Carl Olson is a professor in the department of religious studies at Allegheny College. His numerous books include The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction and Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader (Rutgers University Press).

• Preface and acknowledgmentsIntroduction to Indian religious literaturePart I. Classical Sanskrit traditions1. The Vedic literature2. Upanisadic literature3. Dharma literature4. Classical philosophical-religious schoolsPart II. Devotional and sectarian traditions5. Vaisnava tradition6. Krishna devotionalism7. Rama devotionalism and Sant tradition8. Saiva devotionalism9. Goddess devotion and TantraNotesIndex

Carl Olson is a professor in the department of religious studies at Allegheny College. His numerous books include The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction and Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader (Rutgers University Press).

• Preface and acknowledgmentsIntroduction to Indian religious literaturePart I. Classical Sanskrit traditions1. The Vedic literature2. Upanisadic literature3. Dharma literature4. Classical philosophical-religious schoolsPart II. Devotional and sectarian traditions5. Vaisnava tradition6. Krishna devotionalism7. Rama devotionalism and Sant tradition8. Saiva devotionalism9. Goddess devotion and TantraNotesIndex

Carl Olson is a professor in the department of religious studies at Allegheny College. His numerous books include The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction and Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader (Rutgers University Press).

• Preface and acknowledgmentsIntroduction to Indian religious literaturePart I. Classical Sanskrit traditions1. The Vedic literature2. Upanisadic literature3. Dharma literature4. Classical philosophical-religious schoolsPart II. Devotional and sectarian traditions5. Vaisnava tradition6. Krishna devotionalism7. Rama devotionalism and Sant tradition8. Saiva devotionalism9. Goddess devotion and TantraNotesIndex