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R.K. Panda |
Avenues in Sanskrit Literature |
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| The present volume is an important addition to the field of Indology. It contains thirty two essays on varied topics relating to Sanskrit and allied subject written by prominent scholars who are known for their valuable contribution and dedication. There are essays on Vedas, mythologies, epics, poetics, jurisprudence, grammar, Buddhism, manuscriptology and research methodology. The scholars have covered the main areas of Indological literature and have brought to light some significant points.... |
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Rana P.B. Singh |
Banaras, The Heritage City of India Geography, History, and Bibliography |
$50.99 $38.24 |
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| "This book describes various facets of geography, history and heritage of Varanasi, the heritage city of India, on/about which a vast historical literature is available. The section on Geography covers the general background of the topography, climate, soils, vegetation, and human landscape. The history section gives a general brief outline of history, from the ancient to the modern, including a chronological chart. The issue of inscribing the heritage scopes, especially of the riverfront... |
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Sri Aurobindo |
Bande Mataram |
$16.49 $12.37 |
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| Early political writings, most of them editorials and articles from Bande Mataram, a Calcutta daily edited by Sri Aurobindo from 1906 to 1908.
"During its brief but momentous existence", wrote Sri Aurobindo, Bande Mataram "changed the political thought of India". As its editor, his "first preoccupation was to declare openly for complete and absolute independence (from British rule) as the aim of political action in India and to insist on this persistently in the pages of the journal".... |
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H.L. Sharma |
Basic Principles of Natural & Medical Science in Vedas and Puranas |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| Contents:
Introduction
Prologue
Foreward
AcknowledgementAbbreviations
Alphabets Sanskrit
Part I- Developments of Natural Sciences in India
Historical Study of Natural Sciences in The Ancient India
Development and Tradition of Physics
Development and Tradition of Chemistry
Development and Tradition of Zoology
Development and Tradition of Botany
Development and Tradition of Medical Knowledge
Development and Tradition of Veterinary Sciences
Part II- Pre-Clinical... |
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M.M.R. Khan Afridi |
Basics of Faith Hunder Quran |
$224.49 $168.37 |
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| Holy Quran is the embodiment of Divine Revelations, made from time to time, over a period, spanning over 23 years to the Holy Prophet, Muhammad (Pbuh) by the Almighty, through the agency of the archangel, Gabriel (Jibraeel). Originally encrypted in the Arabic language, it has been translated into almost every language of the world. Alive miracle in itself, it deals with every aspect of human life, here and hereafter.
The Holy Quran is not merely a religious book; rather, an encyclopedia... |
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Richard Lannoy |
Benares A World within a World |
$42.49 $31.87 |
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| This book is the most inclusive presentation of Benraras city ever attempted. It is the fruit of a lifelong interest in Benaras from 1953 until the present day by an author well known for his unusual combination of reflective thought, scholarship and poetic sensibility. This book shows the metaphysical substructure of the city organized as a microcosm of the universe. Also the extremely ancient cults of the pillar and the sun-wheel survive and continue to underpin the society's ritual calendar... |
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Hananya Goodman |
Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| This book represents the first serious attempt by a group of eminent scholars of Judaic and Indian studies to take seriously the cross-cultural resonances among the Judaic and Hindu traditions. |
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Janet O'Shea |
Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage: At Home in the World |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| One of the most popular and widely performed dance styles in India and around the world, bharata natyam has made the transition from its beginnings in the temples and courts of southern India to a highly respected international dance practice. In this study of a classical dance form, author Janet O'Shea tracks the choreographic transformations that accompanied the transfer of bharata natyam to the urban concert stage in the 1930s and 1940s.
At Home in the World situates these changes within... |
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Tapasi De |
Bheema |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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| The story of little Bheema is a part of the great Indian epic, Mahabharata. He was the second among the Pandava brothers, and the strongest of all! The story of Bheema is full of captivating incidents, sometimes evoking laughter and sometimes astonishment. |
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Prem Prakash Pandey |
Bhojpuri Panktipavan Arts |
$96.49 $72.37 |
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| Folk art is the visual representation of folk culture and folk customs. As literature is the mirror of society, so is art the manifestation of its culture, Religious beliefs, myths, symbols and traditions, when reflected in the art of a society.
The documentation of such art is not only significant for preservation of our heritage, but also important from anthropological point of view for understanding of human values.This introductory monograph examines the folk arts of Bhojpuri Saryupareen... |
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Daniel Boucher |
Bodhisdattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Mahayana: A Study and Trans. of the Rastrapalapariprccha-sutra |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| Bodhisattvas of the Forest delves into the socio religious milieu of the authors, editors, and propagators of the Rastrapalapariprccha-sutra (Question of Rastrapala), a Buddhist text circulating in India during the first half of the first millennium C.E. In this meticulously researched study, Daniel Boucher first reflects upon the problems that plague historians of Mahayana Buddhism, whose previous efforts to comprehend the tradition have often ignored the social dynamics that motivated some of... |
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Claude Arpi |
Born in Sin: The Panchsheel Agreement |
$27.99 $20.99 |
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| The Sacrifice of Tibet: A hundred years ago a young British Colonel, Francis Younghusband entered the holy city of Lhasa and forced upon the Tibetans their first Agreement with the mighty British empire. In signing this treaty with the Crown, Tibet was acknowledged as a separate nation by the British. Ten years later, London called for a tripartite Conference in Simla to settle the issue: British India, Tibet and China sat together at a negotiation table for the first time.
The Simla... |
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Brief Sojourn |
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| Brief Sojourn is a fast moving account of Dr. Karan Singh’s seven months as Ambassador to the United States.
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Agrawal |
Bronze and Iron Ages in South Asia |
$162.99 $122.24 |
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| Recent years have witnessed a flurry of archaeological activity in India, Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, producing an enormous wealth of data and consequently making most of the general books on South Asian archaeology out of date. This encouraged the authors to attempt a balanced and holistic synthesis of the new evidences and research material. To do justice to the vast data, the project (Archaeology of South Asia) was planned in two volumes.
The story of humans from the beginning... |
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David E.R. George |
Buddhism as in Performance |
$16.67 $12.50 |
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| It explores the art and concept of performance in varied Buddhist traditions - Chinese, Japanese, Sri Lankan and others. It explains theatrical performances representing Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana cultures with extensive endnotes and bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Part I - The theory: Buddhism as performance
The epistemology of performance
Buddhist epistemology: the world as performance
Part II - The case studies: Buddhism in... |
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Vinay Kumar Gupta |
Buddhism in Mathura: A Detailed Study of Buddhist Tradition, Archaeology and Art |
$96.49 $72.37 |
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| The book is an attempt by the author to present the holistic view of Buddhist Mathura. This book explores all the literary references available about Mathura and nearby region in the ancient Buddhist literature. An attempt has been made by the author to identify those sites mentioned in the literature with the archaeological sited found during explorations. The author has also delved in the account of Chinese pilgrims Fa-hian and Hiuen-Tsang related with Mathura and has tried to verify those... |
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Lokesh Chandra |
Buddhism: Art and Values - A Collection of Research Papers and Keynote Addresses on the Evolution of Buddhist Art and Thought Across the Lands of Asia |
$112.99 $84.74 |
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| This volume explores the relation of Buddhism to Greek cosmology, its contacts with West Asia, and parallels top Christianity. The interpretation of Adibuddha as a theistic concept has been elucidated. Buddhist period of Classical Afghanistan, a new identification of the colossi of Bamiyan, and the 108 symbols on the feet of the Buddhas are the way on the physical and divine planes.
Several Khotanese panels, murals and icons have been identified anew on the basis of the six Annals of... |
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Suraj Vashishth |
Buddhist and Jain Period |
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| The culture of India was moulded throughout various eras of history, all the while absorbing customs, traditions, and ideas from both invaders and immigrants. Many cultural practices, languages, customs, and monuments are examples of this co-mingling over centuries. India was the birth place of religious systems such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, each of which have had a strong influence not only over India but also over the rest of the world.
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A.K. Sharma |
Buddhist Bronzes from Sirpur |
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| The book, Buddhist Bronzes from Sirpur is a detailed, well researched account of a hoard of bronze sculptures recovered during Sirpur excavation in 2005-2008. The recovery of this hoard along with raw material, crucibles and crucible stands from of Buddha Vihar located in Industrial area in the Capital of Dakshin-Kosala at Sirpur, on the bank of Mahanadi dispels the earlier held view that bronze were imported from Gujarat and Bihar. It is now established that in 7th-8th cent. A.D., during the... |
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Bimal Bandyopadhyay |
Buddhist Centres of Orissa |
$84.22 $63.17 |
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| Orissa has been the Cinderella of Indian archaeological exploration. For historical reasons the decision makers deterred the spade of the archaeologists. Nonetheless, the occasional foray into the field threw a flood of light on the hitherto hidden historical, religious and artistic traditions of the state. The excavation conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India from 1997 to 2000 at Udayagiri was epoch-making. It unearthed a grand monastery with magnificent shrines and unique... |
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T.W. Rhys Davids |
Buddhist India |
$22.49 $16.87 |
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| This book speaks about Buddhism, its inception and development. It deals mainly with how and under whose reign Buddhism became popular in towns and villages. Social grades have also been discussed in details. An attempt to reconstruct a picture of the economic conditions of that time has also been made. The writings of the Buddha's conversational discourses on the Silas, the development of the writing such as writing on copper plates, etc. were also given emphasis. Language and Literature, like... |
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Compiled by Mahendra & P. Mittal |
Buddhist Literature and Art |
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| The basic Buddhist literature grew up on Indian siol in Pali nad Sanskrit languages and has shaped the Intellectual climate of India in ancient times. Soon it spread out to other Asian countries and reformed their psyche. It will be a gigentic work to be undertaken by a team of scholars. The Buddhist art occupies a very significant position in the totality of Indian art traditions. The Buddhist art went outside India alongwith the spread of Buddhism and it assumed newer forms in the countries... |
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Samuel Beal |
Buddhist Records of the Western World |
$39.95 $29.96 |
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| Among the various travelogues, Hiuen Tsiang's Si-yu-ki or Records of the
Western World, is regarded to be the most valuable source-book for the study of
ancient Indian history. Si-yu-ki is not merely a travel-diary recording Hiuen
Tsiang's visit to various places in India and the places en route, but is also
an account of the conditions of India during the seventh century. This journey
was undertaken by Hiuen Tsiang primarily with a view to visiting the Buddhist
places of pilgrimage... |
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Devendara Handa |
Buddhist Remains from Haryana |
$84.22 $63.17 |
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| Buddhist Remains from Haryana is based on the first-hand study of the Buddhist remains, mostly lying unnoticed at various places and in museums and private collections. It has taken years of study and fieldwork to dig up the literary and archaeological data to prepare this monograph which brings to light many stupas, pillars, sculptures, terracottas and other antiquities from the region of Haryana showing clearly that Buddhism continued to live here even after it was wiped off from the... |
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Nalinksha Dutt |
Buddhist Sects in India |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| This extraordinary book is the only authentic document of its kind. Beginning with a detailed and lucid exposition of the political background of India from Ajatasatru to Mahapadma nanda, it goes on to trace the sources of the Second Buddhist Council, to locate with unerring exactitude the disruptive forces in the Sangha and, in the fourth chapter, to classify the Sects. In the chapters that follow, the learned author deals with the Mahasanghikas, doctrines of Group II-V Schools. In every... |
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