Indira Viswanathan Peterson

472 total citations
28 papers, 176 citations indexed

About

Indira Viswanathan Peterson is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Indira Viswanathan Peterson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 176 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 9 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Indira Viswanathan Peterson's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers) and Military History and Strategy (3 papers). Indira Viswanathan Peterson is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers) and Military History and Strategy (3 papers). Indira Viswanathan Peterson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Indira Viswanathan Peterson's co-authors include A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, Wang Gungwu, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Edwin Gerow, David Shulman, Kamil V. Zvelebil, John Carman, Vasudha Narayanan and George Michell and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of Asian Studies and Journal of the American Oriental Society.

In The Last Decade

Indira Viswanathan Peterson

22 papers receiving 130 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Indira Viswanathan Peterson United States 8 82 62 53 49 43 28 176
Edward C. Dimock United States 8 89 1.1× 70 1.1× 70 1.3× 60 1.2× 64 1.5× 31 210
Gerardus van der Leeuw Taiwan 3 31 0.4× 92 1.5× 24 0.5× 45 0.9× 20 0.5× 8 173
Philip Sidney 8 35 0.4× 48 0.8× 15 0.3× 33 0.7× 21 0.5× 27 300
John T. Shawcross United States 10 55 0.7× 47 0.8× 18 0.3× 25 0.5× 45 1.0× 75 304
Ananda K. Coomáraswámy 7 37 0.5× 35 0.6× 21 0.4× 22 0.4× 19 0.4× 44 139
C. A. Patrides United States 9 24 0.3× 55 0.9× 23 0.4× 60 1.2× 53 1.2× 46 314
Éric Sellin United States 6 38 0.5× 66 1.1× 31 0.6× 37 0.8× 33 0.8× 52 208
Daniel Javitch United States 8 44 0.5× 41 0.7× 18 0.3× 17 0.3× 18 0.4× 28 303
Claude Rawson United Kingdom 9 44 0.5× 46 0.7× 9 0.2× 39 0.8× 25 0.6× 65 230
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz United States 9 70 0.9× 59 1.0× 9 0.2× 33 0.7× 12 0.3× 27 152

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michell, George, et al.. (2011). The Great Temple at Thanjavur: One Thousand Years, 1010-2010. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (2008). Performing pasts : reinventing the arts in modern South India. Oxford University Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (2008). Tamil geographies : cultural constructions of space and place in South India. State University of New York Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
4.
Gerow, Edwin & Indira Viswanathan Peterson. (2004). Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic: The Kiratarjuniya of Bharavi. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 124(2). 387–387. 1 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (2004). Design and rhetoric in a Sanskrit court epic. SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System).
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (2003). Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic: The Kiratarjuniya of Bharavi. State University of New York Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (1999). The cabinet of King Serfoji of Tanjore: A European collection in early nineteenth-century India. Journal of the History of Collections. 11(1). 71–93. 3 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (1998). The Evolution of the Kuravañcidance Drama in Tamil Nadu: Negotiating the 'Folk' and the 'Classical' in the Bhārata Nātyam Canon. South Asia Research. 18(1). 39–72. 7 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman, & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (1995). Symbols of Substance: Court and State in Nayaka Period Tamilnadu.. The American Historical Review. 100(4). 1279–1279. 5 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (1992). For the Lord of the Animals, Poems from the Telugu: The Kāḷahastīśvara Śatakamu of Dhūrjạti. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 112(4). 658–658. 2 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan & Kamil V. Zvelebil. (1990). Two Tamil Folktales: The Story of King Mataṉakāma, the Story of the Peacock Rāvaṇa. Asian Folklore Studies. 49(2). 359–359. 1 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (1990). Poems to Śiva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints. Asian Folklore Studies. 49(2). 355–355. 5 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (1989). Poems to Siva. Princeton University Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (1988). U.S. Engineering with a Foreign Accent. Science News. 133(4). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan & A. K. Ramanujan. (1987). Poems of Love and War. From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 107(2). 351–351. 6 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (1986). Sanskrit in Carnatic music: The songs of Muttusvāmi Dīkita. Indo-Iranian Journal. 29(3). 183–199. 1 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (1985). Mahadevi Varma and the Chhayavad Age of Modern Hindi Poetry. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 105(1). 188–188. 2 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (1985). Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 105(2). 384–384.
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, et al.. (1984). Society and the Writer: Essays on Literature in Modern Asia. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 104(3). 608–608. 4 indexed citations
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Peterson, Indira Viswanathan. (1982). Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102(1). 69–69. 10 indexed citations

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