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Purifying the nation : the Arya Samaj in Gujarat 1895-1930 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article examines the impact of the Arya Samaj in Gujarat from 1895 to 1930. Although the founder of this body, Dayanand Saraswati, was from Gujarat, it proved less popular there initially than in the Punjab.
Hardiman, David
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Maternal Diet Quality and Third Trimester Depression: Insights From a Nepali Birth Cohort Study

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Maternal diet quality and perinatal depression significantly impact maternal and child health, yet their relationship remains underexplored in low‐resource settings. This cross‐sectional study examined the association between overall diet quality and risk of depression during the third trimester among 296 pregnant women receiving antenatal ...
Kalpana Chaudhary   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wendy Doniger, On Hinduism

open access: yesIndialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2017
Review of Wendy Doniger's On Hindusim.
Linda Anne Hemphill
doaj   +1 more source

Indonesia, Modernity and Some Problems of Religious Adaptation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article discusses the challenges of adaptation for Indonesian religion. It describes the ways that the major Indonesian religions have changed to fit the requirements of being recognized religions, and focuses as an example on the ways that Balinese
McDaniel, J. (June)
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Book Review: The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A review of The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century by Michael ...
Kent, Eliza F.
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Re‐theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet: Evidence From Queer South Asian Women

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Scholarship generally assumes the closet is a place of safety from the perceived risks associated with coming out. However, this overlooks its function as a source of violence, particularly for those belonging to multiple marginalized communities.
Sonali Patel
wiley   +1 more source

Yoga

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Yoga represents both a philosophy and a practice, with the goal of liberation. Although ascetic practices existed previously, and the word yoga appears in the Vedas, the first definition is in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad, where it is described as ‘the steady ...
Zoë Slatoff
doaj  

Blood for the Goddess. Self-mutilation Rituals at Vajreshwari Mandir, Kangra

open access: yesIndialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2016
Several 17th century sources (European travel literature and Mughal historiography) record the practice of self-mutilation, and possibly ritual suicide, at the Hindu temple of Vajreśvarī (Kāngṛā, HP), an important place of pilgrimage related to the ...
Alejandro Jiménez Cid
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review: Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A review of Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons edited by Rita Sherma and Arvind ...
Pennington, Brian K.
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