Namaste,
Niraamaya Publishing Services Pvt Ltd, a newly established publication house in Mumbai, is pleased to announce the publication of its first book Mahaviri: Hanuman-Chalisa Demystified. The book is currently in press and will be available in the second week of September 2015. The front cover, dust jacket, and some sample pages are attached with this email.
Book details
Title: Mahaviri: Hanuman-Chalisa Demystified
Title in IAST: Mahāvīrī: Hanumān-Cālīsā Demystified
Description: English translation and expansion, with notes, of the acclaimed Hindi commentary Mahaviri on the Hanuman-Chalisa. Offers word-by-word meaning, simple translation, in-depth commentary, explanatory notes, details on prosody including (prosodic map), musical notation of the traditional rendition, and verse and word indexes of the Hanuman-Chalisa, one of the most popular Hindu prayers authored by Goswami Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623).
Language: English
Author: Nityanand Misra
Foreword: Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha),
Cover art: Bhanwarlal Girdharilal Sharma (1924–2007), painter and exponent of Rajasthan art
Book design and typesetting: Nityanand Misra
Publisher: Niraamaya Publishing Services Private Limited, Mumbai
ISBN-13: 978-81-931144-0-7
ISBN-10: 81-931144-0-X
Book type: Hardcover with section binding and dust jacket
Book size: 145 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
Inside paper size: Metric demy 8vo (138 mm x 216 mm)
Number of pages: 246 (xxiv + 222)
Inside paper: 80 gsm natural shade maplitho paper
Cover and dust jacket Paper: 170 gsm Sinar art paper
Finishing: Gloss lamination on hardcover and dust jacket
Weight: Approx 470 grams
Price: INR 300 in India, USD 9.95 outside India. Shipping charges extra, depending on the preference (express delivery, registry, book post, etc) of the buyer.
The book is a translated, expanded, and annotated version of the acclaimed Mahaviri commentary in Hindi on the Hanuman Chalisa by Padma Vibhushan Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, the polymath and ployglot Hindu Guru who has authored more than 100 books in Sanskrit and Hindi despite being without eyesight since infancy. Swami Rambhadracharya has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit and President's Certificate of Honour for Sanskrit, in addition to numerous other awards and honours.
The foreword of the book has been authored by Padma Vibhushan Dr. Karan Singh (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha). The back cover features a blurb review by Prof. Philip Lutgendorf (Prof. of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies, University of Iowa), and blurbs from Padma Shri Anup Jalota (noted bhajan singer) and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader and humanitarian).
As Dr. Karan Singh in his foreword and Prof. Philip Lutgendorf in his blurb review have pointed out, the book is expected to be useful for both scholars and laymen, and would be suited for readers who would like to read detailed exposition of the Hanuman-Chalisa in English. The type size, line spacing, and white space used in the original text and the commentary have been set keeping elderly readers in mind.
Contents
Transliteration Key
Abbreviations
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Mahāvīrī
The Hanumān-Cālīsā
Devanagari Text
Transliterated Text
With Mahāvīrī meaning
Introduction
The Mahāvīrī
Commentator’s invocation
Invocatory dohā‑s
Caupāī‑s
Concluding dohā
Commentator’s conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Prosody
Musical notation
Hemistich index
Word index
Pre-publication offers
Shipping charges (both within India and internationally) for orders received before August 15, 2015. The book(s) will be dispatched in September after realization of payment.
To avail this offer, please drop a mail to the publisher at:
1) niraamayapublishing AT gmail DOT COM, or
2) sales AT npsbooks DOT COM
Please keep the subject of the email as Order for Mahaviri. Please include your full shipping address, and number of copies required in the body of the email.
A discount on the book price is available on orders for more than 10 copies. Please contact the publisher on email for more details.
A discount on the book price is also available for educational institutes, including Gurukuls and Pathshalas. Please contact the publisher on email for more details.
Post-publication availability
The book will be made available for online purchase on the publisher's website and on Amazon India. Offline distribution is planned with India Book House.
The book on the web
A preview of the book with downloadable sample pages in PDF format are available on the publisher’s website:
Praise for the book and the author
“Down through the ages a large number of hymns and stotra-s have been composed in honour of Hanuman—also known as Mahavir. Of these the most popular is Goswami Tulasi Das’s famous forty-verse hymn to Hanuman called the Hanuman Chalisa. This is recited by millions of Hindus everyday around the world. However, analytical work on this text is not easily available. In the present book Shri Nityanand Misra has translated and annotated the text based on the acclaimed Hindi commentary Mahaviri (1983) by Swami Ramabhadracharya. This throws a great deal of light on the deeper meaning of Tulasi Das’s famous work, and will be welcomed by scholars and laymen alike. I commend Shri Nityanand Misra for the devotion and dedication with which he has undertaken this work.“
—Padma Vibhushan Dr. Karan Singh (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha;
former Regent, President, and Governor of Jammu & Kashmir;
former Cabinet Minister, Government of India; and
former ambassador of India to the United States)
“Inspired in equal measure by profound devotion and immense knowledge, the Mahāvīrī commentary on the beloved and revered Hanumān-Cālīsā will be welcomed by the many devoted reciters of this praise-poem who would like to explore its deeper meanings. Buttressing his insights with numerous citations of authoritative Sanskrit texts and the principal writings of Tulasīdāsa, Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya both situates the cālīsā in the ancient Hindu literary tradition, and also shows it to contain a veritable distillation or essence of the Rāmayaṇa Kathā. Nityānanda Miśra’s careful English translation, scholarly yet readable, will make these insights accessible to a broader audience.“
—Prof. Philip Lutgendorf
(Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies, University of Iowa;
President, American Institute of Indian Studies;
Author, Hanuman’s Tale: The Messages of a Divine Monkey, OUP: 2007;
Translator: Tulsidas: The Epic of Ram, 7 vols., MCLI: forthcoming)
“One of the very few books which have inspired me to make positive changes in lifestyle. Gives a new dimension to the world of devotion. A must-read.”
—Padma Shri Anup Jalota (bhajan singer, also known as bhajan samrat)
“My love and blessings to Nityānanda Miśra for this effort.”
—Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader and humanitarian;
Founder: The Art of Living Foundation)
With best regards,
Niraamaya Publishing Services Private Limited
