Bourgeouis Hinduism, or Faith of the Modern Vedantists: Rare Discourses from Early Colonial Bengal

Bourgeouis Hinduism, or Faith of the Modern Vedantists: Rare Discourses from Early Colonial Bengal

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-240

  Hatcher, Brian A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aksayumara Datta; Calcutta; Colonial India; Debendranth Tagore; Hindu spirituality; Inullvaracandra Gupta; Inullvaracandra Vidyasagara; Rammohan Roy; Sabhyadiger vaktr dot below t ; Tattvabodhini Sabh

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EID: 84921543140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326086.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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