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India from Within A Guide to India’s History, Religion, Arts, Culture and Society
Indian society is manifold and extremely complex. The richness of the Indian subcontinent defies and exceeds all facile explanations or generalizations, and cannot be adequately interpreted through western concepts.
This book tries to clear a path towards an understanding of this immense country, home to a civilization that has endured without interruption for millennia. In this small encyclopaedia of India, the author explains the roots and foundations of Indian civilization, covering almost every aspect of Indian culture; its broad topics include History, Religion, Society, Arts, The State, and travel. Offering an illuminating selection of information concerning many aspects of India, this is surely among the most complete cultural guides about this country and its varied cultures.
The Ganga Trail Foreign Accounts and Sketches of the River Scene
Indian Art
Sakti and Sakta
The Sakta Tantra is a Sadhana Sastra of Monistic (Advaitavada) Vedanta. It is to me a profound and powerful system, and its doctrine of Sakti or Divine Power is one the greatest evolved, through spiritual intuition, by the human mind which, according to its teaching, is a manifestation of the Divine Consciousness Itself. (Siva)
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Trika Saivism
The aim of this book is basically to introduce the reader to the fundamental principles that Trika philosophers have enunciated in their philosophical-cum-theological treatises. Such an approach has been adopted deliberately on account of the fact that Trika system of thought, which is very rich in philosophical vocabulary, is hardly known to general public in the manner of Advaita Vedanta of Samkara.
From Vasubandhu to Caitanya
The chapters in this volume are a selection of papers presented in the general Philosophy Section at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference in Helsinki, Finland. The first part of the book, Studies in Indian Philosophy, contains nine studies on individual topics and concepts in Indian philosophy from various perspectives: historical-philological, philosophical and comparative.
A Practical Guide to North Indian Classical Vocal Music
This book is a step-by-step practical guide to North Indian music. With the help of this book, the reader can understand the basic aspects of North Indian music and learn to appreciate it better. It describes the ten basic ra.gs of North Indian classical music. It also gives instructions on how to sing and how to play the musical instruments. This book describes the tonal patterns and the tonal embellishments.
The Cult of Nothingness
Indian Philosophical Systems
Vedanta Desika, an illustrious successor to Ramanuja, wrote two important philosophical treatises titled Tattva-mukta-kalapa and Adhikarana-saravati, devoted primarily to establish that Visistadvaita Vedantais a sound system of philosophy. He also contributed another important philosophical work under the title Paramata-bhanga in which he presents a critical review of the main tenets of sixteen schools of thought covering.
How to Become a Hindu
Action Freedom and Responsibility
This book, a work on human doing, analyses and applies three central aspects of human life - Action, Freedom and Responsibility - in the wide spectrum of the Philosophy of Mind. Reflections on these issues and their interconnections have a significant effect on the Philosophy of Value and application of ethical theories in practical life.
काशी रहस्यम (हिंदी अनुवाद सहित) एवं सूक्ति रत्नावली हिंदी व्याख्या सहित
स्कन्द पुराणीय 'काशीखण्ड ' इस ग्रन्थ से जैसे कशी स्थित विभिन्न तीर्थों, देवालयों, वापी, कूप अदि के भूगोल एवं इतिहास इन दोनों के ज्ञान के साथ उनके आध्यात्मिक एवं धार्मिक महत्व का परिचय प्राप्त होता है वैसे ही 'काशी रहस्य' के अनुशीलन से कशी से सम्बंधित गूढ़ तत्त्वों रहस्यों का ज्ञान होता है. काशीरहस्य यह प्राचीन ब्रह्मवैवर्त का तृतीय खंड है ऐसा उसकी अध्याय के अंत में दी गयी पुष्पिका से ज्ञात होता है.