The Ritual of Battle

The Ritual of BattleThis book is a study of India's great epic, the Mahbhrata, against the background of Indo European myth, epic, and ritual. It builds upon the pioneering studies in these areas by Georges Dumezil and Stig Wikander to work toward the goal of understanding how this epic's Indo European heritage is interpreted and reshaped within the setting of bhakti or devotional Hinduism. The book begins with a comparative typology of traditional classical epics,

Alton's Paradox builds upon extensive archival and primary research

For people who are from the working class and also queer

and our work to investigate the way we manage our private lives

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From trying to be universal through to acting as a cultural entrepreneur

The book provides students with all they need to understand the complexities of the English law of equity and trusts in principle and in practice

Lesser-known among Rider’s works

These essays take up the challenge of thinking through the identity and borders of religious studies and theology for our time

said to have built his palace at a place that many believe to be the archaeological sites of Chotuna and Chornancap

Using sources composed by late medieval Meccan scholars alongside the more well-known Mamluk material

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