Aesthetic Principles of Indian Art

295

This book provides a perceptive and extremely suggestive analysis of the Principles of Aesthetics in the Indian context. With a

Aesthetics

1,100

This work may well be expected to serve as an introduction to the study of aesthetics, suitable alike to the

Agamas in Indian Dramatics and Musicology

475

In the ancient lexicons of Vedic and classical periods, the influence of Agama has been parliamentary and pivotal. Natyaveda by

Age of The Nandas & Mauryas

695

The age of the Nandas and Mauryas (c. 400-185 B.C.) witnessed great changes sweeping over the face of Western Asia, over lands with which India had much to do from the dawn of history, and account must be taken of their effects, direct and indirect, on the political, economic and artistic life of India. In this seminal period when Indo-Aryan civilization may be said to have attained its maturity, India did not hesitate to borrow political and economic plans and artistic motifs from abroad, and put them to the most appropriate uses in her own institutions and monuments.

Ambivalent Encounters

695

Jenny Huberman provides an ethnographic study of encounters between western tourists and the children who work as unlicensed peddlers and guides along the riverfront city of Banaras, India. She examines how and why these children elicit such powerful reactions from western tourists and locals in their community as well as how the children themselves experience their work and render it meaningful.

An Annotated Bibliography of the Alamkarasastra

525

This volume contains the most comprehensive collection of scholarly sources on Indian poetics and aesthetics (the Alankarasastra) ever published in

An Introduction to the Advaita Saiva Philosophy of Kashmir (HB)

450

The author, a well-known scholar, offers in this book a unique introduction to Kashmir Saivism. The Advaita Saivas describe the

An Introduction to the Study of Indian Poetics

600

This handy volume, with its unique features, will prove invaluable to those who are going to embark on the study of Indian poetics, especially the ones who have no Sanskrit background. To a devoted student, it will prove a useful companion during his/her further studies.

Ancestral Voices

195

” Ancestral Voices is an extraordinary attempt to theorise how playfull a writer represents the world through the word by

Ancient History of India

500

This is a fresh look at the history of Ancient India, centering on the Law Code of Manu (Manusmrti/Manu Dharmasastra),

Ancient Indian Massage

550

Massage, done according to the natural laws of human anatomy and energy flow, offers the most pleasurable benefit of all daily practices. Regular massage vibrates and energizes the skin, muscles and nerves simultaneously and helps the body become light, active and full of vitality. Body heat and vitality increase as the heart and circulatory system open up to provide fresh oxygen and energy to all parts of the system while simultaneously flushing out waste gases and chemicals.