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H.Daniel Smith |
Handbook of Hindu Gods, Goddesses and Saints |
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| The thirty-five brief essays in this book provide glimpses of the variety that is most characteristic of Hinduism in urban south India today. By examination, selected objects widely revered in contemporary Dravidian country ³ gods, goddesses, historical figures, sacred plants and stones are discussed. The expert integration into each essay of K.S. Ramu`s line drawings serves as vivid illustrations to the text. About the Author: H. Daniel Smith is perhaps best known in North America... |
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Maithily Jagannathan |
South Indian Hindu Festivals and Traditions |
$34.49 $25.87 |
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| The book on Hindu customs and traditions puts together
everyday beliefs, practices, observances, and etiquette of living a life
enriched by thousands of years of spiritual consciousness. Legend, history,
philosophy, and folk-lore are intricately linked with customs and traditions.
Hence the origin of festivals, and fasts is given through illustrations from the
epics, Puranas, traditional folk-lore. These help to clarify prayers or fasts to
deities, karmas or rituals associated with... |
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Roy Eugene Davis |
Self-Knowledge: Adi Shankaracharya's 68-Verse Treatise on the Philosophy of Nondualism: the Absolute Oneness of Ultimate Reality |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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| Shankara was born in the eighth century on the west coast of south India. After devoting himself to yoga practices and meditation, Shankara wrote commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, some of the Upanishads and other scriptures, and traveled throughout India declaring the oneness of a supreme reality and refuting erroneous philosophical doctrines. He reorganized the ancient, renunciate swami order and established permanent monastic centers in four regions of India : Sringeri (Mysore) in the south,... |
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Tourist Guide to South India |
$7.99 $5.99 |
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| Tourist Guide to South India covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Over 1,500 places of interest are described and categorized according to state. It includes information on temples, mosques, churches, building, museums, historical and ancient sites, parks, botanical gardens, aquariums, handicraft centers, cultural centers (dance and song), ashrams, beaches, zoos, festivals, shopping, art galleries, libraries, caves, waterfalls, wildlife sanctuaries, hill... |
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Nonoru Karashima |
A Concordance of Nayakas |
$32.99 $24.74 |
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| In the history of the Nayakas of the Vijayanagar kingdom, in South India, the period from 1326 to 1675 is particularly important. The Nayaka system was dominant from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The Nayakas were key state administrators, functionaries, and revenue collectors and as such were liable to be transferred. Although they played a very important administrative role, there are no detailed studies on them except those on some big families. This detailed statistical... |
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Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj |
Mother Ganga |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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| Table of Contents:
Publisher's Note
Sivanandashram Prayer
Prayer to the Seven Sacred Rivers
Ganga Mahatmya
Book one
Mother Ganga
Chapter 1: The Glory of Ganga
The Ganga Bath
Ganga - The Form of Vishnu
Mysterious Spiritual Vibrations
The Equal Vision of Mother Ganga
Chapter 2: Mysterious Powers of the Ganga Water
Chapter 3: Kirtan on the Ganga
Chapter 4: Ganga Dussera
The Curse of Kapila
The Bhagiratha's Penance
Lord Siva Receives the... |
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Chandra Padmanabhan |
Dakshin: Vegetarian Cuisine From South India |
$24.99 $18.74 |
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| Aptly named Dakshin: Vegetarian Cuisine From South India, a word that refers to the southern direction in the ancient Sanskrit language, this book is a gourmet cookbook which consists of extremely tempting and authentic vegetarian dishes from the culturally and gastronomically rich South India. These dishes have a distinct aroma, are traditional, and have been handed down over the generations.Dakshin: Vegetarian Cuisine From South India consists of over 120 delicious recipes ranging from the... |
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S. Chattopadhyaya |
Some Early Dynasties of South India |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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Salim Pushpanath |
Temples of South India |
$93.99 $70.49 |
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| This book "Temples of South India" presents a fascinating insight into the major temples of the three southern states of India – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The architectural grandeur of the temples; colourful history of the dynasties of that period and the beauty of the powerful deities worshipped are vividly described. These centuries old historical monuments are great tourist attractions. Despite rapid condensation and a shift in socio-cultural values these temples have maintained... |
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Carmel Berkson |
Indian Sculpture: Towards the Rebirth of Aesthetics |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| The author wonders why so many Indian studio sculptors today choose to follow their contemporaries in the west, since the vision of these peers is the exclusive product of the western historical past which bears little relevance to the complex world that is India. She expresses the hope that dormant cultural dynamics can be reawakened after depth encounters with the great sculpture of India. Hopefully this will result in revitalized native art forms.
Diagrams, photographs and texts clarify... |
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Vikram Sampath |
Splendours Of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story Of The Wodeyars (Paperback) |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| It was the summer of AD 1399 that disaster struck a small principality of southern India. Mahisuru, which later went on to become Mysore, had lost its chieftain and was vulnerable to the machinations of a cunning upstart. At around the same time, two young aspirants left their ancestral home in Dwaraka, Gujarat and proceeded southwards in search of fame. Yaduraya, the elder of the two aspirants, was destiny’s chosen man, to lead a valiant attack against the vile upstart, rescue the family... |
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Sarojini Chaturvedi |
A Short History of South India |
$23.86 $17.90 |
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| A Short History of South India covers a vast canvas from the 4th Century A.D. which coincided with the rise of the Sathvahans, South of the Vindhyas and stretching up to the 16th Century A.D., which witnessed the decline of the Vijayanagara Kingdom. The objective of this book is mainly to focus attention on certain hitherto neglected areas of the South Indian history and to explode the myth that the presence of the Vindhyas caused a North-South divide. The North remained mostly isolated from... |
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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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Anil Saxena |
Hindu Kingdoms of South |
$64.49 $48.37 |
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| Indian history is glamorous and eventful. India is a great country, which boasts of a rich history, richer than may a nation in the world. Its history is vast and illustrious by all counts. He term 'India' finds its origin in the 'Indus Valley Civilization' that flourished at the banks of the river Indus.
The history of India is one of the most interesting and enlightening ones in the midst of a plethora of world histories. For the purpose of ease, it can broadly be divided into... |
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P. V. L. Narasimha Rao |
Kanchipuram: Land of Legends, Saints & Temples |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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| This is a heritage book which takes readers on a spiritual voyage of legends, mythology, saints, temples and dynasties. It presents vignettes of India's rich cultural background. As one of the seven mokshapuris (centers of salvation) and the nerve-centre of vedic schools, Kanchipuram has always been a role model. Adi Sankaracharya, brought religious renaissance in the country by providing a new meaning to sanatana dharma. He established the Kanchi Kamakotipeetham which continues to be a center... |
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R.D. Benerji |
Prehistoric Ancient and Hindu India |
$89.99 $67.49 |
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| This book is about the prehistoric, ancient and Hindu India, and covers several aspects such as physical features of India, the races of India and their languages, earlier Indo-Aryans and the Dravidian,s Vedic Literature, the Epic Literature of India.
Besides, sixteen kingdoms of the north, the Persian conquest of north-western India, the Maurya empire, Greek invasions, Dravidian dynasties of the South, the culture of northern India, Gupta empire of northern India, southern dynasties of the... |
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Pepita Seth |
Heaven on Earth: The Universe of Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple |
$191.99 $143.99 |
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| Every day of the year, thousands of pilgrims swarm into the sacred precincts of Kerala's Guruvayur Temple. They come to seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, known locally as Guruvayurappan, a deity whose precious idol was, according to myth, originally worshipped by Lord Vishnu. Another belief states that the idol was eventually inherited by Lord Krishna and enshrined in Dwaraka and that, just before his death. He declared that it was to be re-installed in India's most sacred place.
The task... |
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Jeyapriya Rajarajan |
Terrific Manifestations of Siva: Virabhadra |
$125.49 $94.12 |
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| There are several books on such individual manifestations of Siva such as Nataraja, Ardhanarisvara, Sadasiva and so on. There is no exhaustive study of a fierce form of the Lord Virabhadra. This work fulfils the need. In seven chapters and three appendices the mythology, art and cult of Virabhadra is systematically sketched.
The first chapter deals Prolegomena, second chapter deals exhaustively with most of the Sanskrit Puranas and other liturgical works. The specialty is the summary of Tamil... |
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F.R. Allchin (Ed.) |
A Source-Book of Indian Archaeology (Vol. 2) |
$66.67 $50.00 |
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| Table of Contents:
Preface
Settlements
Introduction
Memoir of a map of Hindoostan/James Rennell
Memoir of a map of Hindoostan/James Rennell
The tenth anniversary discourse, delivered 28 February 1793 on Asiatic history, civil and natural/William Jones
Inquiry concerning the site of ancient Palibothra/William Francklin
Sravasti\A. Cunningham
Kausambi and Sravasti/Vincent A. Smith
The Acheulian succession at Bhimbetka, Central India/V.N. Misra
The Acheulian culture of the Hunsgi... |
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S.P. Verma |
Aspects of Mughal Painting: Expressions and Impressions (Vol.I) |
$134.99 $101.24 |
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| Present collection of essays researched and analyzed by S.P. Verma, since 1973, provides the readers an introduction to the Mughal painting. The sixteen studies in this volume offer a fresh interpretation of the Mughal miniatures. These relate to the aesthetic values, art-forms, signs and symbols, and the social and cultural history. Most importantly, Akbar's attempt to liberate painting from the straitjacket of sectarian ideology is the theme of Chapter 1.2. The 'artists signatures' (Chapter... |
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S. N. Kandaswamy |
The Yoga of Siddha Avvai |
$14.49 $10.87 |
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| About the Book: Avvai, one of the most influential sages among the Tamil speaking people of South India was a Siddha yogi. Her poems and literary works compiled here date from the first millennium. Siddha Avvai claims that her Guru was the sound of AUM, the Pranava itself, personified in the form of Ganesha, who taught her Kundalini Yoga. The poetry in this book has the power to invoke the presence of the Guru and ignite within the reader the flame of her spiritual consciousness. It points out... |
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Geetha Rajagopal |
The Celestial Nagasvaram: Origin, Myths, Reception and the Maestros |
$75.49 $56.62 |
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| Classical Musical Instruments from India, No. 2Nagasvaram, world’s loudest non-brass acoustic instrument, is known as mangala vadyam (auspicious instrument), and raja vadyam (king of all instruments). This popular wind-group musical instrument is well known all over the south Indian states, more specifically in Tamil Nadu. Its origin is associated with the Thiruvarur Temple and its legacy continued all through the Pallavas, Colas, Pandyas, Nayakas, and Marathas. It has imprinted its sheen... |
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