Sanskrit Hymns Across Traditions
Studying Stotras
$254.48
- Hardcover
274 pages
- Release Date
25 February 2026
Summary
Sanskrit hymns of praise (stotra/stuti/stava) have been popular and influential within multiple religious traditions for thousands of years. Sanskrit hymns remain lively, meaningful parts of the religious lives of countless Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains today, and new *stotra*s continue to be composed and recited around the world. The academic study of these hymns has made notable progress in recent decades as scholars have paid increasing attention to such compositi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032976709 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032976705 |
| Author: | Hamsa Stainton, Anna Lee White |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 274 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 690g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy |
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About The Author
Hamsa Stainton
Hamsa Stainton is an Associate Professor in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University (Montréal, Canada). He is the author of Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir (2019) and co-editor (with Bettina Sharada Bäumer) of Tantrapuṣpāñjali: Tantric Traditions and Philosophy of Kashmir; Studies in Memory of Pandit H.N. Chakravarty.
Anna Lee White is a Lecturer in the Humanities Department of Marianopolis College (Montréal, Canada). Her research interests include Hindu devotional literature, hagiographies, and gender studies.
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