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Filippo De Filippi |
The Italian Expedition to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Easteran Turkestan (1913-14) |
$91.67 $68.75 |
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| First edition in English, with revisions and anadditional chapters in which are summed up the general results of the expidition in the various fields of research. The expidition crossed India,Baltistan, Ladakh,and Russian Turkestan. There are still a Number of remote ranges which have never been traversed since expedition. |
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U.Myo Min (Ed.) |
Ten Suttas from Digha Nikaya-Long Discourses of the Buddha |
$41.67 $31.25 |
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U Ko Lay |
Manual of Vipassana Meditation |
$17.99 $13.49 |
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| This book throws light on the scientific aspect of the Buddha's Teaching. His teaching is explained with the help of the three important suttas-- the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta, Anattalakhanasutta and the Mahasatipatthanasutta. |
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U Ko Lay |
Essence of Tipitaka |
$8.49 $6.37 |
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| This book is a good beginning book to understanding the parts, structure, and meanings of the Tipitaka. Tipitaka is the Pali word meaning "Three Baskets" used to describe the body of discourses and teachings (in three categories) credited to Siddhartha Gotama, or the historical Buddha. It is also called the Pali Canon. Specialized monks memorized his stories and discourses for centuries before coming together to put them into one body of work. A descriptive overview is given for each... |
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Piparaiya |
Ten Upanishads of Four Vedas |
$124.99 $93.74 |
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| Upanishads are a record of human mind's earliest contemplative flights to the Unknown. Many of the anonymous seekers preceded great Masters and Prophets like Lao-Tzu, Confucius, Socrates, Zoroaster, Buddha, Mahavira, Abraham and Jesus, by at least a few centuries. Upanishads are ahead of even modern times. Physicist's concept of Ultimate Reality has progressed from atoms to sub-atomic particles to vibrating strings; and search for a Theory of Everything continues. Upanishads declare that... |
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Richard Gordon |
Quantum Touch |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| Quantum-Touch represents a major breakthrough in the art of hands-on healing. Whether you are a complete novice, a professional chiropractor, physical therapist, body worker, healer, or other health professional, Quantum-Touch allows you a dimension of power in your work that heretofore has not seemed possible. This book clearly teaches you to use special breathing and body focusing techniques to raise your energy level so high that with a light touch, you can see postural... |
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Alex Wayman, George Elder |
Buddhist Insight |
$59.49 $44.62 |
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| The present volume selcts twenty-four of Prof. Wayman's published research papers around the topic of Buddhist Insight, and includes only strong, well developed papers consistent with the topic. Students of Buddhism and general Indian religion will find here a rich offering of genuine research with the best of sources and Wayman's own thoughtful presentations and original organization of the information. The papers begin with "Buddha as Savior" among the latest and end with the... |
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Gayatri Devi Vasudev |
The Art of Matching Charts |
$32.99 $24.74 |
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| This book is a complete and comprehensive guide to the intricate art of matching charts. Nowhere in the world except, perhaps, in India have marriages survived lifelong for generations. This is solely because marriages are made on astrological factors. For the first time ever, this book tells you what actually constitutes matching of charts and how to go about it. Matching of charts for marriage is a very important area of astrology. Matching becomes indispensable if we realise... |
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Lex Hixon |
Meetings with Ramakrishna |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| Meetings with Ramakrishna is a dramatic retelling for contemporary Westerners, of a series of encounters with the great Bengali sage Ramakrishna (1836-1886), who proclaimed the oneness of all religions and the worship of the blissful Divine Mother. By turn playful, brilliant, tender and visionary, Ramakrishna offers practical instruction, inspiration and thrilling glimpses into his state of spiritual intoxication as he meets with devotees and visitors in his room beside the holy river... |
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Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty |
Traditional Water Mangament System of India |
$80.49 $60.37 |
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| The book is based on seminar proceedings on Traditional Water Management Systems organized by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal and held in four components, at Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Pune and Bhandara. Apart from presenting history of water management in India from ancient to contemporary times, this book brings out managerial, legal and financial problems which stand in the way of recycling of local water harvesting structures. Simple techniques of conserving water, farmer... |
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S.R. Bhatt |
Vedic Wisdom, Cultural Inheritance and Contemporary Life |
$14.95 $11.21 |
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| The book contains papers pertaining to the Vedic wisdom and Indian culture both in classical and contemporary contexts. It is an outcome of the study of classical literature with a positive and constructive mind. At places, it is a creative interpretation and reconstruction of the traditional ideas with a view to restoring their pristine purity and removing the contamination they have suffered from perverting influences due to travesty of history.
But for all these exercises there is... |
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Tony Nader |
Human Physiology - Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature |
$281.49 $211.12 |
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| A textbook of life for everyone. Modern Science and Ancient Vedic Science discover the fabrics of immortality in the human physiology. 'Here is the first and final disclosure of knowledge that presents every human being as the embodiment of the total creative process in Nature and renders human life as a field of all possibilities. This offers mastery over Natural Law to everyone and perfection to every nation--Heaven on Earth.' - Maharishi From the Publisher:Comments from Drs. Mousumi and... |
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Edward Conze |
The Buddha's Law Among the Birds |
$8.20 $6.15 |
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| In the Buddhist religion, the Dharma concept of the
Buddha is not confined to men, but is taught to all kinds of beings, including
ghosts and animals. According to a legend Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of
Mercy, had taken among the birds the form of a cuckoo - an animal which
recommends itself to the Buddhist mind by its attitude to family life.
Probable, no more than three centuries ago, an unknown
Lama wrote a charming book describing how the birds of the Himalayas met under... |
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Dr S B Majumdar |
Symbiosis: Biography of an Idea |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| During the last three decades, which saw the world move into a new millennium, the term ‘symbiosis’ has effortlessly moved from the hallowed preserves of the natural scientists into the joyous world of aspiring fresh-faced youngsters. To eager-eyed young men and women, Symbiosis means a passport to a secure and happy future. The meaning living together for each others’ well-being has risen to a different, and arguably a higher and more humane level – working together to make the lives... |
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Rudrangshu Mukherjee |
India Then and Now |
$149.00 $111.75 |
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| India lives in many centuries. Discover the majesty and sweep of India's rich cultural and historical heritage, replete with the people, events and places that have contributed the chequered mosaic of India's past. Featured in this exquisite book, India Then and Now gives rare and never-before-seen vintage photographs from some of the finest collections across the world. The vibrant and ever-changing cultural landscape of contemporary India is also featured in a series of photographs,... |
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K.P. Aleaz/Nehemiah Nilkantha Sastri Goreh |
Christian Responses to Indian Philosophy |
$36.49 $27.37 |
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| A study of various Christian interactions with the six classical schools of Indian philosophy. K. M. Banerjea's and Nehemiah Goreh's studies of Indian philosophy are first discussed. A. J. Appasamy's interaction with Ramanuja's thought, Ignatius Puthiadam's work on Madhvacharya, John Vattanky's study of Navyanyaya and Francis X. D'Sa's work on Mimamsa are also discussed in various chapters as are Dhvani, Yoga and pramanas. First writtena an published as early as 1862, this work, originally... |
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Jyoti Prasad Jain |
Jaina Sources of the History of Ancient India |
$23.99 $17.99 |
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| The contribution of the Jaina sources to the making of the history of our great nation, during the epoch-making millennium of 100 BC to AD 900, is of vital importance. But it has only lacked proper research and application.
This book presents a brief survey of the more important sources, particularly literary ones, and a discussion of certain fundamental problems such as the dates of Mahavira and of the beginning of the Earlier Saka, Vikrama, and Saka eras, as well as the dates of important... |
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R. Balasubramaniam |
The World Heritage Complex of The Qutub |
$115.49 $86.62 |
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| The World Heritage Complex of the Qutub in New Delhi is home to several magnificent monuments that are classic examples of early Muslim architecture in India. The complete history and engineering of the archaeological structures at this site are explained in the present volume. The history of Delhi and the evolution of Indo-Islamic architecture is introduced briefly. The Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, the famous 1600-year old Gupta-period corrosion resistant Iron Pillar located in its courtyard and... |
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Deo Prakash Sharma |
Early Harappans and Indus-Sarasvati Civilization |
$288.49 $216.37 |
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| According to a scholar the Harappan Civilization is the gift of two rivers - the Indus and Sarasvati whose tributaries had played a dominant and decisive role in the origin of this bronze civilization. As of now around 2658 Harappan and its associated sites have been reported, of which 1058 sites are located in the dried-up bank of the Sarasvati river. The Sarasvati was a mighty river between ca. 5000 and 1800 B.C. Around ca. 1800 B.C., due to neo-tectonic movements in the Himalayas, the... |
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V.P.K. Nambiar (ed.) |
Indian Medicinal Plants: A Compendium of 500 Species (Volume 2) |
$44.49 $33.37 |
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| Ayurveda, with its base in medicinal plants and its origins in ancient Indian history, is recognised as one of the major systems of alternative and complementary medicine. Of particular significance has been the fact that the therapeutic values cited in the ancient texts and the oral tradition have been subject to continuous interpretation and consolidation by scholars in the field. The concerns of medical botany, horticulture and the industry associated with these which have focused on the... |
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Koko Singh |
Driving holidays in the Himalayas Himachal |
$30.99 $23.24 |
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| The breezy style of Driving Holidays in the Himalayas, encompassing potted histories, insights into culture and customs, not to mention suggestions of where to take picnic breaks en route, makes for an enjoyable read.
This book includes:
• Detailed itineraries with costs • Driving maps for all sectors and a large state foldout map • Recommendations for accommodation and food • An expert’s guide to trekking • Discount coupons for meals at leading hotels and restaurants... |
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Chai-Shin Yu |
Early Buddhism and Christianity |
$16.39 $12.29 |
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| This is a scholarly book on the first hundred years of the institutional aspect of the Buddhist religion. In the book the author has concentrated on the development of Buddhism as it applied to the monastic community as well as the lay people, dispelling the notion that Buddhism was only a philosophical system concerned with an independent quest by a few toward nirvana. Although there are a number of books in the market dealing with the doctrinal aspects of the religion, there are few that deal... |
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Choong Mun-Keat |
The Notion of Emptiness in Early Buddhism |
$10.83 $8.13 |
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| This book investingates the teachings of emptiness in early Buddhism, as recorded in the Pali and Chinese version of the early Buddhist canon. In general, the findig is that these two version,although differently worded, record in common that the teaching of the historical Buddha as connected with emptiness. The general reader, with little or no prior knowledge of Buddhism, can discover in this book how early Buddhism provides a vision and a method to help in overcoming the ills of the... |
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C.R. Swaminathan, Ed. & Tr. |
The Krsnagiti of Manaveda |
$36.11 $27.08 |
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| The Krsnagiti is a lyrical and devotional poem composed by Manaveda, Zamorin of Kozhikode (17th cent. A.D.). the powm composed in Sanskrit celebrates the life of Krsna from his incarnation to his ascent to Heaven. Composed in eight parts and perhaps modelled on Jayadeva`s Gitagovinda and written in the form of a monologue addressed to Krsna the poem in suffused with the sentiment of spiritual devotion (bhakti). It enumerates the story of the Lord and eulogises His lilas on the earth.
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Ajay Mitra Shastri |
Inscriptions of the Sarabhapuriyas Panudvamsins and Somavamsins (2 Pts.) |
$41.67 $31.25 |
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| This work is a product of the Inscriptions of India Programme of the Indian Council of Historical Research undertaken with a view to making inscriptions dating from circa sixth to fourteenth century a.d. available in handy volumes. Part I studies the inscriptions of the Sarabhapuriyas, Panduvamsins and Somavamsins who played a major role in shaping the destinies of the Chhattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh (Kosala) and the adjoining region of Orissa from about the sixth to the early twelfth... |
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