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BR Publishing Corporation The Holy Vedas: Rig Veda,Yajur Veda Sama Veda and
Book SynopsisA honest effort has been made in this Book to explain the contents of the Vedas in easy to follow language.
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Nilgiri Press The Bhagavad Gita
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of the Lord," is probably the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Easwaran's clear, accessible translation is the best-selling edition. The Gita opens dramatically, with prince Arjuna collapsing in anguish on the brink of a war that he doesn't want to fight. Arjuna has lost his way on the battlefield of life, and turns to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, the Lord himself. Krishna replies in 700 verses of sublime instruction on living and dying, loving and working, and the nature of the soul. This book includes an extensive and very readable introduction, which places the Gita in its historical setting, explains the key concepts, and brings out the universality of its teachings. Individual chapter introductions prepare the reader for the main themes, and notes, a Sanskrit glossary, and an index are included. Although the battlefield is a perfect backdrop, for Easwaran the Gita's subject is the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage. Arjuna's dilemma is acutely modern, and the Gita's message remains as relevant for us now as it was for ancient India.Trade Review“No one in modern times is more qualified — no, make that ‘as qualified’ — to translate the epochal Classics of Indian Spirituality than Eknath Easwaran. And the reason is clear. It is impossible to get to the heart of those classics unless you live them, and he did live them. My admiration of the man and his works is boundless.”— Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions"The translation...is smooth, eloquent, and reliable...[I] would unhesitatingly recommend Easwaran to someone searching for the spirituality of the Gita." — Choice [1st edition]
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Fitzrovia Press Bhagavad Gita
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita, a timeless text exploring life's mysteries through a dialogue between the soul and God, is made accessible and relevant to all by Ranchor Prime's non-sectarian approach. His commentary guides spiritual seekers to a personal understanding of the Gita's teachings.
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Fingerprint! Publishing Ashtavakra Gita
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company The Complete Life of Krishna: Based on the
Book SynopsisThe first book to cover Krishna’s entire life, from his childhood pranks to his final powerful acts in the Mahabharata war • Draws from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and India’s sacred oral tradition • Shows how the stories of Krishna’s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings • Provides a valuable meditative tool that allows the lessons of these stories to illuminate from within Krishna, one of the most beloved characters of the Hindu pantheon, has been portrayed in many lights: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, an exemplary ruler, and the Supreme Being. In The Complete Life of Krishna, Vanamali, a leading Krishna expert from a long line of prominent Krishna devotees, provides the first book in English or Sanskrit to cover the complete range of the avatar’s life. Drawing from the Bhagavad Purana, the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata, and India’s sacred oral tradition, Vanamali shares stories from Krishna’s birth in a dungeon and early days as a merry trickster in Vrindavana, through his time as divine ruler at Dwaraka, to his final powerful acts as the hero Arjuna’s charioteer and guru in the Kurukshetra war. She explains how Krishna became a mahayogi, the greatest of all yogis, and attained complete mastery over himself and nature. By integrating the hero-child with the mahayogi, the playful lover with the divine ruler, Vanamali shows how the stories of Krishna’s life are expressed with such simplicity and humor that they enable anyone--man, woman, or child--to see the wisdom of his teachings. This complete biography of the man who was also a god provides a valuable meditative tool allowing Krishna’s lessons to illuminate from within.Trade Review“Scholarly and insightful on the meanings of these legends, The Complete Life of Krishna is a strongly recommended pick for religious history collections focusing on Hinduism and eastern religions.” * Midwest Book Review, August 2012 *“Drawing from the Bhagavad Gita and other sacred texts, the author explains how Krishna became a mahayogi, the greatest of all yogis, with complete mastery over himself and nature. On whatever level you receive these stories, they are a valuable meditative tool, full of delight and wisdom.” * Whole Life Times, August 2012 *“Vanamali’s new book will entrance readers as a first introduction to the immortal Lord of Love, or as a cherished opportunity to once again dip into the nectar of the Lord’s lila, his play on earth.” * Light of Consciousness, October 2012 *“Recommended for new age and spirituality collections alike, this draws from a range of sources, from India’s oral tradition to the Bhagavata Purana, Gita, Mahabharata and more, exploring Krishna’s life, how he became the greatest of all yogis, and how he evolved to the position of a divine ruler. Any collection strong in Indian spirituality needs this in-depth coverage.” * Midwest Book Review, November 2012 *Table of Contents Foreword by Swami Krishnananda Preface: The Historical Krishna Introduction: Krishna the Supreme Incarnation Part One Bala-Lila--The Play of the Child 1 The Advent 2 The Birth of the Unborn 3 The Divine Infant 4 The Butter Thief 5 Bondage of the Boundless 6 Brahma Bemused 7 The Enchanting Flute 8 Krishna Lifts the Mountain 9 The Divine Lover 10 The Lord of Vraja Part Two Raja-Lila--The Royal Game 11 The Prophecy Fulfilled 12 Uddhava at Gokula 13 Lord of Dwaraka 14 Abduction of Rukmini 15 The Cursed Gem 16 The Pandavas 17 The Divine Husband 18 The Sons of Krishna 19 The Divine Ruler 20 The Rajasuya Sacrifice Part Three Uttama-Lila--The Game Supreme 21 The Gambling Match 22 The Exile 23 The Lord as Ambassador 24 Declaration of War 25 Srimad Bhagavad Gita 26 The Mahabharata War 27 The End of the War 28 The Advice of Bhishma 29 The Story of Sudama 30 Dharma Rules Supreme 31 The Curse of the Sages 32 Advice to Uddhava 33 The Death of the Deathless Epilogue: Lila--The Cosmic Play Appendix One. Alphabetical List of Mantras Appendix Two. List of Characters Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Index
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Fitzrovia Press Bhagavad Gita
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita, a timeless text exploring life's mysteries through a dialogue between the soul and God, is made accessible and relevant to all by Ranchor Prime's non-sectarian approach. His commentary guides spiritual seekers to a personal understanding of the Gita's teachings.
£14.99
Open Sky Press Ltd Aham Sphurana - A Glimpse of Self Realisation: A
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Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd Shiva Purana
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Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Bhagavad Gita - Iskcon
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad-gita, spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna, is a guide to self-realization. A translation by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, a renowned Vedic scholar, offers insights into consciousness, the self, and the universe. This edition is presented without adulteration, providing a timely and enlightening message.
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Prakash Books Bhagavad Gita
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Penguin Putnam Inc BhagavadGita
Book SynopsisThe timeless epic of the Hindu faith, now available from Signet Classics in this edition translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood—with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley.The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations.Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems.
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Illustrated Mahabharata
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Invoking Lakshmi The Goddess of Wealth in Song
Book SynopsisA multi-faceted portrait of Lakshmi, Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. It includes translations of verses used to invoke this goddess.
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Tarcher/Putnam,US The Upanishads
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Bhagavad Gita
Book Synopsis“[It] will remain the standard text of this marvelous Song for years to come, if indeed it is ever superseded.”—Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions Graham M. Schweig’s translation of the Bhagavad Gita—the “Bible of India”—is an elegant, highly accessible version of one of the most important sacred scriptures in world religion. This beautiful translation of the famous conversation between the Hindu god Krishna and the young prince Arjuna includes a glossary, a pronunciation guide, and expert commentary for greater ease of understanding.Trade Review"Graham Schweig's new, beautiful, and accessible translation will remain the standard text of this marvelous Song for years to come." -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions "Crystal clear and eminently readable." -- Ariel Glucklich, Professor of Theology (Hinduism) at Georgetown University "The Bhagavad Gita is a religious classic; Graham Schweig's felicitous translation deserves to be called a classic in its own right." -- Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University, author of Our Religions "Schweig has produced a beautifully readable, accurate and respectful translation that should become the standard text for classroom use." -- John Borelli, Special Assistant to the President for Interreligious Initiatives at Georgetown University, author of Interfaith Dialogue "Extremely reader friendly, particularly if you have little or no prior exposure to the Gita. " -- Yoga Journal
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Penguin Books Ltd Ardor
Book SynopsisIn this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: they left behind almost no objects, images, ruins. Only a 'Parthenon of words' remains: verses and formulations suggesting a daring understanding of life. 'If the Vedic people had been asked why they did not build cities,' writes Calasso, 'they could have replied: we did not seek power, but rapture.' This is the ardor of the Vedic world, a burning intensity that is always present, both in the mind and in the cosmos. With his signature erudition and profound sense of the past, Calasso explores the enigmatic web of ritual and myth that define the Vedas. Often at odds with modern thought, he shows how these texts illuminate the nature of consciousness more than neuroscientists have been able to offer us up to now.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Bhagavad Gita (Spanish Edition)
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Princeton University Press The Bhagavad Gita
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that has been translated into more than seventy-fivTrade ReviewSelected for WGBH News "Here are the books we read this year that we think you'll love" 2014 "In his masterful new biography of the Gita--part of an excellent Princeton series dedicated to the lives of great religious books--Richard Davis, a professor of religion at Bard College, shows us, in subtle and stunning detail, how the text of the Gita has been embedded in one political setting after another, changing its meaning again and again over the centuries."--Wendy Doniger, New York Review of Books "In the 21st century, The Gita continues to thrive. India's present Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, gives it out as a gift on his trips abroad. Discourses on The Gita by spiritual leaders are a part of the cultural life of every major Indian city. Some Indians disagree with its vision of ethics or consider it a relic of the past; but even they, too, must engage with it closely in order to refute it. Mr. Davis's book is an ideal introduction to the text, showing how the meanings of a book reside not just in its words but its life in history."--Chandrahas Choudhury, Wall Street Journal "Like all the great religious books featured in this superb series from Princeton University Press, the Gita has transcended the circumstances of its birth. Rival schools of Hindu theology have risen from various turns of Krishna's phrases, while Westerners have seen echoes of their own traditions. In modern India, Gandhi thought the Gita reflected the eternal battle between light and dark in every human heart, and in the drive for Indian independence, even secular nationalists championed it as a patriotic text. The Gita and the moral issues it raises are still alive."--Brian Bethune, Macleans "In The Bhagavad Gita: A Biography, the latest in the series Lives of Great Religious Books, Davis crisply summarizes this oft-quoted Hindu scripture, in which Krishna reveals his true identity as the 'imperishable Lord of All Beings.'"--Donna Seaman, Booklist "The Gita is one of the oldest and most fascinating texts ever written, and I love how its 'biography' comes to life in this new book. It's a living, breathing text that has constantly been in motion since its origin... I should mention this book is part of a new series (Lives of Great Religious Books) published by Princeton University Press. Next on my reading list are the biographies of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and Augustine's Confessions."--April Peavey, WGBH "Davis deftly traces the many reincarnations of this 700-verse poem over the past two millennia, both in India and in the West."--Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald "[The Bhagavad Gita: A Biography] appears in the worthy 'Lives of Great Religious Books' series, which takes a novel approach to 'great books.' Davis's execution of this approach is superb ... Davis neatly organizes a great deal of material and he presents it in utterly accessible prose. This is an easy read - and a great one too."--Choice "Davis ... provides a comprehensive, detailed and lucid account of the ways that the Gita has lived over the centuries."--Cover Drive "A comprehensive, detailed and lucid account of the ways that the Gita has lived over the centuries."--Sudhirendar Sharma, Speaking Tree "This is a fascinating work; so much is packed in its 243 pages. Being thoroughly researched and documented this serves as a primer on Gita. And also a template for those who would like to study the impact of religious texts on the life and history of human race."--Paulson Pulikottil, Academia "So much in 243 small pages! Like the Sacred Books of the East in the nineteenth century, the Princeton series offers a fresh canon of global stature; thanks to Davis's superb retelling of the history of this powerful, influential, living classic, the Gita has its honoured place on that shelf."--Francis X. Clooney, Religions of South Asia "A highly enjoyable volume that will be of interest to a large educated audience, to religious specialists, and to historians of modern and colonial India, among others... This volume will undoubtedly and quickly become a classic introduction to the Bhagavad-G?t?, or even more generally to classes on Hinduism."--Pierre-Julien Harter, Journal of ReligionTable of ContentsList of illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Bhagavad Gita in the Time of Its Composition 10 Chapter 2 Krishna and His Gita in Medieval India 43 Chapter 3 Passages from India 72 Chapter 4 Krishna, the Gita, and the Indian Nation 115 Chapter 5 Modern Gitas: Translations 154 Chapter 6 The Gita in Our Time: Performances 178 Epilogue The Bhagavad Gita in Great Time 204 Notes 211 Glossary of Sanskrit terms 227 Select English translations of the Bhagavad Gita 229 Further readings 233 Index 237
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Oneworld Publications The Bhagavad Gita: A Verse Translation
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita is one of the most widely read Hindu scriptures in the Western world. Taking the form of a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and the divine Krishna on the eve of battle, it is concerned with the most profound aspects of social and religious duty, and the relationship of human beings to God. In its eighteen short chapters it explores the spiritual struggle of the human soul and the search for both the true self and eternal life, culminating in an unparalleled vision of God the omnipotent.
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Intermex Publishing Ltd Sri Isopanisad
Book SynopsisThe r opani ad is a key Upani ad focusing on the personal aspect of God, vara-K a, emphasizing love and divine romance with R dha-K a according to r la Prabhup da of ISKCON.
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Columbia University Press Bhagavad Gita Concordance
Book SynopsisThis book presents the first comprehensive and accessible concordance of the Bhagavad Gītā.Trade ReviewGraham M. Schweig’s Bhagavad Gītā Concordance is the best work of its kind for all of Sanskrit literature. It is comprehensive, precise, and astonishingly user-friendly. No future translation of the Gītā or scholarly study of its language, philosophy, or theology can proceed without consulting this concordance. -- Ariel Glucklich, professor and chair of theology and religious studies, Georgetown UniversityBhagavad Gītā Concordance fills a major lacuna in scholarship and will become a standard reference book and resource for millions of scholars and practitioners. Graham Schweig's translation of the Bhagavad Gītā is a masterpiece, and this concordance is impeccably done. -- Gopal K. Gupta, author of Māyā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa: Human Suffering and Divine PlaySchweig’s comprehensive and utterly useful concordance of the Bhagavad Gītā is astonishingly the first of its kind, even though there have been other related reference works that precede it. Recollecting even a single word, phrase, or idea from the Gītā—a monumental and oft-memorized work of Indian philosophy and culture—both the scholarly and general reader can now easily consult this concordance to bountiful results. -- Deven M. Patel, author of Text to Tradition: The Naiṣadhīyacarita and Literary Community in South AsiaThe Bhagavad Gītā serves as the gateway for understanding the core principles and practices of Hindu Yoga. This remarkable concordance serves at least two purposes. First, it allows one to navigate all the complex and well chosen terms that define key ideas in the text. Second, it helps broaden one’s grasp of the Sanskrit language, tracing the root origins of words and their many derivations. This book is essential for all university libraries and for all intermediate Sanskrit seminars. -- Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount UniversityGraham Schweig has lovingly and comprehensively put together the ultimate concordance of the Bhagavad Gītā. It is not just a list of words and other lexical items that are easily located in the main text, but the volume also includes several useful appendices of themes, Sanskrit-English and English-Sanskrit vocabulary along with four well-received translations of the Sanskrit-English vocabulary, a list of Sanskrit nominal stems and verbal roots, and the entire text in Roman transcription. This is an indispensable resource for students and lay readers who seek a better grasp of this supremely important Indian text. -- Frederick M. Smith, professor emeritus of Sanskrit and classical Indian religions, University of IowaTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: How to Use This Reference1. Concordance2. Families of Sanskrit Words3. Word Indexes4. The Transliterated Sanskrit Text5. English Outline of 108 Gītā ThemesAppendix I: Details on the ConcordanceAppendix II : Details on the Sanskrit FamiliesAppendix III : Details on the Word IndexesSelected Bibliography
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Arcturus Publishing Ltd The Upanishads
Book SynopsisTranslator Swami Paramananda was a mystic, poet and one of the first Indian teachers to travel to the United States to teach the Hinduism. In the United States, Paramananda founded a non-sectarian ashrama in California, and another in Massachusetts, establishing himself as a spiritual leader devoted to building communities committed to learning Vedanta. During his life, he published many works, including translations of Hinduism's seminal texts from the original Sanskrit such as The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Swami Paramananda died in 1940 but his work has remained popular among practising Hindus, students and scholars alike.
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Lexington Books Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India
Book SynopsisBeginning with the earliest strata of Indian philosophy, this book uncovers a distinct tradition of skepticism in Indian philosophy through a study of the three pillars of Indian skepticism near the beginning, middle, and end of the classical era: Nagarjuna (c. 150-200 CE), Jayarasi (c. 770-830 CE), and Sri Har?a (c. 1125-1180 CE). Moving beyond the traditional school model of understanding the history of Indian philosophy, this book argues that the philosophical history of India contains a tradition of skepticism about philosophy represented most clearly by three figures coming from different schools but utilizing similar methods: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Har?a. This book argues that there is a category of skepticism often overlooked by philosophers today: skepticism about philosophy, varieties of which are found not only in classical India but also in the Western tradition in Pyrrhonian skepticism. Skepticism about philosophy consists of intellectual therapies for those afflictedTrade ReviewThe Three Pillars is engagingly written. . . Mills’ attention to shared methodologies and concerns is a welcome contribution to the ongoing correction to that division. Further, Three Pillars considers connections among thinkers beyond India (in Greece, Persia, and China). This global vantage point is a welcome aspect to the book, taking it beyond a simple Indian/"Western" framework. . . . [B]y drawing our attention to similarities among such disparate thinkers, Mills has done an important service to philosophers interested in global epistemologies. The book is clear and engaging. . . new-comers to Indian philosophy will find the book a useful, if controversial, introduction to three important thinkers. Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India should spur further inquiry into each of the three “pillars” and their relationship to philosophy in premodern South Asia and the rest of the world.” * Journal of Dharma Studies *Ethan Mills has written a lovely book on Indian skepticism. It shows that skepticism is not merely a Greek phenomenon, but enjoys a long history in India. This book addresses skepticism both in the orthodox and Buddhist traditions, and enriches our understanding of the interaction between those traditions and the development of philosophical dialectics in India. The account is erudite, nuanced, full of good translation and exposition. It is philosophically sophisticated, and easy to read. Anyone interested in skepticism or in Indian philosophy should read it. -- Jay Garfield, Smith CollegeThis book offers thought-provoking interpretations of three major figures in Indian thought. With technical precision, careful translation, and most notably, insightful comparisons with Western discussions, Mills makes an impressive and persuasive case for 'expanding the history of philosophical skepticism', and leads us to think afresh about the purposes and limits of doing philosophy today. -- Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster UniversityEthan Mills makes a strong case for the skeptical positions of Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi and Śrī Harṣa, which according to him should be appreciated as forms of "skepticism about philosophy" rather than epistemological skepticism. This is something any lover of philosophy should take seriously. -- Pradeep Gokhale, Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Classical Indian Skepticism about Philosophy: Expanding the History of Philosophical SkepticismChapter 1: Skeptical Roots in Early Indian Philosophy: Ṛg Veda, Upaniṣads, and Early Buddhist TextsChapter 2: Nāgārjuna’s Buddhist Skepticism: From Emptiness to the Pacification of Conceptual ProliferationChapter 3: Nāgārjuna and the Cause of SkepticismChapter 4: Jayarāśi’s Cārvāka Skepticism: Irreligious Skepticism about PhilosophyChapter 5: Jayarāśi and the Delightful Destruction of Buddhist EpistemologyChapter 6: Śrī Harṣa’s Advaita Skepticism: The Critique of Realism and the Possibility of MysticismChapter 7: Śrī Harṣa on Knowledge, Existence, and the Limits of PhilosophyConclusion: The History of Indian Skepticism and Mitigated Skepticism about Philosophy
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New World Library The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita has been called India’s greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives.The Gita is a universal love song sung by God to His friend man. It can’t be confined by any creed. It is a statement of the truths at the core of what we all already believe, only it makes those truths clearer, so they become immediately useful in our daily lives. These truths are for our hearts, not just our heads.The Gita is more than just a book, more than mere words or concepts. There is an accumulated potency in it. To read the Gita is to be inspired in the true sense of the term: to be in-spirited,” to inhale the ancient and ever-new breath of spiritual energy.
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Penguin Books Ltd Speaking of Siva
Book SynopsisTranslated with an introduction by A. K. Ramanujan
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Penguin Books Ltd The Mahabharata Penguin Classics
Book Synopsis A new selection from the national epic of India Originally composed in Sanskrit sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD, The Mahabharata-with one hundred thousand stanzas of verse-is one of the longest poems in existence. At the heart of the saga is a conflict between two branches of a royal family whose feud culminates in a titanic eighteen-day battle. Exploring such timeless subjects as dharma (duty), artha (purpose), and kama (pleasure) in a mythic world of warfare, magic, and beauty, this is a magnificent and legendary Hindu text of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative textTable of ContentsThe MahabharataPrefacePronunciation of SanskritIntroductionThe Mahabharata1. Beginnings2. The Hall3. The Forest4. Virata5. Perseverance6. Bhisma7. Drona8. Karna9. Salya10. The Night-raid11. The Women12. Tranquillity13. Instruction14. The Horse Sacrifice15. The Hermitage16. The Clubs17. The Great Journey18. The Ascent to HeavenVariant Readings AdoptedKey to Names and GlossaryFurther ReadingMap: The India of the MahabharataGenealogical TablesIndex
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Penguin Books Ltd The Rig Veda
Book SynopsisThe earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 108 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture - an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.
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J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S. The Ramayana
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Penguin Random House India The Mahabharata Vol 7
Book SynopsisThe Mahabharata is a story of war between cousins, the Pandavas and Kouravas, centered on conflicts of dharma with no clear right or wrong. Characters face immense and varied dilemmas, showcasing every human emotion. Bibek Debroy's acclaimed translation captures the epic's enduring hold on imagination.
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Penguin Random House India The Mahabharata
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Penguin Random House India The Mahabharata
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Oxford University Press, USA The Memory of Love
Book SynopsisSurdas is unarguably the best known poet in Vrajbhasha, the most widely understood of the medieval Hindi literary dialects. He is the foremost Hindi poet of Krishna devotion and his verses are canonical in the Krishnaite tradition, which today is particularly vital in Western India. The verses are sung popularly throughout the Hindi-speaking regions. As with most legendary poet-singers in Indian oral tradition, Surdas''s authorship has been attributed to a great many verses. In his case, these constitute a very large corpus of devotional lyrics to Krishna, known in Hindi as the Sur Sagar, Sur''s Ocean. In this volume, Jack Hawley offers a selection of his charming translations of the most appealing of these poems, arranged according to such themes as Krishna growing up, the pangs and politics of love, and The Ramayana. Hawley''s monumental annotated translation and commentary on the full corpus of lyrics attributed to Surdas, accompanied by Kenneth Bryant''s edition of the complete VraTrade ReviewThe songs of Surdas are presented here with a radiant lyricism that gives the reader a direct encounter with the 'sun' of Hindi's poetic firmament. Each poem is given the space to stand alone as a fine lyrical moment, while being discreetly supported by Hawley's perceptive annotations. An added title contextualizes each song, and an authoritative introduction helps the reader understand the complex background from which this sublime poetry has emerged. * Rupert Snell, Associate Director, Hindi Urdu Flagship, University of Texas at Austin *Table of ContentsI. KRISHNA GROWING UP
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Oxford University Press Inc World of Wonders
Book SynopsisIn World of Wonders, Alf Hiltebeitel addresses the Mahabharata and its supplement, the Harivamsa, as a single literary composition. Looking at the work through the critical lens of the Indian aesthetic theory of rasa, juice, essence, or taste, he argues that the dominant rasa of these two texts is adbhutarasa, the mood of wonder. While the Mahabharata signposts whole units of the text as wondrous in its table of contents, the Harivamsa foregrounds a stepped-up term for wonder (ascarya) that drives home the point that Vishnu and Krishna are one. Two scholars of the 9th and 10th centuries, Anandavardhana and Abhinavagupta, identified the Mahabharata''s dominant rasa as santarasa, the mood of peace. This has traditionally been received as the only serious contestant for a rasic interpretation of the epic. Hiltebeitel disputes both the positive claim that the santarasa interpretation is correct and the negative claim that adbhutarasa is a frivolous rasa that cannot sustain a major work. The heart of his argument is that the Mahabharata and Harivamsa both deploy the terms for wonder and surprise (vismaya) in significant numbers that extend into every facet of these heterogeneous texts, showing how adbhutarasa is at work in the rich and contrasting textual strategies which are integral to the structure of the two texts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Work of Adbhutarasa Chapter 1: Santarasa, Virarasa and the Mahabharata's Two Recensions Chapter 2: Rasas and Sthayibhavas, Wonders and Surprises Chapter 3: Adbhutam-Clusters in the Mahabharata: Book 1 to Yudhisthira's Coronation Chapter 4: Adbhutarasa and Hyperbole: Lessons on Gleaning, Ahimsa, and Bhakti from Bhisma's Postwar Oration Chapter 5: The Asvamedhika- and Asramavasika-Parvans: The Two Late Postwar Books Called "Wondrous" in the Parvasamgraha Chapter 6: The Mahabharata's Last Three Books: From the Submergence of Dvaraka to Janamejaya's Last Surprise Chapter 7: The Harivamsa as a Supplement to the Mahabharata's World of Wonders Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Vedic Voices
Book SynopsisFor countless generations families have lived in isolated communities in the Godavari Delta of coastal Andhra Pradesh, learning and reciting their legacy of Vedas, performing daily offerings and occasional sacrifices. They are the virtually unrecognized survivors of a 3,700-year-old heritage, the last in India who perform the ancient animal and soma sacrifices according to Vedic tradition. In Vedic Voices, David M. Knipe offers for the first time, an opportunity for them to speak about their lives, ancestral lineages, personal choices as pandits, wives, children, and ways of coping with an avalanche of changes in modern India. He presents a study of four generations of ten families, from those born at the outset of the twentieth century down to their great-grandsons who are just beginning, at the age of seven, the task of memorizing their Veda, the Taittiriya Samhita, a feat that will require eight to twelve years of daily recitations. After successful examinations these young men willTrade Review"Knipe (emer., South Asian studies, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) provides an essential work of anthropological scholarship, a product of his more than 35 years of field research as well as careful textual analysis. It is a rare resource for anyone interested in India's Vedic traditions, their continued embodiment in living practice, and their potential loss... It is a model work of contemporary Indology that surely will be widely cited long into the future... Essential." --CHOICES "With Knipe s book, personal narratives cohere into a rich portrait of the struggle to preserve Vedic heritage in modern Indian society, and a vibrant tradition comes into bold relief. In bearing witness to the diverse experiences of these multi-generational families, Vedic Voices offers a corrective to the perception that Vedic traditions have vanished entirely from the subcontinent or else survive only as scattered relics without relevance to the modern religious landscape. Knipe s elegant synthesis of ethnography, philology, and history results in an accessible and compelling book, one that should command the attention of Indologists, anthropologists, and historians of religion alike."--Journal of the American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ; List of Tables, Maps, and Illustrations ; Preface ; 1) The Godavari Delta ; 2) Vedamlo, "Living in the Veda" ; 3) A Selection of Ahitagnis and Other Veda Pandits ; 4) Becoming a Veda ; 5) Becoming a Householder ; 6) Becoming Agni ; Epilogue: Becoming "Modern" ; Glossary ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Magic Doe
Book SynopsisMirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur. Composed in 1503 as an introduction to mystical practice for disciples, this powerful Hindavi or early Hindi Sufi romance is a richly layered and sophisticated text, simultaneously a spiritual enigma and an exciting love-story full of adventures. The Mirigavati is both an excellent introduction to Sufism and one of the true literary classics of pre-modern India, a story that draws freely on the large pool of Indian, Islamic, and European narrative motifs in its distinctive telling of a mystical quest and its resolution. Adventures from the Odyssey and the voyages of Sindbad the Sailor--sea voyages, encounters with monstrous serpents, damsels in distress, flying demons and cannibals in caves, among others--surface in Suhravardi''s rollicking tale, marking it as first-rate Trade ReviewWe are very fortunate to have this remarkable work in a sparkling verse translation whose brio effortlessly carries the reader forward. All is well supported by a rich introduction. This is the work, and I must say the labour of love, of a brilliant young scholar of the University of Pennsylvania, Aditya Behl, who died in 2009 aged forty-two. His teacher, Wendy Doniger of the University of Chicago, has ensured that it has been published. It should undermine the ignorance which has surrounded Hindavi literature and, most importantly, bring it to a wider audience. * Francis Robinson, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsForeword: In Memory of Aditya Behl by Wendy Doniger ; Introduction ; The Prologue ; The Story of Mirigavati and Rajkunvar ; Envoi ; Notes
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Columbia University Press The Bhagavata Purana Sacred Text and Living
Book SynopsisThe BhÄgavata PurÄna is a versatile Hindu sacred text containing more than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. Finding its present form around the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Choice A much needed analysis of the [Bhagavata Purana] as a whole... a valuable addition to Bhagavata studies. International Journal of Hindu StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction. Churning the Ocean of L?l?: Themes for Bhagavata Study Part One: The World of the Bh?gavata 1. Reading: Pur??ic Trekking Along the Path of the Bh?gavatas 2. Time and Narrative: A Ma??ala of Remembrance: The Bh?gavata Pur??a's Time-Transcending Narrative of L?l? 3. Cosmology: Dialogues on Natural Theology: The Bh?gavata Pur??a's Cosmology as Religious Practice 4. Ethics: "May Calamities Befall Us at Every Step": The Bh?gavata's Response to the Problem of Evil 5. Commentary: Vallabha, the Bh?gavata Pur??a, and the Path of Grace 6. Sacred Geography: Vraja-Dh?man: Krishna Embodied in Geographic Place and Transcendent Space 7. Theology: The R?sa L?l? of Krishna and the Gop?s: On the Bh?gavata's Vision of Boundless Love Part Two: The Bh?gavata in the World 8. Boundaries: Heresies and Heretics in the Bh?gavata Pur??a 9. Dance: Krishna Come Soon: Bharata Natyam and the Bh?gavata Pur??a on Stage 10. Song: Two Braj Bh??? Versions of the R?sa L?l? Panc?dhy?y? and Their Musical Performance in Vai??ava Worship 11. Recitation: 12. Text History: Modern Reception and Text Migration of the Bh?gavata Pur??a Bibliography List of Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press The Bhagavata Purana
Book SynopsisFormalized by the tenth century, the Bhagavata Purana has witnessed centuries of performance, interpretation, worship, and debate. This annotated translation and detailed analysis makes a central Hindu masterpiece accessible to English-speaking audiences and more meaningful to scholars of Hindu literature, philosophy, and religion.Trade ReviewThe work gives the reader a superb sense of what the whole of the Bhagavata is all about. -- Graham M. Schweig, author-translator of Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song The authors have provided an excellent sampling of the text. -- Edwin Bryant, Rutgers University Nowadays the Bhagavad Gita is regarded as the central text of Hinduism, but for centuries that honor belonged more to the Bhagavata Purana, where Krishna also reigns. Thanks to Gupta and Valpey, today we have a chance to encounter the Bhagavata anew-fresh translations, an absorbing introduction, and a judicious, imaginative selection of passages that reveal the heart and sinews of this monumentally beautiful work. -- Jack Hawley, Barnard College The Bhagavata Purana is one of the most important theological and devotional texts of Hinduism. Yet, given its great length and complexity, it has rarely been read even by the wider audience of scholars and students, beyond the justly famous narratives of Krishna found in its tenth book. Most readers remain unfamiliar with the rich range of its philosophical and religious narratives, its fascinating and entertaining narrative of cosmology and myth, its teachings on religious practice and devotion, and its important articulation of a fundamental Vaishnava theology. Gupta and Valpey have put their Indological and theological skills to good use in their excellent translations of key texts judiciously selected from all twelve books, thus making the Purana truly accessible for the first time. It is also a welcome companion to the scholarly essays found in their The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition. Together, these volumes will quickly find a place in the classroom and on the shelves of every library collection attuned to the greater Hindu traditions. -- Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University To know the Bhagavata Purana is to love it, but until now it has been largely inaccessible to those who wish to experience its delights. Ravi Gupta and Kenneth Valpey have now brought this classic to a global audience. The pickiest scholar will be satisfied with their faithful yet fluent translations. The lay reader is well served by chapter summaries and judicious selections, and devotees will delight in the bhakti which suffuses this fine book. -- McComas Taylor, Australian National University This is an extraordinarily useful introduction to the Bhagavata Purana, one of the most important scriptures of the Hindu tradition. As told in this devotional classic, the tale of Krishna-the Supreme Being who acts playfully in the world to bring succor and delight to his devotees-is absorbing and elevating. More than an introduction, Gupta and Valpey's work is a masterfully edited and translated presentation of the heart of the original text. It captures the essence of the story in an accessible and engaging package. Highly recommend for students of religion and general readers wanting insight into the Hindu experience of God. -- Lance E. Nelson, University of San Diego The Bhagavata Purana is an enormously important text in the religious landscape of Hindu India. It is also a text that is very difficult to translate. Ravi Gupta and Kenneth Valpey have performed a huge service by producing an eminently readable and scholarly translation of vital selections of the Bhagavata Purana that will be very useful for those interested in this essential scripture. This volume contains the Bhagavata's most popular narratives that are commemorated in widespread artwork and religious commentaries, and knits them together with very effective summaries of the untranslated portions. Along with its informative introduction, the overall result gives handy and accurate access to a text that many initial readers find unwieldy. -- David L. Haberman, Indiana University BloomingtonTable of ContentsForeword, by C. Mackenzie Brown Preface Introduction Book One Book Two Book Three Book Four Book Five Book Six Book Seven Book Eight Book Nine Book Ten Book Eleven Book Twelve Commentarial Excursions Notes Glossary References Index
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Columbia University Press A Rasa Reader
Book SynopsisThis book is the first in any language to follow the evolution of rasa, or taste, the word Indian intellectuals chose to describe art's aesthetics. A Rasa Reader ranges from rasa's origins in dramaturgical thought—a concept for the stage—to its flourishing in literary thought—a concept for the page.Trade ReviewA Rasa Reader is the product of enormous erudition in both the Indian and European traditions of the philosophy and science of aesthetics, and it will make a unique and powerful contribution to scholars in several areas. No other work of which I am aware enables even the lay reader to grasp the elusive concept of rasa, its relationship to the psychology of emotion, and the way in which successive authors redefined the meaning and locus of the aesthetic response. -- Robert Goldman, University of California, Berkeley A Rasa Reader marks a serious contribution to scholarship on rasa and promises to shape the field for a long time to come. There is certainly no one work in English or any other language that covers anything like the ground this one does. -- Lawrence McCrea, Cornell University A Rasa Reader is a monumental achievement not only in giving clear translations of difficult Sanskrit texts on aesthetics but also in making complicated arguments comprehensible to the general reader. It is the missing cornerstone in the increasing availability of premodern South Asia literature in reliable translation. It is now possible for the curious reader to find his or her way with some depth into a once impenetrable field. -- Stephen Owen, Harvard University Framed by Sheldon Pollock's magisterial introduction and commentary, A Rasa Reader opens out a panoramic view of one of the world's great aesthetic traditions, whose adherents blend philosophical rigor and poetic insight as they advance, dispute, and refine theories of the nature and effects of artistic expression. Discerning readers of this luminous anthology will 'become intoxicated by it'-as the great poet-critic Dandin said of poetry-'like bees by honey.' -- David Damrosch, Harvard University Pollock recounts the core aesthetic concept of rasa by tracking its transformations, extensions, and exclusions. From its early appearance as a term specific to drama to its flowering as a hybrid concept bringing together emotion, eroticism, cuisine, devotion, authenticity, and response, rasa makes sense of aesthetic experiences but in a way that doesn't and shouldn't reduce to any of its near-equivalents in Greek or German philosophies of the beautiful. Comparative literature gains immensely from this detailed, historically differentiated anthology with its illuminating introduction. -- Haun Saussy, University of Chicago In this bold, comprehensive, and bracing foray into classical India, Pollock confirms his reputation as a pioneering intellectual historian-the rare kind that creates a vast new field of inquiry and scholarship while provoking reappraisals of existing ideas, assumptions, and concepts. -- Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade AsiaTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments English Translations of Sanskrit Titles List of Abbreviations Introduction: An Intellectual History of Rasa 1. The Foundational Text, c. 300, and Early Theorists, 650-1025 2. The Great Synthesis of Bhoja, 1025-1055 3. An Aesthetic Revolution, 900-1000 4. Abhinavagupta and His School, 1000-1200 5. Continuing the Controversies Beyond Kashmir, 1200-1400 6. Rasa in the Early Modern World, 1200-1650 English-Sanskrit Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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Penguin Books Ltd Ka
Book Synopsis''To read Ka is to experience a giddy invasion of stories - brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful'' The New York Times''Who?'' - or ''ka'' - is the question that runs through Roberto Calasso''s retelling of the stories of the minds and gods of India; the primordial question that continues to haunt human existence. From the Rigveda to the Upanishads, the Mahabharata to the life of Buddha, this book delves into the corpus of classical Sanskrit literature to re-imagine the ancient Indian myths and how they resonate through space and time.''The very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written'' Wendy Doniger''Dazzling, complex, utterly original ... Ka is his masterpiece'' Sunday TimesTrade ReviewIf you want a dazzling, complex, erotic and utterly original European novel of ideas, Calasso is your man, and Ka his masterpiece * Sunday Times *To read Ka is to experience a giddy invasion of stories - brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful ... these stories are superbly narrated -- Sunil Khilnani * New York Times Book Review *Passage[s] of such ecstatic insight and cross-cultural synthesis-simply, of such beauty * The New York Review of Books *The very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written ... A magnificent reading of Hindu texts. Its power arises in part through strong, vivid writing and in part through stunning, unexpected metaphors -- Wendy Doniger * The New Republic *Magnificent ... A moving, exhilarating, extraordinary book ... An astonishing synthesis of myths and legends, philosophical inquiry, and speculative narrative -- Shashi Tharoor * Washington Post Book World *A scintillatingly challenging book ... Its opening sentences are as startling as any in all of literature -- Thomas McGonigle * Los Angeles Times *All is spectacle and delight, and tiny mirrors reflecting human foibles are set into the weave, turning this retelling into the stuff of literature ... Calasso's erudition and his capacity for invention appear to be limitless * The New Yorker *
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WW Norton & Co The Bhagavad Gita
Book Synopsis“A true translation whose literary qualities make it stand out from the rest.” –Daniel Gold, Cornell UniversityTrade Review"The well-balanced synergy between Professor Flood’s impeccable scholarship and the literary sensitivity of award-winning poet/translator Charles Martin delivers us a remarkable new verse translation of the ancient Hindu Scripture." -- The Bookseller
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Faber & Faber Ramayana
Book SynopsisThe Ramayana is one of the great epics of the ancient world, with versions spanning the cultures, religions and languages of Asia. Its story of Rama''s quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, the Lord of the Underworld, has enchanted readers and audiences across the Eastern world for thousands of years. Daljit Nagra was captivated by his grandparents'' Punjabi version as a child, and has chosen to rejuvenate the story for a new generation of multicultural, multi-faith readers. By drawing on scenes originating in versions such as those from Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, as well as the better-known Indian Ramayanas, and by incorporating elements of Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain and secular versions, Nagra creates a consciously multicultural Ramayana. This dazzling version is both accessible and engaging, written in Nagra''s typically vibrant and eclectic language, and bursting with energy, pathos and humour.
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Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies Stri
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic Mahābhārata, and focuses particularly on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak, and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them.Trade ReviewMcGrath has produced a painstaking examination of how Kunti, Gandhari, Damayanti, Savitri, Amba and Shakuntala function in the Mahabharata as a true mirror for princes, intervening at critical junctures of the narrative to take it forward by proclaiming the true dharma of rulers...McGrath makes an important contribution in bringing out the importance of the matriline in the epic. -- Pradip Bhattacharya * The Statesman *
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Harvard University Press Vaikhanasa Mantra Prasna VVIII Daivikacatuayam
Book SynopsisThe Vaikhānasas are mentioned in many Vedic texts, yet they are Vaiṣṇavas, monotheistic worshipers of Viṣṇu. Thus, they bridge two key ages in the history of South Asian religion. This text contains many quotations from ancient Vedic literature as well as architectural and iconographical data of the later first millennium CE.
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Harvard University Press A Treatise on Dharma
Book SynopsisA Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or fifth century, illuminates major innovations in religious, civil, and criminal law, and informed Indian life for a thousand years. This new critical edition, presented alongside the Sanskrit original in the Devanagari script, opens the classical age of ancient Indian law to modern readers.
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Harvard University Press The Two Oldest Veda Manuscripts
Book SynopsisThis volume offers insights into the history of the Veda, the earliest texts of South Asia, and their oral transmission. In side-by-side facsimiles, Witzel and Wu present the two oldest known Veda manuscripts, recently found in western Tibet: the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā of the White Yajurveda and its contemporaneous sister text, a Vājasaneyi Padapāṭha.
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Princeton University Press The Ramayana of Valmiki An Epic of Ancient India
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface xv Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation xiii PART I INTRODUCTION IX 1 Prologue 3 2 Synopsis 7 3 The Critical Edition 9 4 The Commentaries 17 5 The Description of the Four Directions 29 6 Rama's Allies 37 7 The Death of Valin 45 8 The Translation and Annotation 51 PART II KISKINDHAKANDA 53 PART III NOTES 195 Glossary of Important Sanskrit Words, Proper Nouns, and Epithets 367 Glossary of Flora and Fauna 371 Bibliography of Works Cited 373 Index 381
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Anthem Press Studies in Hindu Law and Dharmasastra
Book SynopsisThis book presents for the first time a collection of the major studies on Hindu law and Dharmaśāstra by Ludo Rocher, one of the brightest lights of American academia. This collection of essays serves as an invaluable introduction to Rocher’s distinctive and important contributions to the field of Indology.Trade Review‘Donald Davis, Jr. and the Anthem Press are to be applauded for undertaking this massive project. Indologists who already know Rocher’s work will deeply appreciate that a ready means of accessing it now exists. For those unfamiliar with Rocher’s work, this volume provides a significant counterbalance for the general study of the Indian tradition, standing as a corrective for a field that has long been dominated by a one-sided focus on religion.’ —Herman Tull, ‘Journal of Hindu Studies’Table of ContentsForeword by Richard W. Lariviere; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on the Edition; Introduction; Part One. The Nature of Hindu Law; Hindu Conceptions of Law; The Historical Foundations of Ancient Indian Law; Hindu Law and Religion: Where to Draw the Line; Law Books in an Oral Culture: The Indian Dharmaśāstras; Schools of Hindu Law; Changing Patterns of Diversification in Hindu Law; Part Two. General Topics of Hindu Law; Ancient Hindu Criminal Law; Hindu Law of Succession: From the ‘Śāstras’ to Modern Law; Caste and Occupation in Classical India: The Normative Texts; Megasthenes on Indian Lawbooks; The “Ambassador” in Ancient India; The Status of Minors according to Classical Hindu Law; ‘Quandoque bonus dormitat’ Jīmūtavāhanas; Notes on Mixed Castes in Classical India; Inheritance and ‘Śrāddha’: The Principle of “Spiritual Benefit”; The Theory of Matrimonial Causes According to the ‘Dharmaśāstra’; Jīmūtavāhana’s ‘Dāyabhāga’ and the Maxim ‘Factum Valet’; The Divinity of Royal Power in Ancient India according to Dharmaśāstra; A Few Considerations on Monocracy in Ancient India; Part Three. Hindu Legal Procedure; The Theory of Proof in Ancient Hindu Law; The Problem of the Mixed Reply in Ancient Hindu Law; The Reply in Hindu Legal Procedure: Mitra Miśra’s Criticism of the ‘Vyavahāra-Cintāmaṇi’; “Lawyers” in Classical Hindu Law; Anumāna in the ‘Bṛhaspatismṛti’; Part Four. Technical Studies of Hindu Law; Possession Held for Three Generations by Persons Related to the Owner; The ‘Vīramitrodaya’ on the Right of Private Defence; The Technical Term ‘Anubandha’ in Sanskrit Legal Literature; The ‘Kāmasūtra’: Vātsyāyana’s Attitude toward ‘Dharma’ and Dharmaśāstra; In Defense of Jīmūtavāhana; ‘Dāsadāsī’; The Definition of ‘Vākparuṣya’; ‘Janmasvatvavāda’ and ‘Uparamasvatvavāda’: The First Chapters on Inheritance in the ‘Mitākṣarā’ and ‘Dāyabhāga’; Karma and Rebirth in the Dharmaśāstra; Notes on the Technical Term ‘Sāhasa’ “Fine, Pecuniary Penalty”; ‘Avyāvahārika’ Debts and Kauṭilya 3.1.1–11; The ‘Sūtras’ and ‘Śāstras’ on the Eight Types of Marriage; ‘Caritraṃ Pustakaraṇe’; The Terms ‘Niyukta’, ‘Aniyukta’, and ‘Niyoga’ in Sanskrit Legal Literature; The ‘Aurasa’ Son; The Introduction of the ‘Gautamadharmasūtra’; Part Five. Anglo-Hindu and Customary Law; Indian Response to Anglo-Hindu Law; Can a Murderer Inherit his Victim’s Estate? British Responses to Troublesome Questions in Hindu Law; Reinterpreting Texts: When Revealed Sanskrit Texts Become Modern Law Books; Father Bouchet’s Letter on the Administration of Hindu Law; Jacob Mossel’s Treatise on the Customary Laws of the Veḷḷāla Cheṭṭiyārs; Bibliography; Index
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Anthroposophic Press Inc The Bhagavad Gita and the West
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