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Dr. K.P.A. Menon |
Adhyatma Ramayanam: Text with introduction & English Translation (2 vol set) |
$90.49 $67.87 |
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| The Adhyatma Ramayanam is, as the title would indicate, a spiritual version of the Ramayanam. While Valmiki Ramayanam as an Itihasa was composed with the objective of giving proper advice on all the four goals life – Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksa, this version is primarily concerned with the last and final goal. Devotion to the feet of the Supreme Lord in the form of Rama is the surest and easiest means of achieving this objective. About the Author: Dr. K.P.A. Menon B.Sc, M.A. LL.B, Ph.D.... |
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Dr. Myneni Krishna Kumari |
Kings, Gods And People |
$30.99 $23.24 |
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| A Significant feature of this volume is the critical analysis of archaeological and historical sources relating to the specific issues of cultural history with special reference to Andhra region.
Besides the historical sources, the oral traditions and folkloristic materials provide substantial materials for the better understanding of the culture of the people on which certain historical generalizations can be made. Further, it allows for a range of historical interpretations especially... |
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Dr. N.N. Bhattacharyya |
History of the Tantric Religion |
$43.99 $32.99 |
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| The book studies the different aspects of Tantrism, its vastness and intricacies, its heterogeneous and contradictory elements and gives a historical perspective to the conglomeration of ideas and practices through space and time. It also incorporates a review of Tantric art and a glossary of technical terms. Tantrism, both traditional and Buddhist, with its vast literature containing intricate ritualistic and philosophical details occupies an important place in the religious and cultural life... |
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E. M. Abraham |
A Comparative Survey of Hindu, Christian and Jewish Mysticism |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| The present book is a comparative and evaluative study of Hindu, Christian and Jewish mysticism. Not much work is done in the field, though there are sketchy studies of any two of these schools and not all together Again the author has taken within his scope, not only the three schools of Vedanta, but has considered the four important Upanisad viz. Isa, Kena, Katha and Mundaka. He has then dealt with Christianity, with reference to the New Testament and the Christian Mystics. He has drawn on... |
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Edward C. Sachau |
Alberuni's India |
$20.99 $15.74 |
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| It was in 1017 AD, at the behest of Sultan Muhmud of Persia, Alberuni, aka A1-Biruni, travelled to India to learn about the Hindus, and to discuss with them questions of religion, science, and literature, and the very basis of their civilisation. He remained in India for thirteen years, studying and exploring. Alberuni's scholarly work has not been given the due recognition it deserves. Not for nearly eight hundred years would any other writer match Alberuni's profound understanding of almost... |
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Eili Goldberg |
The Encyclopedia of Dream Interpretation |
$44.99 $33.74 |
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| This encyclopedia is a collection of interpretations of thousands of dreams and dream fragments. The author examined 73 different dream dictionaries and countless other books dealing with drams and their meanings- from ancient sources such as the Bible, Ancient Egypt, the Middle Ages, and up to modern books such as Freud and Jung's theories and interpretations of dreams.
This impressive encyclopedia is unique in that it both interprets the dream and relates to dreams as an important tool to... |
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F. Max Muller |
Sacred Books of the East (Vol-27) |
$16.49 $12.37 |
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| These volumes of the Sacred Books of the East series include translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions that have exercised a profound influence on the civilisations of the continent of Asia. The Vedic Brahmanic system claims 21 volumes, Buddhism 10, and Jainism 2; 8 volumes comprise Sacred Book sof the Parsis; 2 volumes represent Islam; and 6 the two main indigenous systems of China. Translated by twenty leading authorities in their respective fields,... |
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F. Max Muller |
Sacred Books of the East (Vol-28) |
$16.49 $12.37 |
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| These volumes of the Sacred Books of the East series include translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions that have exercised a profound influence on the civilisations of the continent of Asia. The Vedic Brahmanic system claims 21 volumes, Buddhism 10, and Jainism 2; 8 volumes comprise Sacred Book sof the Parsis; 2 volumes represent Islam; and 6 the two main indigenous systems of China. Translated by twenty leading authorities in their respective fields,... |
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Frederick M. Smith |
Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asia |
$57.49 $43.12 |
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| This book, winner of CHOICE outstanding Academic Title Award 2007, is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always... |
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G.K. Pradhan |
Towards the Silver Crests of the Himalayas |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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| The book begins with the author climbing the Himalayas which are the abode of saints and sages who are seekers of truth. He meets a sanyasi in saffron coloured robes who becomes his guide and leads him to several solutions to his problems. He falls with a thud and realises that this is a dream but which makes him aware that there is a Guide and a Guru waiting to help him. The book is narrative and contains explanations of various problems by the Gurudeo. About The Author: Born in the... |
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Ganganath Jha |
Manusmrti with the Manubhasya of Medhatithi (10 Volume set) |
$799.99 $599.99 |
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| Ganganatha Jha's Multi-volume Manusmrti, originally published by the University of Calcutta between 1920 and 1939, is, as indicated by its subtitle "The Laws of Manu with the Bhasya of Medhatithi", mainly an edition and translation of the Mula text together with the 'explanation' of the most celebrated commentator. Medhatithi's Manubhasya has been characterized by one of the leading scholars on Dharmasastra, J. Duncan M. Derrett, as a large repertory of opinion on the meaning of the... |
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Gerhard Endress |
Islam: An Historical Introduction |
$16.39 $12.29 |
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| Endress presents and accurate picture of the interplay of religious inspiration and historical circumstances which shaped Islamic history from its inception. It reflects a distinct sensitivity to the nuances of the subject culture, combined with a clear command of the scholarly sources. It is therefore most appropriate for graduates students beginning a Middle East or Islamic specialization, for professional scholars with other specializations seeking a synoptic treatment of Islamic history, or... |
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Gunther-Dietz Sontheimer |
Hinduism Reconsidered |
$20.99 $15.74 |
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| This volume is based on papers delivered during the IXth European Conference of Modern South Asian Studies at Heidelberg in 1986. The idea of holding the panel "Hinduism Reconsidered" was to evaluate critically current concepts and analytical frameworks used by scholars in their studies on Hinduism. The participants of the panel were therefore invited to contribute papers which either focus critically on theoretical approaches to Hinduism or illustrate their analytical parameters and concepts... |
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H.D. Griswold |
Religion of the Rigveda |
$21.94 $16.46 |
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| The present work expounds substantially the value and significance of Indo-Aryan religious ideas as represented in the Rgveda.
The work is divided into three Sections arranged in thirteen chapters.
Section I deals with the origin of Indo-European and Indo-Iranian religion, its development into the concept of Godhood, Demonology and Priesthood. It describes Vedic tribes, their expansion, colonization, settlement, organization and culture.
Section II discusses the peculiar traits of major... |
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Hajime Nakamura |
A Comparative History of Ideas |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| Hajime Nakamura argues with remarkable erudition that particular intellectual and social developments can be traced in all great cultures; that each culture deals with its problems in about the same order. About the Author:Prof. Hajime Nakamura, D. Litt. (University of Tokyo), Honorary D.Litt. (Government of India and Nehru University), was a distinguished scholar of international repute. He was a member of the Japan Academy and was decorated with the highest Japanese awards such as the Medal... |
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Harvey De Witt Griswold |
Insights into Modern Hinduism |
$22.22 $16.67 |
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| Hinduism has been a great force in World's History. Like, every other living religion, contemporary Hinduism presents a multitude of varying aspects. Hinduism in India has been all-inclusive for many centuries. The present volume discusses in detail the evolution and development of Hinduism and deals with the study of religions movements and reformed sects. |
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Hermann oldenberg |
The Doctrine of the Upanisads and the Early Buddhism |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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| Chapter I of this study, which discusses the older Upanisads, viz., the Brhad Aranyaka Upanisad and the Chandogya Upanisad, describes at the outset how the idea of the Supreme Being, the unique mystic power, was conceived in the words Brahman and Atman and how these two entities merged with each other and became identical. It then discusses the doctrine of metempsychosis as evolved from the relation between the Supreme Being and the world of plurality. In this period, the magician-priest begins... |
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Holger Kersten |
Jesus Lived in India - His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion |
$28.49 $21.37 |
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| This compelling book presents irrefutable evidence that Jesus did indeed live in India, dying there in old age. The result of many years of investigative research, this study takes the reader to all the historical sites connected with Jesus in Israel, the Middle East, Afghanistan and India. Why has Christianity chosen to ignore its connections with the religions of the East, and to dismiss repeatedly the numerous claims that Jesus spent a large part of his life in India? This compelling book... |
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Hugh B. Urban |
Tantra |
$27.99 $20.99 |
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| A complex body of religious practices that spread throughout the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions; a form of spirituality that seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure, and the full range of physical experience with the religious life--Tantra has held a central yet conflicted role within the Western imagination ever since the first "discovery" of Indian religions by European scholars.
Always radical, always extremely Other, Tantra has proven a key factor in the imagining of India.... |
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Irving, Hugbes, Lammens, Fazl, Arnold |
The Masterpiece Library of Islam (8 Vols.) |
$287.99 $215.99 |
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| Islam has been a great force in world history. Within a few centuries after the death of Mohammed in A.D. 632 the Islamic creed had spread across half the world and obtained a powerful hold over millions of people. The present set published as a multivolume collection contains very rare and remarkable works on Islam. An attempt has been made to trace its origin and history. The endeavour is to elucidate the true place of Islam in the history of religions.
Contents:
Vol. I. Mohammed and... |
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J Agarwal |
Hindu Tenets: The Founding Doctrines of Vedic Hindu Dharma |
$9.99 $7.49 |
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| This is the story of the religiosity of the ancient Aryan race of people who lived in their homeland called the Aryavarta or Bharata or India (now) from the most prehistoric times in the history of human civilization, and their way of life called the Vedic Dharma, which forms the heart and soul of the present day Hindu Dharma or Hinduism. The general reader from any part of the world will find this small book to be quite informative about one of the most widely practiced and living religions of... |
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J M Macfie |
Myths and Legends of India: An Introduction to the Study of Hinduism |
$12.99 $9.74 |
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| Myths & Legends of India presents a rich and dazzling collection of 46 tales taken from the sacred books of Hinduism - from the ancient hymns of the Vedas to the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics and on to the later Laws of Manu and the Puranas. A veritable kaleidoscope of Hindu mythology as it developed over a period of 3,000 years!
Tales of gods and goddesses, demons, rishis, saints and sages in all their varying moods... and tales of ordinary men and women, their hopes and fears and their... |
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J. Gonda |
Aspects of Early Visnuism |
$24.95 $18.71 |
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| Visnu holds a divinity of highest rank among the Hindus. In the present work, the author has made an attempt to sketch the main features in the character of Visnu as they appeared in different ages.
The book is divided into three chapters, each running into several sections.
Chapter 1 opens with the description of the origin of Visnu, his character, emblems, attributes, incarnations, comparative status etc. The author has endeavoured to present a faithful portrait of the god with reference... |
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J. Krishnamurti |
Tradition and Revolution |
$15.99 $11.99 |
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| This book consists of a series of dialogues on ancient Indian religious and philosophical themes. Man's search for liberation, his ideas about the spiritual path and the goal, and various traditional concepts are dealt with in contemporary idiom. Krishnamurti's concern is to bring out the experiential component behind these terms and to lead his listeners to the heart of the human predicament. These dialogues are a profound investigation into the nature of consciousness. |
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J.R. Subba |
History, Culture and Customs of Sikkim |
$86.99 $65.24 |
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| Sikkim, the tiny Himalayan Kingdom came in existence in 1642 A.D. with a much larger area than it was in 1975 A.D. before it's integration in the Indian Union. The frontiers of the Kingdom was the whole of Limbuwan, now the eastern most part of Nepal, southern parts of Tibet Autonomous Region of China from Nathu La and Jelep La to the Tang La beyond Phari Jong, Western Bhutan up to the watershed range between the Ammo Chu Valley and Har Chu Valley, and the Northern plains of West Bengal as far... |
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