The Hindu Tradition: Readings in Oriental Thought (The Modern Library, No. 364)

xv, 363 pp. Edited by Ainslie T. Embree. CONTENTS: Preface; Explanatory Note; Part One. The Roots of the Tradition: Introduction; The Ordering of the Universe; The Social Order; The Crown of the Vedic Age: The Upanishads; Part Two. The Growth of the Tradition: Introduction; The Exposition of Life's Duties; The Maintenance of the Social Fabric; The Search for Salvation; The Universe of the Great Epics; Part Three. The Flowering of the Tradition: Introduction; The Literary Reflection; The Philosophic Statement of the Tradition; Sacred History; Part Four. The Tradition and the People's Faith: Introduction; In Praise of Shiva; In Praise of Vishnu as Krishna and Rama; The Meeting of Hindu and Muslim Devotion; Part Five. The Tradition and the Modern World: Introduction; Acceptance and Reform; Rejection and Revival; Four Twentieth Century Statements; Sources of English Translations and Selections.