Databases
General reference sources
Instead of Wikipedia, try these databases:
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Brill's Encyclopedia of HinduismBrill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism presents the latest research on all the main aspects of the Hindu traditions.
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"Hinduism" (volume 1) - Norton anthology of world religionsEdited by Wendy Doniger.
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Britannica Academic: HinduismWant something like Wikipedia, but maybe a little more...reliable? This is the place to go.
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Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit resourcesIncludes links to digital and paper dictionaries, and collections of digitized texts.
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RISA-l (Religions in South Asia)Email list discussing religions in South Asia, including Hinduism.
Special Collections
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Sanskritists' archivesIncludes the archives of Dwight Whitney, Franklin Edgerton, and Edward Salisbury.
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Mahatma Gandhi special collectionsIncludes information about Gandhi in collections across campus.
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"Indic" collection (Beinecke)Not in Orbis. Includes about 50 books and pamphlets in various South Asian languages. Includes Sanskrit manuscripts, and palm leaf manuscripts from Sri Lanka written in both Sinhala and Tamil scripts.
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Mahabharat24 videocassettes. Recording from the 1980s, from the Indo-American Video Corporation.
Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG)
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Mughal-era manuscript illustrations (YUAG)From the Katherine Ordway Collection. Includes multiple manuscript illustrations of Radha and Krishna; and Siva and Saivite devotees.
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Manuscript illustrations from the Bhagavata Purana (YUAG)Includes twelve illustrations from the Bhagavata Purana.
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Ragamala illustrations (YUAG)A collection of illustrations from a Ragamala
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Gita Govinda illustration series (YUAG)Illustrations from a Gita Govinda.
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Paintings and sculptures of Vishnu (YUAG)Dates range from the 8th-18th centuries.
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Sculpture of Kubera and Riddhi (YUAG)10th century; sandstone.