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Vasudha Narayanan is Distinguished Professor, Department of Religion, at the University of Florida and a past President of the American Academy of Religion. She is the author or editor of seven books, the associate editor of the six-volume Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism, and has written numerous articles and chapters in books. Her research has been supported by grants and fellowships from several organizations including the Centre for Khmer Studies, the American Council of Learned Societies, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Institute of Indian Studies/ Smithsonian, and the Social Science Research Council.