John Grimes

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	India
Title	Ph.D
Affiliation	Kodaikanal International School
Email	johng@kis.ernet.in
Mailing Address	Department of Religion Kodaikanal International School PO Box 25, Bartlett Annex Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu 624 101 INDIA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 91-4542-246122 fax: 91-4542241109/10
Websites	http://www.msu.edu/~grimesj/
Education	BA in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. MA & PhD in Indian Religion and Philosophy from the University of Madras.
Research Interests	Speciality is Hinduism in general and especially Advaita Vedanta with a particular interest in Sureshvara. Classical Indian philosophy; Ganesha; Ramayana; Hari Katha; Religious Language; Ancient Indian Education (Gurukula); and the Vivekacudamani / Crest Jewel of Discrimination of Shankaracharya.
Publications	Vivekacudamani: Crown Jewel of Discrimination (Ashgate & Motilal Banarsidass) Ganapati: Song of the Self (SUNY & Satguru Publications) Problems and Perspectives in Religious Discourse (SUNY) A Concise Sanskrit-English Dictionary of Indian Philosophy. 2nd ed (SUNY) Quest for Certainty: A Comparative Study of Heidegger and Sankara (Lang) Naiskarmyasiddhi of Sureshvara (Satguru Publications) Seven Great Untenables; Saptavidha Anupapatti (Motilal Banarsidass) An Advaita Vedanta Perspective on Language (Indian Books Centre)
Keywords	Hinduism ; Advaita Vedanta ; Sureshvara ; Ganesha ; Ramayana ; Hari Katha ; Gurukula ; Vivekacudaman