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An attempt to explore the relationship between Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith and to explain the Bahá'í Faith to those who are from a Hindu background.
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Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith

Moojan Momen

Oxford: George Ronald, 1990

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Chapter 9

Bibliography

Translations of Hindu Scriptures consulted:

General

Hindu Myths. Translated by Wendy O'Flaherty. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, repr. 1982.
 

The Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavadgita, The. Translated by Kees W. Bolle. Berkeley: University of California, 1979.

Bhagavadgita, The. Translated by W. Douglas P. Hill. London: Oxford University Press, 1928.

Bhagavad Gita, The. Translated by Juan Mascaro: Harmondsworth: Penguin, repr. 1984.

Bhagavadgita, The. Translated by Kashinath T. Telang. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882.

Bhagavad-gita, The. Translated by R.C. Zaehner. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.

Bhagavad-gita as It Is. Translated by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. New York: MacMillan, 1972.
 

The Mahabharata

Mahabharata, The. Edited by Manmatha N. Dutt, 18 vols. in 11. Calcutta: H.C. Dass, 1895-1905.

Mahabharata, The. edited by Pratapa Chandra Ray, 19 vols. in 11. Calcutta: Bharata Press, 1884-94.

Mahabharata. Translated by Kamala Subramaniam, Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1977.

Ramayana and The Mahabharata, The. Translated by Romesh C. Dutt, London: Dent, Everyman's Library, repr. 1978.
 

The Puranas

Agni Puranam, The. Translated by Manmatha N. Dutt. Chowhamba Sanskrit Series, vols. 54 and 55. Varanasi: Chowhamba Sanskrit Series Office, repr. 1967.

Agni Purana, The. Translated by N. Gangadharan. Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Series, vols. 27-30. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1984-7.

Bhagavata-Purana, The. Translated by Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare. Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Series, vols. 7-11. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976-8.

Srimad-Bhagavatam, The. Translated by J.M. Sanyal. 5 vols. Calcutta: Oriental Publishing Company, no date.

Vishnu Purana, The. Translated H.H. Wilson. 5 vols. in 6. London: Trubner, 1864-77.
 

The Ramayana

Ramayan of Valmiki, The. Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffiths. 5 vols. London: Trubner, 1870-4.

Ramayan of Valmiki, The. Translated by Makhan Lal Sen. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1978.

Ramayana of Valmiki, The. Translated by Robert Goldman and Sheldon Pollock. 2 vols. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984-6.

Ramayana of Valmiki, The. Translated by Hari Prasad Shastri. 3 vols. London: Shanti Sadan, 1952-9.

Ramayana and The Mahabharata, The. Translated by Romesh C. Dutt. London: Dent, Everyman's Library, repr. 1978.
 

The Upanishads

Brihad-Ankaraya Upanishad. Translated by Swami Mahavananda. Mayavati, Almora: Advaita Ashrama, 1950.

Katha Upanishad. Translated by Joseph N. Rawson. London: Oxford University Press, 1934.

Katha Upanishad, Taittriya Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad. Translated by Swami Sharvananda. 3 vols. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Matt, 1949-50.

Sacred Books of the Hindus, ed. Maj. Basu. Allahabad: Panini Office vol. 1: Isa Upanishad, Katha Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad, etc. Translated by Srisa Chandra Vasu, 1909.

--- vol. 3: Chandogya Upanishad. Translated by Srisa Chandra Vasu, 1910.

--- vol. 14: Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad. Translated by Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu Vidyarnava and Pandit Ramaksya Bhattacharya, 1916.

--- vol. 18: Svetasvatara Upanishad. Translated by Siddheshvar Varma Shastri, 1916.

--- vol. 30: Taittriya Upanishad. Translated by Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vidyarnava and Pandit Mohan Lal Sandal, no date.

Thirteen Principal Upanishads, The. Translated by Robert E. Hume. London: Oxford University Press, 1931.

Upanishads, The. Translated by Juan Mascaro. Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1965.

Upanishads, The. Translated by Max Muller. Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879, 1884.
 

The Vedas

Atharvaveda, The. Translated by Devi Chand. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1982.

Atharva-veda Samhita. Translated by William D. Whitney. Harvard Oriental Series, vols. 7 and 8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1905.

Heart of the Rigveda, The. Translated by Mahuli R. Gopalacharaya. Bombay: Somaiya, 1971.

Hymns of the Atharva-veda. Translated by Maurice Bloomfield. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 42. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897.

Hymns of the Atharva-veda, The. Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffiths. 2 vols. Benares: E.J. Lazarus, 1895-6.

Hymns of the Rigveda, The. Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffiths. 4 vols. Benares: E.J. Lazarus, 1889-92.

Rigveda, The. Translated by Acharya Dharma Deva Vidya Martanda. 3 vols. Delhi: Sarvadehik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, 1974.

Rig Veda, The. Translated by Wendy D. O'Flaherty. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981.

Vedic Hymns. Part I. Translated by Max Muller. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 32. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1891.

Vedic Hymns. Part II. Translated by Hermann Oldenberg. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 46. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897.
 

Vishnu-Sutra

Institutes of Vishnu, The. Translated by Julius Jolly. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880.
 

Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali

Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali. Translated by J.H. Wood. Harvard Oriental Series, vol. 18. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1914.

Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali. Translated by Georg Feuerstein. Folkestone, Kent: Dawson, 1979.
 

Other Publications cited:

`Abdu'l-Bahá. Paris Talks. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1961.

--- Promulgation of Universal Peace, The. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982.

--- Secret of Divine Civilization, The. Translated by Laura C. Barney. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1957.

--- Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá. Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Translated by a Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre and by Marzieh Gail. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1978.

--- Some Answered Questions. Wilmette,Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1964.

Bahá'í World Faith. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1956

Bahá'u'lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Compiled and translated by Shoghi Effendi. London: Bahá'í Publishing, 1949.

--- Hidden Words. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1966.

--- Kitab-i-Iqan. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1961.

--- Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh. Compiled and translated by Shoghi Effendi. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1957.

--- Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys, The. Translated by Marzieh Gail), Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1978.

--- Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice and translated by Habib Taherzadeh with the assistance of a Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1978.

Balyuzi, H. M. Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. Oxford: George Ronald, 1980.

Bowker, John. Problems of Suffering in the Religions of the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970.

Family Life. A compilation issued by the Universal House of Justice. Oakham: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982.

Khianra, Dipchand. Immortals. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988.

Maitri, Sushil K. The Ethics of the Hindus. Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, 1925.

Morgan, Kenneth. Religion of the Hindus. New York: Ronald Press, 1953.

Munje, H.M. The Whole World is but One Family. Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980.

--- 1844 A.D. - The Pinpoint Target of All Faiths. Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Malaysia, 1982.

Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli. The Hindu View of Life. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1964

Richards, Glyn (ed.). A Source of Modern Hinduism. London: Curzon Press, 1985.

Shoghi Effendi. Advent of Divine Justice. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette, 1963.

--- God Passes By. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1965.

--- The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1955.

Tulsi Das. The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama. Translated by W. Douglas P. Hill. Calcutta: Oxford University Press, 1952.

Universal House of Justice. The Promise of World Peace. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1985.

Vivekananda, Swami. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 6th ed., 1956.

Women. A compilation issued by Universal House of Justice. Oakham: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1986.

Acknowledgements


      The author would like to express his gratitude to the following for reading the manuscript of this work and giving valuable suggestions: Phillip Smith, Geeta Gandhi Kingdon and Nalina Jiwnani.
       
       

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      Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith.
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      297.932
      ISBN 0-85398-299-6

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