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Anita Sharma |
The Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir: Navigating through Nomadism |
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| Sedentary patterns of living are often termed as ‘civilized’, yet, in semi-arid regions, pastoral nomadism remains an efficient subsistence-base. While seven percent of India is nomadic, a majority have little access to development programs. Research across continents reveals that the success of such initiatives among nomads is contingent upon their sensitivity to a mobile lifestyle.
The personal Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir herd goat and sheep and are a subset of the buffalo-herding... |
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Anneke Huyer |
Singing Bowl Exercises for Personal Harmony |
$9.72 $7.29 |
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| This book explains the symbolism of the bowls and beaters, how their metal corresponds to the planets, and how planetary energies, reflected in the frequencies of certain bowls, can be harnessed for personal transformation. |
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Appukuttan Nair |
Kathakali: The Art of the non-worldly |
$176.49 $132.37 |
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| Kathakali is probably the most fascinating traditional performing art from in India's rich cultural pageant. The special edition explores this uniquely interpretative dance governed by dramatic dynamics, including an elaborately defined code of body kinetics, which combine with beautifully eloquent gestural representation.
Comprehensively detailed by renowned scholars and artistes are such absorbing stage aspects as the typically stylized make-up, extravagant costumes, and the intricate... |
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Arputharani Sengupta |
Kailasanatha Temple |
$189.49 $142.12 |
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| The new cultural study looks at intersection of Hellenistic and Egyptian-Lycian art forms in the religious sphere of dynastic India that was ushered by Buddhist Cult during the early Christian era. While specifying uniqueness of Indian culture it looks for external parallels and attempts to define the archaeological and cultural affiliation observed in terms of history of art forms in their cultural context. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrounds... |
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Arthur A. Macdonell |
A History of Sanskrit Literature |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| Among all the ancient literatures, that of India is... undoubtedly in intrinsic value and aesthetic merit second only to that of Greece. The work presents a complete history of Sanskrit literature in a condensed and succinct form. It embodies a general study of the Vedic, Epic, Puranic, Classical and Philosophical Literature. It sheds light on the life and thought of Ancient and Medieval India as reflected in the literary productions of those periods.
Sanskrit was considered the language... |
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Arun Apte |
Music And Sahaja Yoga |
$93.99 $70.49 |
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| "Indian music is considered sublime and has a very vast and rich
tradition. Whilst music is bliss, Sahaj music is divine bliss.
This book is useful for the student and lover of Indian music who is familiar with the English language.
In the music section, the theory of Music, its historical survey, various styles, Naad, Shruti, Swar, Ragas, Rules of Ragas, Music and Ras, Taal-Matra are explained in a very humourous and anecdotal style.
The second part explains beautifully the... |
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Aruna |
Orchha Paintings |
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| In the history of Central Indian Art, the wall-paintings of Orchha occupy a unique position. The artists, under the patronage of Kings, adopted long-lasting techniques in the creation of murals, depicting values dear to them based on the Vedas, the Epics – the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the various Puranas etc. These Paintings and murals have not received due exposure, prominence and importance from the viewpoint of cultural study. The present work is an attempt to fill this gap.
The... |
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Arundhati banerji |
Hari Smriti - Studies on Art Archaeology and Indology (2 Vols) |
$307.99 $230.99 |
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| This collection of sixty-one papers contributed by the scholars from India and abroad is in memory of Dr. H Sarkar who retired as Jt. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. He is very well known for his invaluable contribution to the field of archaeology. The papers included herein are the outcome of researches done on art, architecture, iconography, epigraphy, numismatic, archaeological explorations and excavations, antiquities and museums, conservation and heritage management... |
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Ashok Roy |
Music Makers : Living Legends of Indian Classical Music |
$62.49 $46.87 |
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| Contents:
Amjad Ali Khan
Bhimsen Joshi
Bismillah Khan
Gangubai Hangal
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Jasraj
Kishan Maharaj
Kishori Amonkar
Lalgudi Jayaraman
M. Balamuralikrishna
M.S. Subbulakshmi
N. Rajam
N. Ramani
Ram Narayan
Ravi Shankar
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Shiv Kumar Sharma
T.H. Vinayakram
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
Zakir Hussain
Zia Fariduddin Dagar.
While music cannot be captured on paper, one can however make an attempt to project its essence or... |
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Ashoka K. Mishra |
Ancient Indian Metallurgy |
$96.49 $72.37 |
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| Metallurgy is an interdisciplinary subject consisting of geology, mining physics, chemistry and other applied offshoots of science. Currently its technological advancement is theory based application while contrary to it in ancient times it was empirical one (based on experiments and observations). This empirical based metallurgical advancement of ancient India was in no way inferior to the theory based advancement modern times.
The core of this book is to explain limpidly the theoretical... |
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Asoka K. Ganguli |
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: An Adventure of Consciousness |
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| Savitri, the epic of the future, stands on "Sri Aurobindo's new concept of poetry and his Overmind aesthesis".
From the 'Apologia':
The present volume deals with Sri Aurobindo's new concept of poetry of the future - its 'laws' of composition and the new aesthesis. It also deals with the form, design and structure and technique of Savitri along with its thematic scheme. The purpose is to provide a foothold that the readers might require to have some sort of understanding of Savitri as an epic... |
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Aurobindo |
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol |
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| Savitri is Sri Aurobindo's revelatory mantric epic poem. The Mother has referred to it as "the supreme revelation of Sri Aurobindo's vision". The writing of Savitri extended over much of the later part of Sri Aurobindo's life. The first known manuscript dates from 1916. By around 1930 he had begun to turn it into an epic with a larger scope and deeper significance. Transformed into 'A Legend and a Symbol' Savitri became his major literary work which he continued to expand and perfect until his... |
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Avanthi Meduri (Ed.) |
Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904-1986) : A Visionary Architect of Indian Culture and the Performing Arts |
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| Contents:
Introduction: a critical overview/Avanthi Meduri
A dream run: the story of the Rukmini Devi travelling exhibition/S. Sathyamoorthy
Rukmini Devi as a teacher, guide and mother/Kapila Vatsyayan
Rukmini Devi as a theosophist/Radha Burnier
Rukmini Devi and animal welfare/Chinny Krishna and Maneka Gandhi
Rukmini Devi: the divine dancer/R. Nagaswamy
Rukmini Devi and the vegetarian village/N. Mahalingam
Rukmini Devi: the educator/Sarada Hoffman
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Aviniash C. Pandeya |
The Art of Kathakali |
$28.99 $21.74 |
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B Devkinandan Khatri |
Chandrakanta: Translation of a Hindi Classic by Pankaj Bhan |
$4.99 $3.74 |
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| A masterpiece entertainer, it created history when it first appeared in Hindi in 1888. Has gone into over fifty edition ever since. |
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B. Niranjan Babu |
Handbook of Vastu |
$11.49 $8.62 |
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B. S. Harishankar |
Art and Arcchaeology of India |
$38.89 $29.17 |
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| Table of Contents:
Preface/S.P. Gupta
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Introduction
The early fossil hominds and related apes of siwalik foothills of the Himalayas (stages of pre-human evolution)/A.P. Khatri
Hominid fossils (stages of human evolution)/V.N. Misra
The pleistocene mammalian fossils of the Narmada River Valley and their horizons/A.P. Khatri
Looking at Indian art history/A.Model and S.P Gupta
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Palaeolithic period or old stone age
Neolithic period or new stone age
The Indus-Saraswati... |
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B.B. Puri |
Vastu Science for 21st Century |
$28.49 $21.37 |
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| Vastu Shastra is not merely an art but a definite science in itself. This book has made an excellent effort to establish this fact. The book attempts to highlight the principles of Vastu science and its application in designing of built enviroment to enhance the quality of life. This science is still relevant and effective in the modern life changing styles of Architecture with universal application of its principles. The author has tried to justify that Vastu principles are much in need in the... |
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B.C. Bhattacharya, Ed. |
Jain Iconography |
$16.67 $12.50 |
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B.K. Dalai |
Studies in Indian Linguistics |
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| The volume tries to present a comparison and competition of the Indian contribution to the scientific study of language for last 2500 years or more, with the modern learning on the subject. This bringing together of tradition and modernity should enable the traditional learning to present her in modern terms and gain vitality and strength to appear with youthfulness. Further it attempts to highlight the importance of the study of traditional grammar and the linguistics principles... |
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B.K.S. Iyengar |
The Art of Yoga |
$49.49 $37.12 |
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| Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul is art. In this way art elevates the artist. As Yoga fulfills the essential need of art, it is an art. This book highlights the artistic interpretation of the postures.In ‘the Art of Yoga’ BKS Iyengar, world renowned for his study, practice and teaching of Yoga, now turns his attention to the artistic interpretation of body, mind and soul through Yoga. The book highlights the artistic... |
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B.N.K. Sharma |
History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its Literature |
$49.72 $37.29 |
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| This study offers a panoramic view of the creative, expository, interpretive, dialectic, polemical, didactic and devotional phases of Dvaita philosophy, and its literature with a clear chronological setting of literary, historical and epigraphic materials.
Written in lucid style it presents a vigorous and sparkling historical exposition of the mighty currents of Realistic Theism, originating in the Vedic and post-Vedic sources of Madhva philosophy finding their culmination in the Dvaita... |
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B.R. Mani (ed.) |
Expressions in Indian Art: Essays in Memory of Shri M.C. Joshi (In 2 Volumes) |
$352.99 $264.74 |
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| Expressions in Indian Art contains essays on art and architecture. Seventy-five articles in the volume cover various aspects of Indian art and architecture through the ages. Famous centers of art and architecture dealt with are Mohenjo-dara, Harappa, Chanhu-dara, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Banavali, Lothal, Amravati, Sanchi, Sanghol, Mathura, Sarnath, Deogarh, Ratnagiri, Lalitgiri, Mahasthan, Bangarh, Khajuraho, Bhubneswar, Kanchipuram, Badami, Ajanta, Udaipur, Sirpur, Modhera, Ramgarh,... |
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Badar Jahan |
Abstraction in Indian Painting: Post Independence Era |
$121.99 $91.49 |
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| The presence of Abstraction in Indian Contemporary Art has been intensely debated throughout the post independence era. It was in late 1940's that Bombay Progressive Group, Calcutta Group, Group 1890, Cholamandal Artists Group, Baroda Group and later some individuals exuded new ethos towards abstraction. There have also been artists like V.S. Gaitonde, Jeram Patel, Nasreen Mohammedi and S.H. Raza, who have been totally devoted to the non-representational art.
This book... |
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Bal Ram Singh |
Origin of Indian Civilization |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| India's civilization has had a long existence that is documented in a huge amount and variety of literature, its scientific advancements over the centuries, its continuing cultural practices and preservation of art and music. This volume comprises papers that explore various aspects relating to the origin and ancientness of the Indian civilization. Scholars here present diverse perspectives to delve into the contentions and controversies that surround questions such as the one concerning the... |
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