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Publications Available

Religion and Society in Maharashtra
City, Countryside and Society in Maharashtra
Sikh History & Religion in the 20th Century
Nehru and The Twentieth Century
Studies on Buddhism in Honour of Professor A.K. Warder
Ethnicity, Identity, Migration: The South Asian Context
Canada and South Asia: Political and Strategic Relations
The Indira-Rajiv Years: The Indian Economy and Polity 1966-91
Goa: Continuity and Change
Dance of India: History, Perspectives and Prospects
Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols
Pudgalavada Buddhism: The Reality of the Indeterminate Self
Jain Doctrine and Practice: Academic Perspectives - unavailable
Buddhist Art of Pakistan and Afghanistan: The Royal Ontario Museum Collection of Gandhara Sculpture
Rights & Privileges: Fifty years of the Indian Constitution
Uganda South Asians Exodus: Kololian Perspectives


Paper No. 1
Religion and Society in Maharashtra
M. Israel & N.K. Wagle, eds.
Out of Print.

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Paper No. 2
City, Countryside and Society in Maharashtra
D.W. Atwood, M. Israel & N.K. Wagle, eds. (1988)
Softcover $20.00

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Paper No. 3
Sikh History & Religion in the 20th Century
M. Israel, W.H. McLeod & J.T. O’Connell, eds.
Hardcover $30.00 (Limited copies available)

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Paper No. 4
Nehru and The Twentieth Century
M. Israel ed. (1991)
Softcover $30.00

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Paper No. 5
Studies on Buddhism in Honour of Professor A.K. Warder
N.K. Wagle & F. Watanabe eds. (1993)
Softcover $20.00

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Paper No. 6
Ethnicity, Identity, Migration: The South Asian Context
M. Israel & N.K. Wagle, eds. (1993)
Softcover $20.00

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Paper No. 7
Canada and South Asia: Political and Strategic Relations
A.G. Rubinoff, ed. (1992)
Softcover $20.00

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Paper No. 8
The Indira-Rajiv Years: The Indian Economy and Polity 1966-91
N.K. Choudhry, S. Mansur, eds. (1994)
Hardcover $30.00

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Paper No. 9
Goa: Continuity and Change
N.K. Wagle and G. Coehlo, eds. (1995)
Hardcover $35.00

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Paper No. 10
Dance of India: History, Perspectives and Prospects
David Waterhouse, ed. (1998)
Hardcover $30.00

Chronology and Context in the Study of Indian Dance/David Waterhouse
On Shifting Ground: Continuity and Change in the Life of a Mysore Court Dancer/Rosemary Jeanes Antze
An Early Textual Source for Kathak/Mandakranta Bose
Dance and Religion in Indian Circus Spectacles/Paul Bouissac
Towards Authenticity: Uday Shankar’s First Company of Hindu Dancers and Musicians/Joan L. Erdman
Dhruva-s and Daru-s/Sunil Kothari
Chho Dance of Purulia – A Fusion of Classical, Folk and Tribal Dances/Durgadas Mukhopadhyay
Use of Natural Light in the Traditional Temple Performance of Bharatanatyam and Odissi/Parul Shah
Class and Caste in Indian Dance and Music: Textual Dictates, Artists’ Affiliations and the Socio-Economic Context/V. Subramaniam
Towards a Phenomenology of Indian Disciplines of Practice: Meditational, Martial and Performative/Phillip B. Zarrilli
Tantric Dimensions of Indian Classical Dance/Roxanne Kamayani Gupta
Feminist Perspectives on Classical Indian Dance: Divine Sexuality, Prostitution and Erotic Fantasy/Judith Lynne Hanna
A Modern Psychological Interpretation of Rasa and Bhava/Lipi Mukhopadhyaya
The Interpretation of Abhinaya in Indian Dance: The Communication of Meaning in the Medium of Movement/Rajika Puri
A Canadian Conference on Indian Dance: An Outsider’s View/Francis Sparshott
Kathakali and the Training of Actors in the West/Larry Tremblay
Reflections on the Process and Practice of South Asian Psychophysical Disciplines of Practice/Phillip B. Zarrilli
Parent and Student Perceptions of the Classical Dance of India in Vancouver, British Columbia/Jean Cunningham
Dialogue in Dance: Classical East Indian Dance as a Component of Hybrid Choreography/Anne-Marie Gaston
Indian Dance Outside India: The State of Art/Mamata Niyogi-Nakra
Reflections on Teaching/Medha Yodh

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Paper No. 11
Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols
N.K. Wagle, Olle Qvarnstrom, eds. (1999)
Hardcover $50.00

About a Jain Polemical Work of the 17th Century/Nalini Balbir
Jainism Without Monks? The Case of Kadua Sah/Paul Dundas
Fistfights in the Monastery: Calendars, Conflict and Karma among the Jains/John E. Cort
Traces of a “Trifunctional” Structure in the Jaina Tradition?/Colette Caillat
The Jinasattvas: Class and Gender in the Social Origins of Jaina Heroes/Jagdish P. Sharma
The Buddha and the Jainas Reconsidered/Johannes Bronkhorst
Centrality of the Real in Haribhadra’s Yoga Tests/Christopher Key Chapple
Kundakunda: Two-standpoints and the Socio-Religious Function of Anekantavada/W.J. Johnson
Gotra Karma: A Contrast in Views/Kristi L. Wiley
Samantabhadra’s Epistemology: Combining Jaina Ideas with the Ideas of Other Schools/Fujinaga Sin
Aspects of Jaina Epistemology with Special Reference to Vidyanandin/Jayandra Soni
Haribhadra and the Beginnings of Doxography in India/Olle Qvarnstrom
How Could a Cow Be Both Symbolically and Diachronically Homogenous, or On the Jaina Notions of Tiryak-samanya and Urdhvata-samanya/Piotr Balcerowicz
A Debate Between Materialists and Jainas on the Interpretation of Brhadaranyakopanisad 2.4.12/Tomoyuki Uno
Jain Worship in Medieval Tamilnadu/Leslie C. Orr
Jain Women’s Mandals and the Authority to Recreate Jain Theology/M. Whitney Kelting
The Ritual Giving of Food to a Digambara Renunciant/Robert J. Zydenbos
Mahamastaka Abhiseka of Bahubali/Sushil Jain
The Body in Jain Art/Marcus Banks
Reviewing Early Jaina Art/Janice Leoshko
Jaina Aesthetics/A.K. Warder
The Lost Natyavidhis of the Jaina Tradition/Mandakranta Bose
The Local and the Traditional in the Civakacintamani/James Ryan
Jain Collections and Libraries: Past and Present/Donald Clay Johnson

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Paper No. 12
Pudgalavada Buddhism: The Reality of the Indeterminate Self
Leonard C.D.C. Priestley. (1999)
Softcover $25.00 Hardcover $40.00

Book Chapters:
The Doctrine of the Non-Self
The Development of the Pudgalavada
Sources
The Pudgala
The Reality of the Pudgala
Truths
The Pudgala as Conceptual
Misgivings
Concepts
The Pudgala as Image
The Pudgala as Fire
Recapitulation

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Paper No. 13
Jain Doctrine and Practice: Academic Perspectives
Joseph T. O’Connell, ed. (2000)
Softcover $25.00 Hardcover $40.00

This book is unavailable until further notice.

Book Chapters:
Ahimsa: A Jaina Way of Spiritual Discipline/Padmanabh S. Jaini.
Knowledge and Practice in the Jaina Religious Tradition/William J. Johnson.
The Notion of Apta in Jaina Philosophy/Jayandra Soni.
The Concept of Divinity in Jainism/Robert J. Zydenbos.
The Meat at the Wedding Feasts: Krsna, Vegetarianism and a Jain Dispute/Paul Dundas.
Stability and Adaptability: A Jain Strategy for Survival and Growth/Olle Qvarnstrom.
Being in the Minority: Medieval Jain Reactions to Other Religious Groups/Phyllis Granoff.
Defining Jainism: Reform in the Jain Tradition/John E. Cort.
Jain Contributions to Current Ethical Discourse/Joseph T. O’Connell.

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Paper No. 14
Buddhist Art of Pakistan and Afghanistan: The Royal Ontario Museum Collection of Gandhara Sculpture
David Jongeward.(2003)
Softcover $40.00

Book Chapters:
Part 1: Gandhara
Ancient Gandhara
Origins of the Buddha Image
Buddhist Symbols and Images in Kushan Coin Art
The Buddha Image in Gandhara
The Gandhara Monastery
About the Collection
Part 2: Catalogue
Plates
Appendix A: Peterographic Report by Vincent Vertolli
Appendix B: The Collection by Accession Numbers

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Paper No. 15
Rights & Privileges: Fifty years of the Indian Constitution
Ajit Jain, Jesse S. Palsetia and N.K. Wagle (2003)
Softcover $15.00

Book Chapters:
Introduction/ Jesse S. Palsetia & N.K. Wagle
Accommodating Diversity: Groups in the Indian Constitution/
Ashok Acharya
The Constitution: Its Tryst with Destiny Flawed or Fulfilled?/ Justice A.M. Ahamadi
Article 356 of the Indian Constitution/ Ajit Jain
Dalits and the Indian Constitution at Fifty: Issues in Changing Cultural Identity and Public Debates/ R.S. Khare
The Unity and Integrity of the Nation in the 42nd Amendment: The Challenge of the Right to Self-Determination/ Ainslie T. Embree
Fifty Years of Water Disputes in India: Constitutional Prescriptions, Political Conflicts and New Policy Initiatives/ John R. Wood

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*Also Available from the Centre for South Asian Studies*

South Asian Studies Occasional Series No. 5
Uganda South Asians Exodus: Kololian Perspectives
N. Wagle, P. Nazareth, Z. de Souza, B. Mehta, eds. (2002)
Softcover $15.00
Hardcover $20.00