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Laksmi : The Consort of Visnu and Goddess of Wealth
Laksmi in Indian religious thought happens to be the spouse of Lord Visnu, she is said to have emerged as one of the gems from the churning of the ocean, jointly undertaken by the demons and the gods. Immediately after her emerging from the ocean she accepted lord Visnu as her lord. She has been in worship since time immemorial as an individual goddess as well as in the company of her lord Visnu.
Siva : The Gracious
Siva is the ancient most god of the Hindu trinity and his worship in India is of great antiquity, traces of which are found in the Harappan culture, in Vedic literature and the Puranas besides the Upanisads etc. His temples are found from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from bengal to the western regions of the country. He indeed had been the great god with enormous following throughout the country. The present account provides the glimpses of his life in brief.
Dancing with Siva
The Heritage of Sankara
Narasimha Purana
The Original Bhagavad Gita
The Original Bhagavad Gita contains the rare verses and the total number of verses in it is 745, which is in conformity with the Gitamana verse of the Bhishma parva of the Mahabharata. A millennium ago Abhinavagupta included some rare verses in his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. The Kashmiri version of the Bhagavad Gita brought out by Schraeder in the early last century contained rare verses.
A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy
This work under the title A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy Philosophy was published in 1960 by Rider & Company of the Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd., London. Its American edition under the title Indian Philosophy: A Critical Survey was brought out in 1962 in 'University Paperbacks' by Barnes and Noble, Inc., New York. The Publishers of this work in India are Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. It is a pleasure to know that the work has been very well received and has run into several editions and imprints.
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.
Karma and the Rebirth of Consciousness
The Advaita Vedanta of Siva Samhita
Siva Samhita has come to be known as one of the three source texts for the Hatha Yoga tradition. However, it is largely unknown to the world for its clear exposition of the subject of atmajnana or Self-Knowledge consistent with the tradition of the Upanisads and Advaita Vedanta as taught by Sankaracarya.
Rgveda for the Layman
This book provides a complete view of the world's most ancient scripture, the Rgveda. Here each Vedic word, which at first sight appears crypti c and mysterious has been explained in lucid terms after analyzing it down to its root and sound, so that the real intention of the rsi who compiled the hymn is made clear.