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Benjamin J Israel |
The Jews of India |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| Though many may be aware of this. India has had resident Jewish communities for more than a millennium. Regular visits by Jewish merchants and sailors from West Asia go back two millennia and more. This book tells the story of the three strands of Indian Jews--the ancient Bene Israel and Cochini Jewish communities and the more recent (18th-20th century) community of West-India Jews, the 'Baghdadis', their inter-relations and interactions, both among themselves and with the Hindu and Muslim... |
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Benoy K. Behl |
Northern Frontiers of Buddhism |
$90.49 $67.87 |
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| Buddhist Heritage of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kalmykia, Tibet, China, Mongolia and SiberiaOne of the seeming miracles in the story of man is the spread of ideas, across the barriers of formidable mountains, vast oceans and national boundaries. The warm acceptance of concepts from distant lands goes to underline the deep similarity of human nature and aspirations everywhere. One of the greatest examples of the dissemination of philosophic and artistic ideas is the spread of Buddhism from the... |
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Benoytosh Bhattacharyya |
The Indian buddhist Iconnography |
$141.49 $106.12 |
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| This volume is an attempt to present a comprehensive work on Buddhist iconography of India, and is mainly based on Sanskrit text prepared from seven recensions of the Sadhanamala alias Sadhanasamuccaya. The text has been illustrated by pictures representing images in several museums in India and elsewhere in the collection of numerous Nepalese monasteries. In the present work endeavour has been made to indentify the images of Buddhist deities by means of Dliyanas given in the Sadhanamala.... |
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Bharat Bhushan Gupta |
India Through the Ages |
$21.94 $16.46 |
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| India through the ages is a book that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, exploring a fascinating country. The book brings India's growth from an ancient to a modern, strong democracy in a vivid and detailed manner.
It introduces readers to a panoramic view of her history and civilization. It presents the saga of her sages and scientists, warriors and vagabonds, poets and philosophers, who at various periods in time scripted the destiny of the Indian subcontinent. It enables... |
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Bibek Debroy |
Sarama and Her Children : The Dog in Indian Myth |
$22.49 $16.87 |
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| The most recognized dog in Indian myth is the dog in the Mahabharata that accompanied the Pandavas—not actually a dog but Dharma in disguise. There are, however, several more references to dogs in the classical texts. Mentioned for the first time in the Rig Veda, the eponymous Sarama is the dog of the gods and the ancestor of all dogs. In Sarama and Her Children, the evolution of the Indian attitude towards dogs is traced through the vedas, epics, puranas, dharmashastras and niti shastras.... |
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Braja Kishor Padhi |
Religious Art & Architecture of North East India |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| Religious Art & Architecture of North East India by The book deals with the religion, art, architecture of various religious places belonging to Jainism, Buddhism, Hindu temples of Vaishnavism, Saivism, Shaktism, etc., Churches, Mosques. It contains seven chapters. The Chapter first analysises a short note on the southern zone interlinked with history of art and architecture of Orissa. The Chapter II is devoted to religious places of Jainism, Jain heritages, Jain sculptures and monuments... |
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Brija Kishor Paddhi |
Chroonological Idenitity in Indian Art |
$189.49 $142.12 |
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| The book deals with the various religious places of Jainism, Buddhism, Hindu temples of Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, etc., and Kabyas of Upendra Bhanja relating to the religion, culture, art and architecture. The book will be useful to these interesting subjects ancient history, geography, religion, Jainism, Buddhism, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, Archaeology, architecture, Epigraphy, linguistics, literature, Philosophy, history, etc. for the benefit of Scholars, students and general... |
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Bruce M. Sullivan |
The A to Z of Hinduism |
$17.99 $13.49 |
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| The A-to-Z of Hinduism is a unique, quick-reference book on what is probably the world's oldest major religion. The reach of this book is as wide as that of Hinduism it, covering in alphabetically arranged entries:
The historical evolution of Hinduism;
Cultural practices and popular beliefs
Philosophical ideas and religious thought
Mythology and rituals
Important religious figures and events
Major Hindu scriptures and concepts
Pilgrimage sites and sacred places
Hindu art, literature... |
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Bu Ston |
Jewellery of Scripture |
$12.99 $9.74 |
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| The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet by the great scholar BustonRinchen grup-pa, also called Bundon Rinpoche, is held in great esteem by Tibetan and Mongolian learned lamas. It is distinguished from the work of Taranatha by the plan of its composition. It consists of three parts. The history proper is preceded by a systematical review of then whole of Buddhist literature so far as preserved in Tibet and it is followed by a systematical catalogue of works, authors and translations of all... |
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Bu Ston |
The History of Buddhism in India and Tibet (Vol 1) |
$19.49 $14.62 |
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| The History of Buddhism and Tibet contains the translation of the 2nd part of Bu-ton's History of Buddhism, beginning with the life of Buddha and ending with an account of the work carried out by the Tibetan Lotsvas and Indian Pandits of Bu-ton's own period and immediately before him (XII and XIII cent.). The book contains translations of the Buddhist Cannonical texts, exegetical treatise from Sanskrit and numerous quotations from both sutra and sastra. Because of this it... |
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Charles S. Prebish |
The A to Z of Buddhism |
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| The A to Z of Buddhism provides a marvelous framework for an appreciation and understanding of the religion, including: The historical evolution of Buddhism. Religious institutions, doctrines and missionary movements Important Buddhist scriptures in the Indian, Tibetan and Chinese traditions Sacred and historic Buddhist sites Festivals, rites and rituals that configure Buddhist religious practice. The manifestation of Buddhism in biography, art and mythology.
A chronology and a map help the... |
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Charles Willemen |
Essence of Scholasticism |
$33.49 $25.12 |
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| The Essence of Scholasticism is a meditation manual, leading to arhatship. It is the Gandharan cultural area, i.e. Bactria. Brobably composed in the first century BCE, it was commented on and elaborated in several sastras, the best known being the Abhidharmakosabhasya of the fifth century.
The Essence and the Astagrantha are the basic treatises of the non-Vailbhasika sarvastivadins, i.e. of the sautrantikas, of the Gandharan cultural area. These texts were translated in China in the fourth... |
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Chob Singh Verma |
Splendour of Fatehpur Sikari |
$31.99 $23.99 |
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| Fatehpur Sikri-the red sand stone city built by Akbar is today one of the most important archaeological sites in India and exhibits an important phase of Mughal history. Here a galaxy of talented men lent luster to a brilliant Court. A visit to this historic city evokes this memorable epoch, when the dream of India-“equal respect for all religions” was realized again after centuries of conflict. This treatise - “Splendour of Fatehpur Sikri” traces the history of the town and planning... |
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Christopher Ives (Ed.) |
The Emptying God : A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| Masao Abe is widely acknowledged as a leader in the worldwide dialogue on Buddhism. A profound scholar of Buddhism and of Christian theology, his critical and constructive reflections culminate in the seminal essay which is the corner stone of this volume. Seven eminent scholars respond to the challenge of Abe’s construal of Kenotic God and Dynamic Sunyata.
Abe demonstrates powerfully the dynamism of the Buddhist appreciation of the diving emptiness at the heart of Being. His essay suggests... |
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D.C. Sircar |
Studies in the Religious Life of Ancient and Medieval India |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| Table of Contents:
Vedic Vishnu and the Bhakti Cult
Vasudeva Krishna and Narayana in Early Vaisnavism
Vaisnavism in the Gupta and Post-Gupta Ages
Purusottama Jagannatha
Balabhadra and Other Divinities
Sakti or the Mother-goddess
Kumara and Vinayaka in Uttarapatha
Bhayillasvamin and Bhillamaladeva
The Nagas and Yaksas
Vamadeva and Vivesvara
Hiranyagarbha and Asvamedha
Decline of Buddhism in Bengal
Religious Suicide
Ardhanari-Narayana
Mahisamardini
Guardians of the... |
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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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David Burton |
Emptiness Appraised |
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| Emptiness (sunyata) is a religious/ philosophical concept which is central to much of Buddhist thought. It is employed in numerous contexts by different thinkers and schools, with a variety of meanings.
A thorough comparative study of the uses and meanings of the notion of emptiness throughout the history of Buddhism was certainly a desideratum, which this present work fulfils. It is an investigation into the philosophy of emptiness as expressed by the second century Indian Buddhist thinker... |
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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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David J. Kalupahana |
A History of Buddhist Philosophy |
$20.99 $15.74 |
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| The present work has, since its original publication in 1976, offered an unequaled introduction to the philosophical principles and historical development of Buddhism.
Now, representing the culmination of Dr. Kalupahana's thirty years of scholarly research and reflection, A History of Buddhist Philosophy builds upon and surpasses that earlier work, providing a completely reconstructed, detailed analysis of both early and later Buddhism. |
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David J. Kalupahana |
Ethics in Early Buddhism |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| Throughout the centuries, moral philosophers, both Eastern and Western, considered a permanent and eternal law a necessary requirement for the formulation of a moral principle. If such a law was not empirically given, it had to be determined through reason. In contrast, early Buddhism presented a radical theory of impermanence. Interpreters of early Buddhism have been unable to abandon the presupposition of permanence, however, and hence have persisted in viewing nirvana or freedom as a... |
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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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Devendra Handa |
An Epic Pilrimage |
$77.78 $58.33 |
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| This book is the first comprehensive account of Pehowa, one of the oldest and most sacred place (tirtha), located on the banks of the illustrious Rigvedic river Saraswati, in the Kurukshetra region. It is believed that Yudhisthira performed the obsequies of all those who died in the great war of Mahabharata, here. After giving the geographical and archaeological background and the historical survey of region, the book presents an account of the different places of pilgrimage- tirthas, asramas,... |
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Dipak Kumar Barua |
An Analytical Study of Four Nikayas |
$36.49 $27.37 |
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| The first four Nikaya-texts are of inestimable value since they provide important source materials to study the religious/cultural history of the contemporary period. Because they vividly present the daily life of the people of ancient India, they are, from the sociological point of view, of utmost significance. The importance of the Nikayas can neither be gainsaid nor exaggerated. In this book an attempt has been made to introduce the first four Nikaya texts in their entirety.The book is... |
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Donald A. Mackenzie |
Indian Myth and Legend |
$38.95 $29.21 |
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| Indian Myth and Legend deals with the myths and legends of India,
which survive in the rich and abundant-storehouse of Sanskrit literature. The
reader is introduced to the various sacred works of the Hindus. The ancient
forest sages and poets of India invested the legendery themes and traditional
beliefs with beautiful symbolism and used them as mediums for speculative
thought and profound spiritual teaching. These ennobling ideas are still a
potent culturing influence in the... |
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Dr. K.M. Suresh |
Ramayana Sculptures from Hampi - Vijayanagara |
$128.49 $96.37 |
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| The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and its influence on the life of Indian people has been great and immeasurable. The ideals of the Ramayana have gone deep into the core of Indian life and have largely molded its social, political and cultural fabric and eternal history of India. Rama is an ideal hero and the Ramayana describes his character unparalleled in human history.
During Vijayanagara period many poets and scholars translated the Ramayana in Kannada language. The most... |
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