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Sri Satguru Publication-Indian Books Centre Books Review. I
The Imitation of
Sankara Price: Rs.200 Contents: 1. Prologue. 2. Brahman. 3. Self-identity. 4. The Means. 5. Liberation. 6. Conclusion. Index. The present collection here is not entirely from the works of Sankara, but from all works bearing on the philosophy taught by Sankara and his followers. The whole collection is being divided into sections and sub-sections with a view to exhaust the main topics of the absolute philosophy. Texts from the Upanisads and other works are often referred to in Vedanta writings. That almost every important reference of this kind may easily be traced to its place in this collection, where it should be found in its entirety with translation, a careful alphabetical index has been appended in the end. Another index puts together the principal points of this philosophy, and directs even the most casual reader to whatever information this book can give on the questions and its bearings. Words not Englished in the text have been collected together for explanation in an index, to which the reader may conveniently refer For copies contact at your nearest bookseller or Indian Books Centre Phone no: 91-11-2384 6497, 2384 4930 A Leading Bookshop for books from India :Indian Books Centre ...
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| Monday, January 15, 2007 |
| ComparativeSurvey
of Hindu Christian and Jewish Mysticism |
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Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Introductory : General considerations regarding mysticism: 1. Hindu mysticism. 2. Buddhist mysticism. II. The Mysticism of : 1. Isa Upanisad. 2. Katha Upanisad. 3. Mundaka Upanisad. 4. Kena Upanisad. III. Christian mysticism: 1. The cloud of unknowing. IV. Kabbalistic (Jewish) mysticism. V. Conclusions. Appendix : i. Psychedelic experience. ii. Modern physics and mysticism•the quantum factor. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. "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 also rightly considered Buddhism. His study of these is through and understanding very clear. He has then dealt with Christianity, with reference to the New Testament and the Christian mystics. He has drawn on their works copiously. Being a practicing Jew himself, his study of Judaism and Kabbalah is thorough and gives a complete insight into these religious systems. The most important addition is the study of a great work, "The Cloud of Unknowing " by an unknown author, who appears to be a Catholic Christian and who chose to remain anonymous." Copies from Indian Books Centre
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A Comparative Survey of
Hindu, Christian and Jewish Mysticism/E.M. Abrahams. Delhi, Sri Satguru,
1995, xxvii, 274 p., ISBN 81-7030-406-7. Rs.300| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 | |
| Ayurveda
Soundaryam'Towards Beauty/P.H.Kulkarni | |
Ayurveda Soundaryam : Towards Beauty/P.H. Kulkarni. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, 2000, 144 p., $11. ISBN 81-7030-667-1.Rs.150Contents: 1. Basic principles of Ayurveda. 2. Swasthavritta (healthy life style). 3. Skin and skin care in Ayurveda. 4. Ayurveda Soundarya. 5. Hair. 6. Beauty in Ayurveda. 7. Diet and discipline in skin care and cure. 8. Skin cure and care a panchabhautic approach. 9. About care of complexion. 10. Skin care. 11. Medicinal herbs for skin care and cure. 12. Ayurveda products indicated for skin care (skin diseases). 13. Traditional products useful in skin problems. 14. Some common skin disorders and their treatment. 15. Abstracts of research papers. 16. Research references. 17. Bibliography. 18. Vocabulary. 19. Herbal formulations. copies from Indian Books Centre 40/5.Shakti Nagar Delhi=110007. India A Leading Bookshop for books from India :Indian Books Centre ...
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| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| Secrets of
Ayurvedic Massage |
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Secrets of Ayurvedic Massage Contents: Secrets of Ayurvedic Massage is a practical manual for the western massage therapist. However, it goes beyond an ordinary manual because it deeply penetrates the Ayurvedic understanding of the life force, Prana. Ayurveda is a system that treats individuals, and in accordance with these principles, this book explains how each type of person should be given an Ayurvedic massage. The author has spent many years living and studying in India with yogis, saints, and Ayurvedic doctors. Within these pages the secrets of these extraordinary people will be revealed and explained in detail. This book has the following points of interest : -Provides a clear guide to the techniques of Ayurvedic Massage.
For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Monday, December 4, 2006 |
| An Approach to
Vipassana Practice |
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- An Approach to Vipassana
Practice
"If you practice mediation, this is the book you’ll want to take everywhere with you! Steve and Rosemary Weissman offer insights into the development process, because when you start to meditate, you eventually will look at all the problems that people on the spiritual path want to overcome. How do you deal with anger, fear, greed, aversion, or being judgmental? The Weissmans offer a guided meditation to help get rid of feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth; they present a way to learn how to look at the world around you with compassion and lovingkindness. Full of practical information, this is a resource that you’ll use over and over again, and you may want to give it to a friend. "The Weissmans teach mediation retreats at the Wat Kow Tahm Meditation Center in Thailand. They also teach in the United States and at their center in Australia. This book was written at the request of people who have studied with them, for many students of Vipassana meditation wanted a ready reference to take home. Included with the text is basic instruction for working with meditation postures • sitting, standing, lying, and walking•so you can learn to use Vipassana mediation techniques everywhere you go. Other Books on Yoga & Meditation Published under our Imprint: Sri Satguru Publications
ISBN: 81-7030-607-8, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 28 About the Book David Frawley is the author of many books on the spiritual traditions of India and is one of the few Westerners ever recognized in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the Vedic Tradition. Beyond the Mind presents the essential knowledge and insights taken from his in-depth studies free of any technical terms for the benefit of the broader audience of all those interested in the fundamental issues of human life. Beyond The mind is a profound examination of the nature of the mind and of what we call reality. It raises fundamental questions as to the nature of the self and the nature of the world. It is a provocative challenge to all that we commonly believe and know that can help us move into an entirely different dimension of being, in which alone may be the solution to our present personal and collective problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-407-5, , Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 133 About the Author Gareth Sparham is unusual in that he is a respected academic and also has been a Buddhist monk for twenty years. He presently teaches at Langara College in Vancouver, B.C. He is an accomplished Sanskritist whose work on the Indian Buddhist writer Haribhadra has been published by Motilal Banarsidass. He spends part of his time in Dharmsala, India. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-687-6, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 258 About the Author Bernard Bouanchaud Internationally acclaimed yoga instructor Bernard Bouanchaud began studying yoga in 1961. He is the author of several books on Yoga including Le Yoga: Premiers Pas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-807-0 About the Book The Gheranda Samhita is one of the important texts of Hatha Yoga. The book is a discourse between the sage Gheranda and Candakapali. The book is divided into seven chapters, dealing with the training of the physical body, Asanas (postures), Mudras, Pratyahara (restraining the mind), restraining the breath (Pranayama), contemplation (Dhyana) and Samadhi (liberation). The book contains Sanskrit text in Devanagari along with English translation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-808-9, Series: Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series No. 303 About the Book The Hatha Yoga Pradipila of Svatmarama is one of the basic text of hatha yoga. The book is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with asanas (postures). The second chapter describes pranayama (control of breathing). The third chapter deals with mudras. The fourth chapters explains samadhi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-678-7 About the Book If you practice mediation, this is the book you’ll want to take everywhere with you! Steve and Rosemary Weissman offer insights into the development process, because when you start to meditate, you eventually will look at all the problems that people on the spiritual path want to overcome. How do you deal with anger, fear, greed, aversion, or being judgmental? The Weissmans offer a guided meditation to help get rid of feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth; they present a way to learn how to look at the world around you with compassion and lovingkindness. Full of practical information, this is a resource that you’ll use over and over again, and you may want to give it to a friend. The Weissmans teach mediation retreats at the Wat Kow Tahm Meditation Center in Thailand. They also teach in the United States and at their center in Australia. This book was written at the request of people who have studied with them, for many students of Vipassana meditation wanted a ready reference to take home. Included with the text is basic instruction for working with meditation postures • sitting, standing, lying, and walking•so you can learn to use Vipassana mediation techniques everywhere you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN 81-7030-679-5 About the Book The world is full of confused people running around aimlessly, waiting for life to happen. Caught in maze of mirrors, we spend most of our time bumping into the walls of confusion and chaos we have created. In term of Buddhist reality, we have been swallowed up by our ego-1, which determines our relationship with world. Meeting the Monkey Halfway is a spiritual instruction book that presents perspectives from the Buddha's view of the world and is offered as a remedial treatment. just as medicines are intended to deal with dysfunction, illness and injury, this spiritual path is meant to serve as a tool to bring radiating peace into our hearts and return us to our natural state of bliss. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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ISBN: 81-7030-606-X, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No.196 About the Book Indian Buddhist philosophers say that it is possible to achieve, by specific meditational techniques, a distinctive ‘altered state’ which they call ‘the attainment of cessation’. In this state, the stream of mental events is temporarily brought to a complete halt: the practitioner becomes mindless. The possibility and desirability of such an altered state was extensively discussed by Buddhist thinkers in India. In these discussions, they were compelled to consider the causal connections between the mental and the physical, and thus to clarify their positions on what in the west has usually been called the mind-body problem. On Being Mindless presents these discussions to an English speaking readership for the first time, including analysis and translation of texts not previously available in English and, in some cases, of material not available in any Western language. Opposing fashionably relativistic approaches to non-Western philosophical traditions, Paul Griffiths critically comments upon the analyses of mindlessness given by Buddhist thinkers. He maintains that “the functions, nature, and limits of rationality are conceived similarly in all cultures” and rejects” that humility which, all too often in those Western academic circles where the study of Buddhist thought is carried on, refuses to take its material with philosophical seriousness”. On Being Mindless is a study in cross-cultural philosophy which should do much to increase awareness among Western scholars of the precision and subtlety of India Philosophical thinking. It may also encourage Western philosophers to look beyond the barriers of their own culture and language for serious philosophical analysis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-277-3, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 89 Contents: Interpenetration, Buddha's Enlightenment; Chozen-ji Line; Bodhidharma; Hui-neng Ta-Chien; Lin-chi I-hsuan; Hakuin Ekaku; Omori Sogen; Tanouye Tenshin; Zen Therapy; The Way: Philosophy of Life; Trancendent Unconscious and the True Self; Creative Problem Solving; Mind-Body Training; All Ways are One in the End --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-528-4, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 176 About the Book In January 1969 an unusual workshop was held at Oberlin
College in Ohio - an experimental project in Buddhist meditation. It
brought together a Thai Buddhist meditation teacher, the Venerable Chao
Khun Sobhana Dhammasudhi, and a Zen priest, the Reverend Eshin Nishimura,
to share with Professor Donald K. Swearer in instructing a group of
students in the theory and practice of satipatthana and zazen, two forms
of Buddhist meditation.
ISBN: 81-7030-825-9, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-612-4, Series: Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No.201 About the Author D.C. Ahir (born 1928, Punjab) is a reputed scholar of Buddhist studies, and has made notable contribution to the history of Buddhism during the last 42 years. He retired as Director to the Government of India in February 1986, and since then is fully engaged in enriching literature. He already has more than forty published works to his credit, besides numerous articles on Buddhism. In appreciation of his noble and notable contribution to the Buddhist Literature as a Distinguished Scholarand Author, the Maha Bodhi Society of India, Sarnath conferred on him on 30 November 2001 the Honorary Title of Buddha Sahitya Shiromani. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-703-1 About the Book Yoga combins movement with conscious breathing to relieve the mind of daily stress and to build the body's strength and stamina. Mohan's approach is breath-oriented. He focuses on relaxing the body through proper breathing, correct mental attitude, and fluid movements which increase the body's flaxibility, strength, and inner stability. In this book, he sheds clear insight on the yoga philosophy, meditation, yoga postures (asanas), and breathing (pranayama) that allow anyone to find a deep sense of relaxation and well-being. Over 300 illustrations and photographs will help you develop your own yoga practice from 20 essential asanas which can be adapted to anyone's body shape, age, level of fitness, and experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-091-6 About the Book The present book comprises the Sanskrit text in Devanagari and transliteration and English translation of the Yoga Sutras's of Patanjali, an introduction, an appendix and notes on each sutras based upon several authentic commentaries all in English. The introduction is refreshingly topical. the doctrine of the Guna's-the four fold developmental theory namely physical, mental, moral and spiritual. The eight limbs of yoga, mantra, and laya yogas and their utilities in the presents system have been discussed in details. The book shows how the sutras of Patanjali are nearer to Raj Yoga rather than Hatha Yoga. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-244-7, Series: Studies in Indian Tradition Series No. 1 About the Book This new translation, drawings its inspiration from both careful scholarship and yogic practice, offers innovative features in that it: provides a full grammatical analysis of each term used by Patanjali, including an analysis of word compounds. Emphasizes the style and flow of the central author, rather than deferring to later commentaries. Includes a concise introduction, surveying earlier scholarship on the text and highlighting what the translators perceive to be its central theme: the process of subtilization. Uses consistent translation of Sanskrit terms such as artha (purpose) and visaya (condition), whereas prior translations have often given more than one translation for the same Sanskrit word. Selectively retains technical vocabulary in the original, thus challenging the reader to expand his or her linguistic horizons by assimilating Sanskrit terms such as purusa, prakrit, guna and dharma. A Sannkrit word index and Bibliography of prior translations are included. Other Book by the same Author 1. Nonviolence to Animals, Earth & Self in Asian
Tradition/ Christopher Key Chapple, Rs. 225 2. Ecological Prospects - Scientific, Religious & Aesthetic Perspective/ Christopher Key Chapple, Rs. 300 ISBN: 81-7030-427-X, Series: Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 185 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISBN: 81-7030-138-6, Series: Sri Garib das Oriental Series No. 63 From the preface: "Much has been written about Yoga ever since the Theosophists "discovered" spiritual India, and not a little of a very uninformed nature which, in place of elucidating a complex mental science, has either perplexed the student or rendered the whole subject ridiculous. In this book it is my intention to abide by facts and simultaneously introduce sufficient cross references to other mystical systems, such as western magic and the Qabalah, to show that Yoga is one of a series of means of deliverance from worldly illusions. All these systems are closely related; for, in one sense, they and many others, such as Christian mysticism, Quietism, Buddhism, Taoism and Sufism, are spiritual languages the words of which differ in sound but the meanings of which are identical." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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Meditation, Compassion
and Lovingkindness| Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| Yoga=A Study of
the Mystical Philosophy of the Brahmns and Buddhist |
,Yoga-A Study of the Mystical Philosophy of the Brahmins and Buddhists Yoga-A Study of the Mystical Philosophy of the
Brahmins and Buddhists/J.F.C. Fuller. Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2000, 140 p.,
ills., ISBN 81-7030-138-6. Rs.150
Contents: 1. The agnostic position. 2. The Vedanta. 3. Attainment by Yoga. 4. The Yogas. 5. The conditions of Yoga. 6. Hatha Yoga. 7. The constitution of the mystical body. 8. The Mudras. 9. Raja Yoga. 10. The doctrines of Buddhism. 11. The noble eightfold path. 12. An analysis and a summary. From the preface: "Much has been written about Yoga ever since the Theosophists "discovered" spiritual India, and not a little of a very uninformed nature which, in place of elucidating a complex mental science, has either perplexed the student or rendered the whole subject ridiculous. In this book it is my intention to abide by facts and simultaneously introduce sufficient cross references to other mystical systems, such as western magic and the Qabalah, to show that Yoga is one of a series of means of deliverance from worldly illusions. All these systems are closely related; for, in one sense, they and many others, such as Christian mysticism, Quietism, Buddhism, Taoism and Sufism, are spiritual languages the words of which differ in sound but the meanings of which are identical Copies from Indian Books Centre
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (4) | Personals |
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| Ayurveda
Therapy/Ed.P.H.Kulkarni |
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (1) | Society |
Ayurveda Therapy/edited by P.H. Kulkarni. Revised &
Enlarged Edition, Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2001, 417 p., $30. ISBN
81-7030-694-9.(Indian Medical Sciences Series No. 110). Rs.550| Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| The Imitation of
Buddha - Quotations from Buddhist Literature for Each
Day.. |
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The Imitation of
Buddha Price Rs. 200 About the Book In this compilation no attempt has been made to present a general view of Buddhism as a religious or philosophical system. The aim has rather to turn Buddhism to account as a moral force by bringing together a selection of its beautiful sentiments and lofty maxims, and particularly by including some of those which inculcate mercy to lower animals. In the average Buddhist treatise , with its earnest exhortations, recurring as a matter of course , to show mercy on every living thing; and this difference along is an adequate reason for compiling a Buddhist anthology. The author has here supplied those who buy and use the book with rubies and sapphires and emeralds of wisdom, compassion and human brotherhood, any one of which, worn on the heart, would be sufficient to make the wearer rich beyond estimation for a day. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre |
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (5) | Lifestyle |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 |
| The Bhagavadgita/
Kashinath Trimbak Telang |
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The Bhagavadagita/ Kashinath Trimbak Telang
The Bhagavadgita (Sacred Books of
the East No. 8) Price: Rs. 300 in India & US$ 10 Outside
India Contents: Easy-to-read translation from Sanskrit slokas into English prose. Detailed introduction covering interesting aspects of the Gita, the Vedas, the authorship, the date (internal and external evidence) etc. Footnotes offering detailed explanations. Apt references to commentaries of Adi Sankaracharya, Anandagiri, Sridhara Swamy and Madhusudana Saraswathi. Parallels from Upanishads and other texts cited. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Posted By nareshgupta | Comment (0) | Business |
| Saturday, February 10, 2007 |
| Natural Healing
for Babies and Children/Aviva Jill Romm |
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Natural Healing for Babies and Children/Aviva Jill Romm. Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2000, 252 p., ISBN 81-7030-658-2. Rs.300 Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Herbalism and natural healing. 2. Newborn and baby care. 3. Natural healing for children. Appendices. Resources. Further reading. Index. Foreword. Introduction. 1. Herbalism and natural healing. 2. Newborn and baby care. 3. Natural healing for children. Appendices. Resources. Further reading. Index."Natural Healing for Babies and Children is indispensable reading for parents seeking safe and effective ways to keep their children healthy. This comprehensive handbook includes: • An A-Z guide to children’s health complaints • and when to call the doctor. • Herbal remedies, nutritional recommendations, and other home health care tips. • Guidelines for giving your child a basic physical examination. • How to create an herbal medicine chest and an herbal first-aid kit. copies from Indian Books Centre |
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2007 |
| Buddhist Sites and
Shrines in India |
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Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2003, 335 p., maps, plates, $61. ISBN 81-7030-774-0. [Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series No. 231]. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Andhra Pradesh. 2. Arunachal Pradesh. 3. Assam. 4. Bihar. 5. Chhattisgarh. 6. Delhi. 7. Goa. 8. Gujarat. 9. Haryana. 10. Himachal Pradesh. 11. Jammu & Kashmir. 12. Karnataka. 13. Kerala. 14. Madhya Pradesh. 15. Maharashtra. 16. Orissa. 17. Pondicherry. 18. Punjab. 19. Rajasthan. 20. Sikkim. 21. Tamil Nadu. 22. Tripura. 23. Uttaranchal. 24. Uttar Pradesh. 25. West Bengal. Appendices: 1. The edicts of Asoka. 2. Buddhist monasteries seen by Hiuen Tsang. 3. Sacred relics of the Buddha. 4. Buddhist remains in Pakistan. 5. Buddhist sites in Bangla Desh. Bibliography. Index. Buddhist sites and shrines in India. "This book is the first of its kind which gives complete information on the history, art & architecture of more than 250 Buddhist sites and shrines in India. The presentation is state-wise, covering 25 modern states, in alphabetical order, from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal. The most sacred shrines, sanctified by the Buddha, are in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Three other states where the Best Buddhist heritage has survived are •Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. And the best gompas, monasteries in the high Himalayan Valleys where Buddhism has been a living faith through the ages, are in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh (Kashmir) and Sikkim. "To make this volume complete in all respects, five additional notes have been added. These are on•the edicts of Asoka (3 century BC); Buddhist monasteries seen by Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, in the 7 century AD; sacred relics of the Buddha; Buddhist remains in Pakistan, and Buddhist sites in Bangla Desh. All this information naturally makes this volume a very useful reference book on the Buddhist sites and shrines in Ancient India." Thanking You Naresh Gupta
Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail ibci...@vsnl.com indianbo...@gmail.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com |
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Buddhist Sites and Shrines
in India : History, Art and Architecture/D.C. Ahir.| Saturday, January 27, 2007 |
| Authoritative
Guide to Indian Philosophy |
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Tradition and Reflection Contents: About the Book This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge. Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious "Thags" (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative. The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana. Other Useful Titles 1. Theology after Vedanta: An Experiment in
Comparative Theology/ Francis X. Clooney,S.J. For Copies contact at your nearest bookshop or Indian Books Centre Request a Complete Catalogue |
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| Saturday, November 4, 2006 | |
| Religious History
of Ladakh | |
| Religious History of
Ladakh/edited by Prem Singh Jina. New Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2001, 117
p.,US $11 Rs.200.. ISBN: 81-7030-705-8. (Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica
Series No.215).
Contents : Preface. 1. The history of Christianity in Ladakh/George Mampillil. 2. History of Buddhism in Ladakh/Prem Singh Jina. 3. Islam in Ladakh/Prem Singh Jina and Zain-ul-Abidin. Bibliography. Index. "Ladakh has its unique importance as it is surrounded by some important republics of Central Asia. The present book contains History of Christianity in Ladakh ; History of Buddhism in Ladakh, and Islam in Ladakh. The book will help readers and researchers to know how Ladakh is being influenced by the above religions in the past and how the eco-cultural and religious changes are taking place in the passage of time copies from Indian Books Centre/ 40/5.Shakti Nagar.Delhi-110007 India A Leading Bookshop for books from India :Indian Books Centre ...
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| Wednesday, August 15, 2007 |
| An Encyclopaedia
of Jainism/edited by P.C. Nahar and K.C. Ghosh |
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An Encyclopaedia of Jainism/edited by P.C. Nahar and K.C. Ghosh. Reprint. First published in 1917. 1996, Delhi. Sri Satguru xxx, 706 p., plates, US$33. Rs.500.(India only) Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Jainism--its philosophy and religion. 2. Predicaments by pre-eminence. 3. Knowledge and its forms. 4. Epistemology and logic. 5. Pratyaksha is really Paroksha. 6. The Jain theory of formal logic. 7. The Jain logic and the "Nayas". 8. The doctrine of Syadbad. 9. Shankar and Syadbad. 10. Examination of Shankar. 11. The doctrine of unity in difference. 12. The universe as a self-existent unit. 13. Theories of evolution. 14. The sankhya philosophy. 15. Causation and compound evolution. 16. God. 17. Soul. 18. The karma phenomenology. 19. Churchianity and the law of karma. 20. Belief in re-birth. 21. Re-birth and karma-sarira. 22. Karma-sarira and oudarika-sarira. 23. Free-will and fatalism. 24. Will and individuality. 25. Causality in the moral world. 26. Classification of karmas. 27. From metaphysics to ethics. 28. The conceptions of virtue and vice. 29. On punya and its fruitions. 30. Papa, vice or sin. 31. Asrava or influx. 32. Bandha or bondage. 33. Samvara or stoppage. 34. Nirjara or dissipation. 35. Moksha or emancipation. 36. Gunasthanas. 37. Jain church. 38. Jain festivals. 39. Jain places of pilgrimage. 40. Jain literature. 41. Jain art and architecture. "The present book An Encyclopaedia of Jainism, is a compilation forming an epitome having for its basis the most orthodox principles, doctrine and tenets as found in the original work of authority and high antiquity as promulgated on the subject by Jaina speculative writers and conformed to by accurate thinkers in their spiritual inquiries." . Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail indianbo...@gmail.com ibci...@vsnl.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com |
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| Wednesday, August 15, 2007 |
| The Unknown
Pilgrims : The Voice of the Sadhvis : The History, Spirituality and Life
of the Jaina Wo |
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The Unknown Pilgrims : The Voice of the Sadhvis : The
History, Spirituality and Life of the Jaina Women Ascetics/N. Shanta. Delhi, Sri Satguru, 1997, 789 p., plates,Rs.750.
US $50. ISBN 81-7030-535-7.
"This book permits us to penetrate within one of the most
ancient ascetic spirituality, that followed by some 6000 Jaina women
ascetics. "Written with their collaboration, it presents to the reader
their life of radical renunciation of which one of the hallmarks is
incessant pilgrimage, a regular shifting from one place to the next in a
sustained striving towards self-purification, a striving of which the
final goal is Nirvana. "Here then we have before us the whole Jaina tradition,
presented through scriptures, ancient texts, biographies, epigraphy and
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| Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| The Rg-Veda :
Hymns of the Rg-Veda/Translated by H.H. Wilson. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru,
2002, 6 Vols. |
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"In 1805 H.T. Colebrooke, wrote an elaborate essay on the Vedas in the Asiatic Researches. This essay created a lot of interest in Europe to take up Vedic studies seriously. The efforts to study were directed towards three points: 1. Critical editions of the Vedic text. 2. Translations of those texts and. 3. Study of those texts in order to get acquainted with ancient Indian Culture and Philosophy. "It was H.H. Wilson, who for the first time translated entirely the Rgveda into English. H.H. Wilson based his English translation on the commentary of Sayanacharya and has given his own interpretations in the notes wherever there are differences with the commentary. This is prose English translation of the Rgveda with exhaustive notes." Thanking You Naresh Gupta
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The Rg-Veda : Hymns of the
Rg-Veda/Translated by H.H. Wilson. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, 2002, 6 Vols.,
2411 p., Rs.3000. oo US$116 (set). ISBN
81-7030-730-9.| Wednesday, August 1, 2007 |
| Life and Teachings
of Sri Ma Anandmayi : A Bird on the Wing/Bithika
Mukerji. |
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Life and Teachings of Sri Ma Anandmayi : A
Bird on the Wing/Bithika Mukerji.
Delhi, Sri Satguru Pub., 2005, xix, 347 p., US$22.
(pbk). ISBN 81-7030-810-0.
Contents: Preface. 1. The places where Sri Ma Anandamayi lived as a child. 2. From childhood of maturity. 3. The manifestation of Sakti as Sadhana. 4. The Ma of Dhaka. 5. The beginning of the ceaseless wanderings. 6. The last years in Dhaka. 7. The bird on the wing. 8. The pilgrimage to Kailasha. 9. Sri Ramani Mohan Chakravarty : Bhyolanathji. 10. The changing order. 11. Sri Ma and the Sadhu-samaja. 12. A harmonius presence. 13. A confluence of many streams. 14. Through a spectrum of rainbow colours. 15. Swami Muktananda Giri. 16. The last flight - beyond horizons. Glossary of Sanskrit words. Index. "For a span of more than 50 years Ma Anandamayi treaded gracefully the spiritual horizon of India -- and in her wake followed top dignitaries, as well as the lowliest of the lowly, enchanted by her gentle dispensation of wisdom and love to all... To the man in the street she was the guru' and confidante of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. All V.I.Ps visiting India made an appointment with her an item in their itineraries. No big religious function was held anywhere in the country without an invitation to her for her gracious and radiant presence on the dais. The keepers of our heritage -- the ascetic orders of India were united in recognizing Ma Anandamayi as the quintessence of the Upanishadic tradition....scholars trained in modern universities derived inspiration from her. Ma Anandamayi by her presence in our midst during the most difficult decades of our times, consolidated our past and taught how to live in the very demanding times of the twentieth century and face up to the challenge of the twenty first. She was born in India but in herself she belongs to humanity (Colin Turnbull). Swami Sivananda (Divine Life Society) had said that she was the finest flower that the soil of India had produced. Such question as whether she was an incarnation, a Siddha Yogin or the adya sakti (Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj) used to sink into irrelevancies in her presence. She was for everyone, man, women and child from all corners of the world, a guide of infallible power, a friend of unfailing compassion and understanding. To Ma Anandamayi, there was no one who was an 'other'. In her we touched a dimension of unity which encompassed all religions and all countries. Each person in her presence found fulfilment and her presence is ever-abiding Contents: Preface. 1. The places where Sri Ma Anandamayi lived as a child. 2. From childhood of maturity. 3. The manifestation of Sakti as Sadhana. 4. The Ma of Dhaka. 5. The beginning of the ceaseless wanderings. 6. The last years in Dhaka. 7. The bird on the wing. 8. The pilgrimage to Kailasha. 9. Sri Ramani Mohan Chakravarty : Bhyolanathji. 10. The changing order. 11. Sri Ma and the Sadhu-samaja. 12. A harmonius presence. 13. A confluence of many streams. 14. Through a spectrum of rainbow colours. 15. Swami Muktananda Giri. 16. The last flight - beyond horizons. Glossary of Sanskrit words. Index. "For a span of more than 50 years Ma Anandamayi treaded gracefully the spiritual horizon of India -- and in her wake followed top dignitaries, as well as the lowliest of the lowly, enchanted by her gentle dispensation of wisdom and love to all... To the man in the street she was the guru' and confidante of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. All V.I.Ps visiting India made an appointment with her an item in their itineraries. No big religious function was held anywhere in the country without an invitation to her for her gracious and radiant presence on the dais. The keepers of our heritage -- the ascetic orders of India were united in recognizing Ma Anandamayi as the quintessence of the Upanishadic tradition....scholars trained in modern universities derived inspiration from her. Ma Anandamayi by her presence in our midst during the most difficult decades of our times, consolidated our past and taught how to live in the very demanding times of the twentieth century and face up to the challenge of the twenty first. She was born in India but in herself she belongs to humanity (Colin Turnbull). Swami Sivananda (Divine Life Society) had said that she was the finest flower that the soil of India had produced. Such question as whether she was an incarnation, a Siddha Yogin or the adya sakti (Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj) used to sink into irrelevancies in her presence. She was for everyone, man, women and child from all corners of the world, a guide of infallible power, a friend of unfailing compassion and understanding. To Ma Anandamayi, there was no one who was an 'other'. In her we touched a dimension of unity which encompassed all religions and all countries. Each person in her presence found fulfilment and her presence is ever-abiding Thanking You Naresh Gupta
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| Wednesday, May 2, 2007 |
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Price: Rs. 500 Contents: Introduction. 1. The Vedic background. 2. In the Smrti context. 3. Tantrik involvements. 4. Myths and legends. 5. Forms for worship. From the introduction: "Ganesa's popularity is manifold. He is the favourite God of the masses. He is also the favourite subject for curio-hunters and collectors of icons. Painters and sculptors have revelled in depicting this God in a variety of forms and postures. The Tantrik practitioners have found in him a benevolent power, quick to acquire and enduring in nature. There is no religious group in the country which dispenses with his services. And more importantly, Ganesa has been subjected to endless enquiry about his origin, nature, significance, symbolism and cultic involvement. Research scholars have surrounded him with diverse theories: sociological, anthropological, cultural, historical, literary and linguistic, political and economic answers are suggested to be the secret of his popularity; agriculture, hunting, elephant capture, formation of early totemistic communities, and strife amongst them are sought to be seen in the background of this deity. Excessive use of imagination appears to be the undercurrent in all such studies, which have also incidentally brought to surface many interesting aspects of Ganesa-worship. Literature about Ganesa is remarkable, varied and large. Every Indian language has works bearing on this deity and on his worship. Works in Sanskrit, which appear to have provided the main source material for all of them, are themselves large in number and varied in nature : puranas, kalpas, paddhatis, sadhanas, vidhis and namavalis. Representations of Ganesa in stone, metal, clay and wood, and in painting are equally numerous and varied." ====
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2. Ganapati : Song of the Self/ John A. Grimes. Reprint. 1996,.Delhi.Sri Satguru. xx, 231 p., figures, Price: Rs. 345
"Ganapati : Song of the Self
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literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars
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sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic,
full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting,
yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a
plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and
presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." "Ganapati : Song of the Self presents a wide-range of information about Ganapati/Ganesa, the Hindu Lord of beginnings, the keeper of the threshold, the remover of obstacles, master of the mind, son of Siva, elephant-headed, plump and loveable, gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. However, besides being a handy reference work, the book is also an attempt to understand this information from within a tradition, and further, to follow how that understanding may have universal connotations. "Ganapati is found everywhere: in temples, in wayside shrines, in homes, in devotee's hearts. His praises are sung. He is worshipped and adored. He is represented in art and literature. Stories are told about him. The thinkers think, the scholars scholasticise, the devotees worship. But what is Ganapati's hidden meaning? Who is he really? Side by side, seemingly incongruous facts are simultaneously found. Ganapati: An enormous popularity which transcends sectarian and territorial limits; a seemingly rather late, yet dramatic, full-blown appearance into a religious pantheon; a confusing, conflicting, yet interesting and intriguing mythology; and an elephant's head atop a plump human body! This book considers this complexity of Ganapati lore and presents possible ways of understanding it." =========
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3. Ganesh : Studies of An Asian God/editor Robert L. Brown. Reprint. 1997, xi, 358 p., Fig., Price: Rs. 500 Contents: Introduction/Robert
L. Brown. 1. Ganesa: a protohistory of the idea and the icon/A.K. Narain.
2. Ganesa: myth and reality/M.K. Dhavalikar. 3. Ganesa's rise to
prominence in Sanskrit literature/Ludo Rocher. 4. Ganesa as metaphor: the
Mudgala purana/Phyllis Granoff. 5. Images of Ganesa in Jainism/Maruti
Nandan Tiwari and Kamal Giri. 6. The wives of Ganesa/Lawrence Cohen. 7.
'Vatapi Ganapatim': sculptural, poetic, and musical texts in hymn to
Ganesa/Amy Catlin. 8. Ganesa in southeast Asian art: Indian connections
and indigenous developments/Robert L. Brown. 9. The tantric Ganesa: texts
preserved in the tibetan canon/Christopher Wilkinson. 10. Ganesa in China:
methods of transforming the demonic/Lewis R. Lancaster. 11. Literary
aspects of Japan's dual-Ganesa cult/James H. Sanford. Index.
"This book examines the complete Ganesh
for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the
different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters
that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question
of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original
and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the
field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the
subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject "This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed. "It provides a great deal of original and unpublished material which will be of much interest to scholars in the field. It will be on indispensable reference work on the subject |
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1. The Compendium on Ganesa/ S.K. Ramachandra Rao.
Second revised and enlarged edition. Delhi, Sri Satguru,
2005, xvi, 292 p., ISBN 81-7030-828-3.| Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| Umapati's
Commentary on the Pauskaratantra, Chapter 7. Pramana/translated by Usha
Colas-Chauhan. |
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Umapati's Commentary on the Pauskaratantra,
Chapter 7. Pramana/translated by Usha Colas-Chauhan.
Delhi, Sri Satguru Pub., 2007, viii, 300 p., $28.
ISBN 81-7030-857-7.
Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Translation. 3. Text. Abbreviations and bibliography. "The Pauskara, belonging to the class of literature generally known as Tantra or Agama, is an important text for the comprehension of Saiva philosophy. The seventh chapter of its doctrinal section (jnanapada) is not only a remarkable source of information on Saiva epistemology, but also a gold-mine of significant elements valuable for the study of early Indian logic. Umapati's commentary on this chapter introduces new features, sometimes in a post-15 century Navyanyaya dialectical style, and bears testimony to the evolution of Saiva epistemology. This translation aims to bring an important aspect of Saiva philosophy to the attention of scholars and to facilitate comparative studies of Saiva epistemology." Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Translation. 3. Text. Abbreviations and bibliography. "The Pauskara, belonging to the class of literature generally known as Tantra or Agama, is an important text for the comprehension of Saiva philosophy. The seventh chapter of its doctrinal section (jnanapada) is not only a remarkable source of information on Saiva epistemology, but also a gold-mine of significant elements valuable for the study of early Indian logic. Umapati's commentary on this chapter introduces new features, sometimes in a post-15 century Navyanyaya dialectical style, and bears testimony to the evolution of Saiva epistemology. This translation aims to bring an important aspect of Saiva philosophy to the attention of scholars and to facilitate comparative studies of Saiva epistemology." Thanking You Naresh Gupta
Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail ibci...@vsnl.com Website: http://www.indianbookscentre.com |
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| Saturday, August 25, 2007 |
| Encyclopaedia of
Indian Iconography : Hinduism--Buddhism—Jainism/S.K. Ramachandra
Rao |
|
"The present publication, Encyclopaedia of Indian Iconography, is intended to focus attention on the traditional details concerning images and their worship. The details given in these volumes are taken entirely from the traditional texts of Agama and Silpa-sastra, like Brhatsamhita, Manasara, Kasyapa-silpa, Isana-siva-guru-deva-paddhati, Silpa-ratna, Padma-samhita, Hayasirsa-samhita, Vaikhanasagama and Rupa-mandana. The entries include not only the Gods and Goddesses of popular so-called Hinduism, but also the divinities of Jaina (both Digambara and Svetambara divisions) and Buddhist (Mahayana) religions. The deities worshipped in Nepal and Tibet are also included. Sadhana-mala has been used for descriptions of Buddhist deities, and Rupa-mandana for Jaina deities. Most of the entries are illustrated by line-drawings of images in temples, monasteries, basadis and in museums. Topics of peripheral interest (like temple-construction, image-making worship rituals and Agama divisions) have also been included here. "The volumes follow the Sanskrit alphabetical order (akaradi) to facilitate translation into Indian languages. The first volume begins with the words beginning with vowels in Sanskrit alphabet. Followed with mute consonants and the rest of the consonants in the subsequent volumes. "Among various and synonymous names of the deities, the better known ones have been selected for entry, while cross-references also have been indicated. Wherever necessary, background stories for particular iconographical representations have been given." Thanking You Naresh Gupta
Indian Books Centre 40/5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi- 110007 Ph No. 91-11-2384 4930 2384 6497 Fax No.91-11-2384 7336 E-mail indianbo...@gmail.com ibci...@vsnl.com Website |
Encyclopaedia of Indian Iconography :
Hinduism--Buddhism•Jainism/S.K. Ramachandra Rao. Reprint. Delhi,
Satguru, 2003, 3 volumes, xviii, 1744 p., Rs.5000. US $215 (set). ISBN 81-7030-765-1.Thanking You
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2384 6497
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