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श्री श्री परात्रिंशिका
'श्री श्री पारात्रिंशिका' मूलरूप से कश्मीर के अद्वैत त्रिक्दर्शन के मुख्या तंत्रग्रंथ 'श्रीरुद्रयामलतन्त्र' से उद्धृत ३५ श्लोकों का एक छोटा संग्रह है. यह संग्रह पश्यन्ति भूमिका पर उत्तर कर अपने ही बहिर्मुखीन शकताप्रसार का रहस्य समझने की कामना से शिष्य के रूप में प्रस्ता पूछने वाली भगवती परभैरवी 'पराभट्टारिका' और पराभव पर ही अवस्थित रहकर गुरु के रुऊप में उसके प्रश्न का समाधान प्रस्तुत करने वाले उत्तरदाता 'परभैरव' का पारस्परिक संवाद है. यह एक बृहत्काय शारदा मूल-पुस्ति है जिसका अंतिम भाग श्री पारात्रिंशिका है. पूर्व भाग आचार्य अभिनव द्वारा रचित 'श्री तंत्रसार' तंत्रग्रंथ है.
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend
Purana Purusha Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiree ( A Complete Biography )
The Touch of Sakti
The Kashmirian Saiva tradition, especially in its non-dualistic form, is perhaps the richest philosophical one in India. It is among the few that have survived to our days. It has even spread (if in not always very valid versions) to the Western world. A study such as this one, on the particularly interesting subject of saktisparsa, cannot therefore but be welcome.
Tantra Mantra Yantra in Dance
The Indian perspective has always been holistic and all-inclusive : thought and activity in different fields, at different levels, have been interlinked to produce what has been timeless. Indian arts is a classic example of such amalgamation : it interlinks aspects of art, philosophy, mythology, religion, and mysticism. This book is an attempt to unravel such links with specific reference to the Kathaka dance form.
The Musician and His Art
In this book, the author relentlessly pursues his intellectual aims by borrowing ideas from a wide range of disciplines : sociology, linguistics, cultural anthropology, acoustics, aesthetics, demography, economics, marketing finance, psycho-analysis, mythology, philosophy and even mathematics. Despite its diverse intellectual canvas, the book retains the essential ''Indian-ness'' of the author's argument, and simultaneously addresses an international readership.
Jainism Before 650 BCE
Ancient history of India reveals that there were two parallel traditions in India, viz. Vedic and Sramanic. The Sramana Tradition includes Jainism, Buddhism and others such as the Ajivikas and Ajnanas. Jain religious tradition is one of the oldest living religions of India. Historicity of 24th Tirthankara Mahavira in sixth century BCE is well established. The Jain records mention the name of 23 tirthankaras before Mahavira. Among them Parsvanatha was the 23rd and Neminatha was the 22nd.
Idealistic Thought in Indian Philosophy
The author has attempted to show how the Idealistic thought of a primary stage reached its acme step by step.The book explains what Idealism signifies in its different shades with special reference to the Idealistic schools of Indian Philosophy and also speaks about the rise and growth of Idealistic thought from the Vedic times till the final establishment of Drsti-Srsti-Vada in the Kevaladvaita Vedanta vis-a-vis the Srsti-Drsti-Vada of the same school.
Indian Philosophical Wisdom
The title of the book Indian Philosophical Wisdom: some Glimpses itself signifies its importance. Ineed, Philosophy is involved in every sphere of human life - literature, creative art, culture, etc. The author in her zeal to unravel the precious accumulated wisdom of Indian Philosophy delved in its treasure with different approaches - historical, analytical, comparative, etc. An attempt has been made in this book to expound Indian Philosophical systems and to analyse critically their logical implications.
Death Must Die
Tantrasara by Abhinavagupta (PB)
Tantrasara is an extensive digest and recension of Tantraloka, a magnum opus by Acarya Abhinavaguptapada. The author himself created this digest to have a comprehensive study of the voluminous text, as this great and important text is not easy to absorb by everyone in a larger study material form. The complete text (10th century A.D.) is a compendium of all Tantrika rituals and philosophical essence of Tantra, drawn from the light of all pre-precepts on Indian Tantra till the time of the creator. This text consists of thirty seven chapters. It reflects on Tantra from the background of Kashmir Shaivism which is known as the monistic philosophy of Shaivism with the technical term Pratyabhijna. Abhinavagupta explains here in a lucid way about the ways to worship the Supreme Consciousness in order to attain this state of Absolute ecstasy and liberation in one single life of mankind. This work is before the English-speaking world for the first time in a hermeneutic way.
Saundaryalahari of Sankaracarya
The Saundaryalahari has fascinated and puzzled generations of scholars and laypersons; subject to continuing study and debate, till today, such details as the authorship of the 100 verses named the Saundaryalahari remain a matter of contention, particularly among scholars.
Nataraja Guru worked on the translation and commentary of the Saundaryalahari for a period of three and a half years, it is his last work and comes at the end of a life dedicated to the pursuit of the Absolute and those familiar with his work will recognize in it a kind of summing up of his life and teachings.