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Love is My Form
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Sathya Sai Baba
Leela Kaivalya Vahini
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My Baba and I
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Monier-Williams, Sir M. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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The New American Standard Bible Update
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The NIV Study Bible
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Sathya Sai Baba
Prashanthi Vahini
PremV
Sathya Sai Baba
Prema Vahini
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Ramakatha Rasavahini [two volumes]
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Sathya Sai Speaks (Rev. & Enlarged Edn.)
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Sai Bhajana Mala
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Sathya Sai Baba
Summer Showers in Brindavan
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Sathya Sai Baba
Summer Roses on the Blue Mountains.
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Sathya Sai Speaks (First Edition)
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Sri Sathya Sai, Aanandadayi
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Bottu, Pedda
Sri Sathya Sai Vratha Kalpam
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Sathya Sai Vahini
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Saraf, Somnath (ed.)
Sai Vandana
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Sutra Vahini
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Aditya, Sudha
The Sai Incarnation
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Upanishad Vahini
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Vision of the Divine
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Vidya Vahini
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank all of my past and present lecturers and fellow students in
the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies at the University of Canterbury
for the many years of expert advice and/or friendly support that allowed me to ac-
quire much learning essential to this undertaking. My supervisors, Aditya Malik
and Paul Harrison, have especially, of course, contributed greatly to my approach
and ideas for this thesis. If I have fallen short of their high standards it is due to
my own incapacity rather than any lack on their part. I should also thank my ex-
ternal examiners for the feedback they provided on the version of this thesis that I
initially submitted (this is the second version, the thesis having been accepted on
condition that certain revisions were made); Rick Weiss in particular contributed
many detailed suggestions for me to follow up
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I should here also thank my parents for supporting me over the duration of my
studies. A number of other family members and close friends no doubt also de-
serve my gratitude—they know who they are and in what manner they have con-
tributed to my life over the last few years. I should also note that I could not have
undergone the course of study resulting in this thesis without financial support
from the New Zealand Government and the University of Canterbury—substantial
student fees are levied, but I recognise that my education has, nonetheless, been
greatly subsidised. I should further mention the excellent information-technology
and library facilities provided to me at low (or no) cost under their auspices.
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NB This said, my examiners required a substantial shortening of my thesis—much material in the
category “interesting but inessential” had to be omitted. Anyone who would like a copy of the ver-
sion that I initially submitted may contact me by email (address given on the final page below).
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Table of Figures
I have utilized images and quotations in this study based on my understanding of
New Zealand copyright laws (and analogues of this that I have come across in the
laws of other countries), which allow for reproduction of any work “for the pur-
poses of criticism or review”. Unless otherwise specified below, the copyright for
these images (if there is one) remains with the original copyright holder. Such
images should not be reproduced from the present work—they may only be repro-
duced from the original source, and only under such terms as are specified by the
original copyright holder. One image, Fig.16b is available for public use under the
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA-2.0).
Fig.1
p.16
Photograph taken by the author, November 2000.
Figs.2a,b,c,d&e
p.16
Photographs taken by the author, November 2000.
Fig.3a
p.17
http://www.askbaba.com [13-6-2002], specified as available
for public reproduction conditional upon inclusion of an ac-
knowledgement: “courtesy of http:/www.netnews.com” (cf.
http://www.sssbpt.org/images/Location_Puttarparthi.jpg [24-
8-2006])
Fig.3b
p.17
Modified from http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/cs-
ap.htm [4-9-2004] (no copyright information given at this
source)
Fig.4
p.30
Photograph of the author. Courtesy of Susanna Krishnamurti.
All rights reserved.
Fig.5
p.30
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/features/saibaba/images/2
005112300240112.jpg [5-3-2007]
Fig.6
p.55
Photograph taken on the author’s camera, August 2002, all
rights reserved.
Fig.7
p.86
http://sss.vn.ua/datta3.jpg [24-8-2006]
Fig.8
p.88
Scanned from Anon. (2000), p.40.
Fig.9
p.88
http://www.radiosai.org/Journals/01AUG31/
Memories/HisForm.htm [1-7-2005]
Fig.10
p.91
http://www.sssbpt.org/images/AtiRudra15/pages/
AR15_04.hm [24-8-2006]
Fig.11a
p.96
http://www.sathyasai.org/pictureinfo/perfectform/
perfectjpg/011.jpg [24-8-2006]
Fig.11b
p.96
http://www.saimandirusa.org/sai/shirdi.jpg [24-8-2006]