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Textual Studies
Historical Studies
Themes in the Study of Religion
Veda and Upanishads

Atharvashiras-Upanishad: Historical Study, Critical Edition, and Translation

(
monograph
forthcoming)

The Nīlarudropanisad and the Paippalādasamhitā: A Critical Edition of the Upanisad and Nārāyana's Dīpikā
In: The Atharvaveda and its Paippalāda Sākhā: Historical and Philological Papers on a Vedic Tradition, edited by Arlo Griffiths and Annette Schmiedchen (Geisteskultur Indiens. Texte und Studien.11. = Studia Indologica Universitatis Halensis) (Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2007), pp. 81-139.
 
Vratá Divine and Human in the Early Veda 
JAOS 121[4], 2001, pp.
377-408.

Ritual and Dharma Literature

A Critical Edition, Translation, and Study of the Baudhâyana-Grhya-Sûtra
Monograph in preparation.

Towards a New Edition of Baudhâyana-Grhya-Sûtra  
In: Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, Helsinki, edited by Asko Parpola (New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, in press.

Image and Temple in the Late Vedic Ritual Codes
In panel on "Invoking the Veda in the Worship of Siva and Visnu,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Washington, 18-21 November 2006.
 

IFP-Affiliated Project (Begun in 2003-2005 with Fulbright and NEH support)
Brahmin Authority and Patronage in Ancient India:
Creation of a Trans-Regional Elite Culture

The Transmission, Patronage, and Prestige of Brahmanical Piety from the Mauryas to the Guptas

In: Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia, edited by F. Squarcini (Firenze U.P., 2005), pp. 77-103.

2001 AAS Panel

Transregional Culture-Building in Premodern and Early Modern Asia
Pravargya rite (1992)
Ahitagni
Ranganath 
Selukar 
Maharaj

Hindu Law

Law and Hinduism:
An Introduction

Edited by Timothy Lubin, Jayanth Krishnan, and Donald R. Davis, Jr. (Cambridge U. P., to appear in 2009).

Punishment and Expiation: Secular and Religious Forms of Correction in Hindu Law
In panel on "Dharma and the Śāstras: The `Religious' and the `Secular' in Hindu Scholasticism," Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, 12-22 November 2005.

Punishment and Expiation: Overlapping Domains in Brahmanical Law
Indologica Taurinensia 33, 2007, pp. 93-122.

The Elusive Snātaka
In: Essays for Patrick Olivelle, edited by Stephen Lindquist (Firenze U. P., in press).

 

Ritual Studies
 
Veda on Parade: Revivalist Ritual as Civic Spectacle
JAAR 69[2], 2001, pp. 377-408.

Asceticism

The Householder Ascetic and the Uses of Self-Discipline
In: Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia, edited by Peter Flügel and Gustaaf Houtman (Routledge, 2009).
 
The Uses of Asceticism: Ritual and Rules of Discipline in Early Hinduism 
Book project in preparation.

Sainthood / Religious Revival

Science, Patriotism, and Mother Veda: Ritual Activism in Maharashtra
IJHS
5[3], 2001, pp. 81-105.

Comparative Hermeneutics

The Virtuosic Exegesis of the Brahmavadin and the Rabbi
Numen 49, 2002, pp. 427-259.

Brāhmana as Commentary
In:
Forms and Uses of the Commentary in the Indian World, edited by F. Grimal (Institut franēais de Pondichéry, in press.)

Religion, Status, and Identity

Arya Status and the Propagation of Brahmanical Authority in Classical India

Paper for the 31st Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, 10-13 Oct. 2002, in the panel "The Aryas in South Asian History."

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