Hindu writings : a short introduction to the major sources / Klaus K. Klostermaier.

Introduction -- Basic Hindu source literature -- The Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism -- The four world-ages -- 1. The Vedic Indra religion -- Indra in the �Rgveda -- Indra in the B�rhaddevat�a -- Indra in the Br�ahma�nas -- Indra in the Upani�sads -- Indra in epics and Pur�a�nas -- The Vedic Yaj�na -- Other features of Vedic religion -- 2. Vai�s�n u in the Vedas -- Vi�s�nu in Epics and Pur�a�nas -- Vai�s�nava philosophy and theology -- Bhakti poets and mystics -- 3. �Saivism -- �Siva in the Vedas -- �Siva in the Br�ahma�nas -- �Siva in the Upani�sads -- �Siva in Epics and Pur�a�nas -- �Saivite philosophies -- �Saiva poets and saints -- 4. �S�aktism -- Dev�i in the Vedas -- Dev�i in the Epics -- Dev�i in the Pur�a�nas -- Dev�i in the Tantras -- �S�akta philosophy -- Dev�i in other Hindu systems -- Dev�i in modern Hinduism -- 5. The sm�artas -- 6. Hindu philosophies -- The antecedents -- The six accepted systems (�Sa�ddar�sana) -- 7. Modern Hinduism -- R�aj�a R�am Mohan Roy and the Brahmo-Sam�aj -- D�ay�ananda Sarasvat�i and the �Arya-Sam�aj -- The R�amakrishna movement -- 8. Hindu nationalism Hindu J�agaran -- Balgangadhar Tilak -- Caste conferences -- The Servants of India Society -- Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur) -- Aurodindo ghose -- Mah�atm�a Gandhi -- Vinoba Bhave -- Hind�u Mah�asabh�a -- The R�a�s�tr�iya Svayamsevak Sa�ngh (R.S.S.) -- The Bh�arat�iya Janat�a Party (B.J.P.) -- 9. Opposition to Hindu nationalis -- The Dalits ("oppressed") -- Hindu secularism -- 10. The new universal Hindu gurus -- Sw�ami R�ama T�irtha -- Rama�na Mahar�si -- Sathya S�a�i B�ab�a -- �Ananadamay�i M�a.

Text in English including some translated passages.