in PDF format - ed.] for a one-semester introductory course on Hinduism. Designed for undergraduate level study, it provides everything students and teachers could expect from a printed text and more. There are two main components: 1. Hinduism - The eBook. A text book with extensive links to the Internet 2. Hinduism Online. A website dovetailing with the ebook and providing a range of additional resources for students and teachers. [...]
Summary of Contents: Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Vedic Religion; Chapter 3: Karma and Cosmology; Chapter 4: Hindu Social Organization and Values; Chapter 5: Dharma and the Individual; Chapter 6: The Sanksrit Language; Chapter 7: Indian Philosophical Schools; Chapter 8: The Epics; Chapter 9: The Bhagavad Gita and the Rise of Bhakti; Chapter 10: Major Hindu Sects; Chapter 11: Hindu Deities and Puranic Mythology; Chapter 12: Hindu Art and Worship Rituals; Chapter 13: Vedanta; Chapter 14: Tantra; Chapter 15: Reform and Revitalization; Chapter 16: Hinduism Beyond India; Chapter 17: Hinduism and the West; Chapter 18: Select Themes in Hinduism; Appendix: Glossary of Deities; Glossary of Place Names; Glossary of People's Names; Glossary of Texts; General Glossary."
URL http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/hinduism/index.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/ [Note: contents of individual ebooks published at the site are not archived].
Link reported by: Charles Prebish (charles.prebish--at--jbeonlinebooks.org), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: n/a

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