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The lanky figure of the Gond tribal has been crafted in the traditional dhokra style with some tribal features getting reflected in the figure. His legs are very long and the figure is wearing the loincloth. He is having a bow and an arrow in his hands. He is wearing some ornaments and his face is quite prominent. Crafted in the traditional lost wax technique, the figure attests to the desire of the tribal artists to preserve their traditions and culture through these statues.

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A smart application of patterns and colours has made the beautiful Batik painting of the young Gujarati couple a real treat for the art connoisseurs. The couple dressed in traditional Gujarati drapery are standing and a sense of confidence and gracefulness is amnifest in their eyes. They are wearing red and white clothes whereas the male is holding a stick on his hand. Batik is one of the ancient forms of paintings in India and it is a kind of wax painting on cotton fabric. The method of dewaxing gives rise to special effect in the painting.

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A Hand Book of Astanga Sangraha (sutra sthana) is a précised and concised book in English for the benefit of 1st year B.A.M.S. students. In this book, the authors have incorporated the important quotations and the summary of each and every chapter according to the need of the freshly joined students of Ayurveda. In the present work, Latin names of the drugs, certain photographs as well as line diagrams are also incorporated for a better comprehension, it is hoped that this book will be useful for the students in understanding the basic principles of Ayurveda.

About the Author

Dr. R. Vidyanath currently working as Assistant Professor at Govt. Ayurvedic College, Vijayawada has obtained his M.D. (Ayurveda) from Gujrat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar. He had also undergone special training in Pancakarma from Institute of Ayurveda, Coimbatore. He served as a Clinical Registrar (Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar), Medical Officer at Government Ayurveda Disperseries and completed 10 years of service in the field of teaching. He has also presented more than 20 scientific papers at National and International Seminars. He was the author of Pancakrama, A Hand book of History of Ayurveda and A Hand book of Astanga Sangraha (sutra sthana). He produced a video-cassette on Pancakarma for student and practitioners and also” an audio-cassette titled ‘Ayurveda Hitopadesam (Tenets of Life) to bring in awareness and popularize Ayurveda in the society.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :  Dr. H.K. Bakhru  (Author)
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 1995
• Pages : 120 pages
• Weight : 
• Size :14 x 0.7 x 21.6 cm
• ISBN-10  :  8172243707
• ISBN-13  :978-8172243708

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The Natural way to nourish yourself, beauty and health go hand in hand. The finest cosmetics in the world cannot disguise the effects of poor nutrition, lack of sleep and exercise or too much stress. Beauty comes from within and it is reflected in clear skin, sparkling eyes, glossy hair and a fit, trim body. While it is not possible to change one's features, a lot can be done to attain other basic elements of true beauty. In this book Dr. H.K. Bakhru has covered all aspects of beauty and prescribed methods for treating various problems connected therewith in a natural way. A Handbook of Natural Beauty is your guide to looking good, feeling good and staying fit the natural way, the healthy way. It will help you discover, why water will do more for you than any skin cream, a delicious way to prevent tooth decay, how to prevent your hair from greying and a natural hair dye, a humble herb which makes your facial more effective, exercises for a healthier, lovelier you and a lot more from the leading expert on nature care. Many have benefited greatly after reading this book and have succeeded in overcoming their beauty problems. You too, can be one of them.

The present grammar has been prepared with a view to meet the growing educational need of university students. The author has done his best to bring the present grammar up to the requirements of the students. In writing the various chapters of this book, the author has closely followed Pannini, as explained by Bhattoji Diksita. Many of the rules given here are translations of the relevant Sutras of Panini. The original Sutras are given in footnotes, where necessary. Sandhis and declensions are fully treated; compounds which dominate classical Sanskrit literature have received special attention; formation of feminine bases has been illustrated; Taddhita affixes have been arranged in an alphabetical order. A special feature of the present grammar is the chapter on the "Conjugation of Verbs." The general rules given are amply illustrated by examples. All the verbs which change their pada when preceded by particular prepositions are given in an alphabetical order. The chapter on Syntax contains almost everything given in the first 20 chapters of author's Guide to Sanskrit Composition; the chapter on Prosody is based on the Chandomanjari and the Vrttaratnakara. The author has spared no pains to make the book as useful and as complete as possible.

The present English Translation is based on the original German work written by Professor Winternitz and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere.

Volume I is divided into two section. Section I relates to Veda (the Four Samhitas), Brahmanas, Aranyaka, Upanisads, Vedangas and the literature of the Ritual. Section II relates to the study of two great Epics of India-the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. It carries out a general survey of the Puranic literature, and provides ample information about the Tantras too.

Volume II contains two section viz. Buddhism and Jainism. The edition has been translated from the original, incorporating the additional information as found in Mrs. Ketkar's translation from which a larger part of the text has been reproduced here verbatim.

Volume III covers the history of classical Sanskrit literature and scientific Indian literature with its characteristics, grammar, lexicography, philosophy, dharmasastra, architecture, sangitasastra, kamasastra, ayurveda, astronomy, astrology and mathematics and also has an appendix.

About the Book:- History of Indian Literature is a classic work covering the entire gamut of Indian secular and religious literature including epic, Iyric, dramatic and didactic poetry, as well as narrative and scientific prose. It includes not only the large number of works of religious literature - hymns, sacrificial songs, incantations, myths and legends, sermons, theological treatises, polemical writings, manuals of instruction on ritual and religious discipline but also the Iyrical and dramatic works, including the two great epics, the fairy-tales, fables, prose-narratives, the belles-lettres and works on various sciences.

The inclusion of this vast material, covering almost three thousand years of literary activity, could not be compressed into a single volume. Hence this was divided into two volumes by the author. Volume I includes, besides an introductory chapter, the Vedas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the Puranas and the Tantras, while volume II deals with the Buddhist and the Jaina literature with an Index at the end of each volume.

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• Publisher : Orient BlackSwan
• By : Satish Chandra
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2020
  
• Pages : 432 pages
  
• Weight : ‎ 610 g
  
• Size : 14 x 1.8 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9390122546
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9390122547
  

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Satish Chandra’s History of Medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent during the thousand-year period between the eighth and the eighteenth century. History of Medieval India studies this interesting period in Indian history when the land underwent drastic changes, deeply influenced by the invading armies, religious movements and the vicissitudes of the changing political, economic and cultural scene. To tell the history of a land spanning the geographical dimensions and the political divisions of the Indian subcontinent is in itself a formidable task. Satish Chandra executes this difficult mission with the eye of an enquirer and the pen of a scholar. Both students and interested readers are sure to find this volume, dealing with the histories of the Cholas, Rajputs, the invading Turks, Vijayanagara kings, Bahmanids, Mughals, Marathas and others, an essential reader for understanding the history of medieval India.

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Sanskrit is indeed the language not only of kavya or literature but of all the Indian sciences, and excepting the Pali of the Hinayana Buddhists and the Prakrt of the jains, it is the only language in which the last 2 or 3 thousand years, and it has united the culture of Indian and given it a synchronous form in spite of general differences of popular speech, racial and geographical, economical and other differences, It is the one ground that has made it possible to develop the idea of Hindu nationhood in which kinship of culture plays the most important part. Under the shadow of one Vedic religion there had indeed developed many subsidiary religions, Saiva, Vaisnava, Sakta, etc., and within each of these, there had been many sects and subsects which have often emphasised the domestic quarrel, but in spite of it all there is a unity of religions among the Hindus, for the mother of all religious and secular culture had been Sanskrit.

Maurice Winterintz' work in three volumes seems to be the most comprehensive treatment of Sanskrit Literature. Prof. S.N. Dasgupta was approached for English translation of its 3rd Volume, after Winternitz death. Later he was approached by Calcutta University to undertake his own work on the subjects that formed the content of Volume 3rd of Professor Winternitz' work. Volume I deals with Kavya and Alamkara and Volume II is expected to deal with other Technical Sciences.

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• Product Code: BK8101-2
• Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
• Edition : July 1, 2013
• Pages : 962
• Weight : 1.450 km.
• Size : 9.6 x 6.7 x 2.5 inches
• Cover : Hardcover 
• Auther : Surendranath Dasgupta (Author), Sushil Kumar De (Author)
• Language : English
• ISBN: 8120841107, 978-8120841109

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• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• By : Ramesh S. Balsekar
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2006
  
• Pages : 205
  
• Weight : 300 gm.
  
• Size : 8 x 5 x 8 inches
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-8188071272
  
• ASIN : 8188071277

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‘“How does one thank someone who gives you: Freedom, from guilt and regrets of the past; From fears of the future; From the idea that one is not free; Trust, in the moment that has to be exactly as it is; Acceptance of and Contentment in whatever happens? This time when I met him I understood that the Guru is not loving; He is Love. He is not kind, He is compassion. And most of all, He is not in my heart; He is my Heart. For this blessing, There is no way of being grateful enough.”

Edited by Jaya Arun Nagarkatti

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Devotion is dedication of the self to the All Serene. To Rabindranath Tagore, it is more than mere dedication. It is a vrata to be I perfect unison with the Vratapati, the Lord of askance in sincerity, purity and poignance.

To be christened with the spirituality of Tagore in the most intrinsic and poignant pattern is to muse and re-muse his devotional songs, and in doing so, one cannot but discover within oneself the lotus-land of spiritual excellence. Indeed, somewhere in the heartland of everyone lurks the unending beckoning of the All Beautiful.

Here are a hundred devotional songs of Rabindranath representing prayer and worship with diverse dimensions of joy, sorrow, awakening, introspection, aspiration, resolution and so on to encounter the All Beautiful.

Hitherto unknown to the national and the global lovers appreciators of Tagore due to language-constraints, A Hundred Devotional Songs of Tagore, the first of its kind in India and abroad, might be a resourceful and thrilling companion to the study of and quest for devotion.

About the Author:

MOHIT CHAKRABARTI, D. Litt., is a teacher of English at Visva-Bharti University, Santiniketan. He has participated in so many national and international conferences and has been a regular contributor in a number of journals of repute. Besides being a contributor to children's literature in English and Bengali he is a regular contributor to the studies and researches being to the studies and researches being held on Rabindranath Tagor, Mahatama Gandhi and Swami Vivekanand. He has a number of books to his credit and has also got National Award.

About the Translation:

Translating the songs of Rabindranath Tagore is undeniably a very challenging but thrilling task. Care is taken to be justified to the original as far and as best as possible. One cannot but admit the constraints related to translating a few typical words, phrases and idiomatic expressions, where a judicious approach to retain the nuances called forth is undertaken. At the same time, the imagery patterns of Tagore in each song have been given due importance in the task of translation.

Look, my feet measure beyond earth and sky!’ he said and touched the sky. I have surrendered to my lord who glanced at me with his large radiant eyes. The Tiruviruttam is an iconic poem by Nammāḻvār (c. ninth century CE), the greatest of the āḻvār poet-saints of the Tamil Śrīvaiṣṇava tradition. Its hundred interlinked verses celebrate the love between an anonymous heroine and hero, who come to be identified with Nammāḻvār and his beloved deity, Viṣṇu. The poet masterfully weaves the erotic and esoteric to reveal both the contours of love and the never-ending cycles of separation and union, of birth and death, from which only Viṣṇu can offer release. In A Hundred Measures of Time, Archana Venkatesan has crafted a sonorous free-verse rendering and an accompanying far-ranging essay to delight poetry lovers and scholars alike.

The philosophical significance of Jainism extends far beyond its statistical presence in India and the world, for it lies in the unique quality of its thought. This book is an attempt to take its insights into account for the light they shed on issues customarily debated in the Philosophy of Religion as it has evolved in the West.

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• Publisher : Indica Books
• Edition : 30 May 2008
• Pages : 454
• Weight : 800.
• Size : 22.3 x 2.7 x 14.8 cm
• Cover : Hardcover
• Auther : John Grimes
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8186569804
  ISBN-13: 978-8186569801
• SKU: BK14175

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"This new and revised third edition presents a comprehensive dictionary of Indian philosophical terms, providing the terms in both Devanagari and Roman transliteration along with an English translation. It offers special meanings of words used as technical terms within particular philosophical systems. It contains etymological roots and the meanings of terms fundamental to epistemology, metaphysics, and practical teachings of the heterodox and orthodox schools of Indian philosophy. Cross-referencing has been provided and various charts are included that provide information regarding relationships, categories, and sourcebooks relevant to the individual schools.
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• Publisher : Indica Books
• Edition : 30 May 2008
• Pages : 454
• Weight : 800.
• Size : 22.3 x 2.7 x 14.8 cm
• Cover : Hardcover
• Auther : John Grimes
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8186569804
  ISBN-13: 978-8186569801
• SKU: BK14175

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"This new and revised third edition presents a comprehensive dictionary of Indian philosophical terms, providing the terms in both Devanagari and Roman transliteration along with an English translation. It offers special meanings of words used as technical terms within particular philosophical systems. It contains etymological roots and the meanings of terms fundamental to epistemology, metaphysics, and practical teachings of the heterodox and orthodox schools of Indian philosophy. Cross-referencing has been provided and various charts are included that provide information regarding relationships, categories, and sourcebooks relevant to the individual schools.
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• Publisher : Indica Books
• Edition : June 15, 2004
• Pages : 315
• Weight : 550.
• Size : 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Cover : Paperback
• Auther : Mark S.G. Dyczkowski
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8186569421
  ISBN-13: 978-8186569429
• SKU: BK14176

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"The past thirty years have witnessed dramatic developments in the study of Agamic Shaivism in general. Progress has been made on several fronts. On the one hand there has been a substantial increase in the historical and anthropological data. On the other, access has been cleared to vast reserves of unedited and unpublished sources. This book is a collection of essays which document in their own way the author’s personal journey in these years through parts of the Shaiva and, to some extent, the Vaishnava Tantras. Anyone who has travelled on similar paths knows how vast and marvellous the lands of this extraordinary world are.
“Self-awareness, Own Being and Egoity” studies the history of the notion that the one, unique reality which is equally Shiva, the Self and all that appears and exists in any form, is pure, universal “I” consciousness aham-bhava.
Abhavavada, the “Doctrine of Non-being” focuses on a little known doctrine taught in the Bhairava and Kaula Tantras that Shiva, who is inherently beyond characterization, is Non-being.
“The Samvitprakasha” is an important text for monistic Kashmiri Vaishnavism. Its author, date and teachings are the subject of chapter three.
“The Inner Pilgrimage of the Tantras” deals with sacred geography. Sacred geography is not only divine. It is also human. It is more than physical, social or cultural geography. It is the geography of the land in which we live. It is not just about space or places, it is about our home. The more esoteric early Tantric cults were concerned with the roaming ascetic. But now the places he has to travel to are much increased in number. Moreover, they are no longer just simply called “sacred lands/kshetra” they are specific seats (pithas) of deities and meeting grounds for male initiates and Yoginis, their female counterparts. The development of the sacred geography of India we witness in these sources is paralleled by that of their public, exoteric counterparts — the Puranas.
“Kubjika, the Androgynous Goddess” and “The Cult of the Goddess Kubjika” deal with the secret goddess of the Malla kings, who ruled the inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley up to about the middle of the seventeenth century. The king’s deity is that of his country and people. With two faces, the inner secret goddess and the outer public god, the king’s deity transmits its energy and grace both in the outer domain and through the network of esoteric familial goddesses who, energies in their own right, are thereby inwardly charged. Thus the king, his goddess and his priest together are the axis of this inner secret society which, although close to its end, still survives today."

The beautiful image of the Kondh Gondh girl has been crafted in the dhokra technique with some sparkling sculptural artistry. The figure is standing with her hands on her hips and her posture reflects a sensual appeal. The figure is less decorated and her breasts are prominent. Dhokra is an ancient technique of brass making and the lost wax technique is used to get the finished product.

A Life in Words, the first complete translation of Ismat Chughtais celebrated memoir Kaghazi hai Pairahan, provides a delightful account of several crucial years of her life. Alongside vivid descriptions of her childhood years are the conflicted experiences of growing up in a large Muslim family during the early decades of the twentieth century. Chughtai is searingly honest about her fight to get an education and the struggle to find her own voice as a writer. The result is a compellingly readable memoir by one of the most significant Urdu writers of all time.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By: Richard E. Simmons III (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2016
• Pages 88 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 8184958765
• ISBN-13 : 978-8184958768
  

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Wisdom for effective living

How often do you compare your success with someone else’s?
Do you always strive to meet people’s expectations over your own? How do you define excellence?

Author Richard E. Simmons firmly believes that excellence is not what others define for you, but that which must be set by us based on our own aims and achievements.

There is an astonishingly wide gap between what we aspire to achieve and what we actually achieve. Drawing from his interactions and observations of people and their struggles in professional and personal capacities, the author emphasizes the need for focus in our everyday life. From meeting our work targets to nurturing our families, it is about choosing the right paths to reach different goals.

Full of wisdom and engaging thoughts, this insightful book tells us how we can bridge the gap between our dreams and our realities and lead a purposeful life.

Discover the path to unbeatable success in your personal and professional life and live A Life of Excellence.

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• Publisher : Zen Publications
  
• By : Karl Renz
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2015
  
• Pages : 150
  
• Weight : 210 gm.
  
• Size : 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
  
• ISBN-10 : 9384363545
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9384363543

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The teachings of Karl Renz are a bit like Zen Koans — those short statements that stop the minds activity by contemplating their paradoxical meaning. But Karl takes you even further: pondering his words have the power to turn the mind back upon itself, toward our original awareness of Being.

A Little Bit of Nothingness is a unique juxtaposition between the dialogues of Karl Renz and the eighty-one verses of the Tao Te Ching. Here, the reality of the Tao — the unnameable, original cause of all that is — has the potential to become evident as our own reality, by the deep insights provided through Karl.

The search for happiness usually takes us on an outward journey where we find ourselves identifying with everything except "that which we truly are." What we really need is to taste a "a little bit of nothingness"— the absence of any kind of ideas that we have about ourselves.

No one sees this as well as Karl Renz, the German mystic-artist who, for the last ten years, has travelled around the world pulling the rug out from under our hallowed beliefs, leaving us blissfully wanting even less.

"Realization means that consciousness, which once was identified with an object, becomes boundry-less. It becomes conscious of being consciousness. But the Self is never realized nor not-realized. It is always prior to any ideas about enlightenment or non-enlightenment. Anything you can say about it is an idea."
  — Karl Renz

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• Publisher : Speaking Tiger Publishing
• By : Ruskin Bond
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2018
  
• Pages : ‎ 160 pages
  
• Weight : 170 g
  
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9789387693722
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9387693722
  

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The new title in the best-selling ‘Little Book’ series by India’s most beloved writer, Ruskin Bond. Where does beauty live? Where should we travel to find it? Is a dawn without birdsong still beautiful? What might we see through the branches of a cherry tree at night? Can we crave the rose if we fear its thorns? What does the heart have to do with beauty?Few writers anywhere have celebrated the beauty of the world, of all creatures great and small, as magically as Ruskin Bond has done. This little anthology brings together his own ideas and images of beauty and those of writers and thinkers he has read and liked. This pocketbook is a thing of quiet beauty.