| Passions of the Tongue |
| Acknowledgments |
| Note on Transliteration |
 | Preface |
| 1. Introduction |
| 2. One Language, Many Imaginings |
| 3. Feminizing Language |
| 4. Laboring for Language |
 | 5. To Die For |
| • | The Woman Devotee |
| • | The Missionary Devotee |
| • | The Brahman Devotee |
| • | The Poet Devotee |
| • | The Scholar Devotee |
| • | The Devotee as Publicist |
| • | The Devotee as Patron |
| • | The Warrior Devotee |
| • | The Devotee as Martyr |
| • | The Anti Devotee |
| • | Notes |
| 6. Conclusion |
| Abbreviations |
| Plates |
| References |