Overview
Availability
- Associate Professor Adam Bowles is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, La Trobe University
- Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
Research interests
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Sanskrit literature
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South Asian history and culture
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South Asian religious traditions
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism.
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Religious diversity in Queensland
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Mahābhārata
Works
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2023
Conference Publication
Before the Gītā: Battlefield, bhūmi, and the cosmographs of the Mahābhārata
Bowles, Adam (2023). Before the Gītā: Battlefield, bhūmi, and the cosmographs of the Mahābhārata. World Sanskrit Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 9-13 January 2023.
2022
Journal Article
On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context
Bowles, Adam (2022). On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context. Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 117 (1), 66-70. doi: 10.1515/olzg-2022-0025
2019
Book Chapter
The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata
Bowles, Adam (2019). The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata. Gṛhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture. (pp. 173-203) edited by Patrick Olivelle. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
2018
Book Chapter
The dasyu in the Mahābhārata
Bowles, Adam (2018). The dasyu in the Mahābhārata. The Churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: Proceedings of the Epics and Purāṇas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference. (pp. 155-172) edited by Simon Brodbeck, Adam Bowles and Alf Hiltebeitel. New Delhi: Dev Publishers & Distributors.
2018
Book Chapter
Law during emergencies: āpaddharma
Bowles, Adam (2018). Law during emergencies: āpaddharma. Hindu law: a new history of Dharmaśāstra. (pp. 245-256) edited by Patrick Olivelle and Donald R. Davis. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198702603.003.0020
2018
Book
The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference
Simon Brodbeck, Adam Bowles and Alf Hiltebeitel eds. (2018). The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference. New Delhi, India: Dev Publishers & Distributors.
2017
Book Chapter
The Mahābhārata and dharma
Bowles, Adam (2017). The Mahābhārata and dharma. Hinduism in India: The Early Period. (pp. 60-84) edited by Bailey, Greg. Delhi: Sage.
2016
Book Chapter
Reflections on the upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata
Bowles, Adam (2016). Reflections on the upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Argument and Design: The Unity of the Mahābhārata. (pp. 320-358) edited by Adluri, Vishwa and Bagchee, Joydeep. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004271494_012
2015
Journal Article
Dharma and ‘custom’: semantic persistence, semantic change and the anxieties of the principled few
Bowles, Adam (2015). Dharma and ‘custom’: semantic persistence, semantic change and the anxieties of the principled few. Religions of South Asia, 9 (2), 137-163. doi: 10.1558/rosa.v9i2.31072
2012
Journal Article
Historical traditions in Hindu texts
Bowles, Adam (2012). Historical traditions in Hindu texts. Oxford Bibliographies in Hinduism doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780195399318-0054
2012
Book
A history of state and religion in India
Copland, Ian, Mabbett, Ian, Roy, Asim, Brittlebank, Kate and Bowles, Adam (2012). A history of state and religion in India. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203126943
2010
Journal Article
Governance and religious conflict in the eighteenth century: Religion and the civil discourse of separateness in the Maratha polity
Bowles, Adam (2010). Governance and religious conflict in the eighteenth century: Religion and the civil discourse of separateness in the Maratha polity. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 33 (1), 61-74. doi: 10.1080/00856401003592479
2010
Journal Article
The failure of dharma
Bowles, Adam (2010). The failure of dharma. Seminar (New Delhi): the monthly symposium (608), 26-31.
2009
Book Chapter
Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’
Bowles, Adam (2009). Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’. Parallels and comparisons : proceedings of the Fourth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas, September 2005. (pp. 121-135) edited by Petteri Koskikallio. Croatia: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
2008
Other Outputs
Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96
Bowles, Adam (2008). Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press; JJC Foundation.
2007
Book
Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata
Bowles, Adam (2007). Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.
2006
Book
Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54
Bowles, Adam (2006). Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press; JJC Foundation.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Ashvaghosha and His World: Sanskrit Buddhist Poetry in 1st Century CE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond
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Doctor Philosophy
Great Goddess or Model Devotee? A Study of Radha in the Puranas
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
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Doctor Philosophy
A Reconsideration of Sufism and the Origins of Islam in the Indonesian Archipelago in the 15th and 16th Centuries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory
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Doctor Philosophy
The Kushüthara: a weaving study intesecting colour, pattern and socio-cultural relationships in the national dress in villages in north-east Bhutan.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Diana Young
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
South Asian Immigration and Religious Diversity in Queensland, 1975-present: the case of Greater Brisbane
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ryan Williams
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2024
Master Philosophy
Cultivated Wisdom, Knowledge, and Discerning Insight: A Study of Jnana in the Samkhya Textual Tradition
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joel Katzav
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Buddhist Nationalism in Sri Lanka: Engagement with the Global
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory
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2023
Master Philosophy
The Tamil way and the Hindu ecumene: community, identity, and devotion at a Ganesha temple in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Beyond the Solar Door : Yoga in the Mahabharata and its Vedic Antecedents
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Yudhisthira's Life as Religious Vocation: Soteriology in the Mahabharata
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The Majjhimanikaya sub-commentary (Majjhimanikaya Atthakatha Tika) in Sinhala script and its place in the commentarial tradition of Sri Lankan Buddhism
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Using the Unusual, Normalising the Non-Mundane: Didactic Uses of Wonder in the medieval Latin West, c. 1000¿1300
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond, Dr Beth Spacey
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Darkness & Light: A Myth Analysis of Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada's Early Discourse on Science
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tom Aechtner
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE GRAMOPHONE (c. 1900-1930): A SOCIO-CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY'S INDIAN RECORDING EXPEDITIONS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Robert Davidson
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Literary Representations of War and Warfare in Old Javanese Kakawin Poetry
Associate Advisor
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- Sanskrit literature
- South Asia - history, philosophy
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