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Introduction Where these Essays are Coming From
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Where these Essays are Coming From 1
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Colonial Knowledge-Formation
- Friedrich Max Müller 21
- Sanskrit Scholars and Pandits of the Old School 45
- Sati as a Religious Rite 66
- Mosques, Temples, and Fields of Disputation in a Late-Eighteenth-Century Chronicle 91
- Vernacular Histories in Late-Nineteenth-Century Banaras 110
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Vaishnava Renewals c. 1600–1900
- Forging Community 141
- Women, Duty, and Sanctified Space in a Vaishnava Hagiography of the Seventeenth Century 173
- The Sixth Gaddi of the Vallabha Sampradaya 189
- The Modernity of Tradition 210
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The Hindi Novel
- A Novel Moment in Hindi 231
- Generic Questions 251
- Pilgrimage, Fairs, and the Secularization of Space in Modern Hindi Narrative Discourses 286
- The Locations of Hindi 309
- Hindi, Nation, and Community 335
- Index 367
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Where these Essays are Coming From 1
-
Colonial Knowledge-Formation
- Friedrich Max Müller 21
- Sanskrit Scholars and Pandits of the Old School 45
- Sati as a Religious Rite 66
- Mosques, Temples, and Fields of Disputation in a Late-Eighteenth-Century Chronicle 91
- Vernacular Histories in Late-Nineteenth-Century Banaras 110
-
Vaishnava Renewals c. 1600–1900
- Forging Community 141
- Women, Duty, and Sanctified Space in a Vaishnava Hagiography of the Seventeenth Century 173
- The Sixth Gaddi of the Vallabha Sampradaya 189
- The Modernity of Tradition 210
-
The Hindi Novel
- A Novel Moment in Hindi 231
- Generic Questions 251
- Pilgrimage, Fairs, and the Secularization of Space in Modern Hindi Narrative Discourses 286
- The Locations of Hindi 309
- Hindi, Nation, and Community 335
- Index 367