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This study attempts to determine how the ancient Indian medicinal and sexological texts would answer a non medical question but also social and religious relevance namelyl: what happens in a woman`s body
at the time of conception? To this end, numerous relevant texts were exhausitively analysed, along with several secondary sources and other traditional medicinal systems.

"We live in a world that functions by seeming 'dualism', a perspective that keeps us in bondage. In this book, dualism is addressed and shown to be illusionary, since every pair of opposites implies a third element: the notion of a difference implied by both opposites.

The Original Gita, which predates the Bhagavad Gita, focuses on the basic philosophical and practical essentials of life and living. Here dualism is addressed and shown to be illusionary, since every pair of opposites implies a third element: the notion of a different implied by both opposites. The discussion of what is an ever-present 'difference' in such a triunity and how it impacts everything we perceive is pivotal to awakening to a new dimension of observation. It is in the unseen difference that we become aware of opposites, such as long-short, day-night, true-false.

In the first part of the book, the questions-What is thought? What is space-time? What is life-death? - are examined in concise form to give a foundation for the understanding of the philosophy of the Gita. Using this basis of Eastern wisdom, the author comments on the 209 verses of The Original Gita, and a Sanskrit-to-English translation is given of the related 319 verses in the classic Bhagavad Gita that correspond to these verses; these 319 verses can therefore be considered as the core of the Bhagavad Gita. There is no reference in The Original Gita to the battle fought by the Bharatas, nor is there support for the caste system, which were interpolations added later to the Bhagavad Gita. The book includes a glossary for clarification of a number of germane Sanskrit terms, a bibliography, and an index."

Very little is known about the author of this book apart from the facts that he is a retired Government of India officer, now in his late nineties, apparently hoary, but healthy. When requested for more bio-data, he wrote back…The Real author of the Original Yoga is the Lord Siva. In the mundane world, Patanjali is the prime propagator of yoga. Any other claim to authorship, therefore, cannot but be spurious. …It is Truth that matters, not the utterer of the Truth. No Truth ever becomes a bit truer even when repeated by the most distinguished person. …Hence all genuine aspirants of yoga should be content to remain unknown and unnoticed by others. His other published work is Hindu Concept of Life and Death. Printed Pages: 286.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication
  
• By : Sri Aurobindo
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2020
  
• Pages : 88 p.
  
• Size: 14x22
• Weight : 100 gm.
  
• ISBN-10: 9352101898
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9352101894

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Sri Aurobindo became interested in researching the origins and nature of the Indo-European languages (of which Indo-Aryan is a branch) and their relationship to the Dravidian languages after he settled in Pondicherry in 1910. His examination of the vocables of the Tamil language led him to discover missing connections and new relations between Sanskrit and Latin, between Greek and Sanskrit. The possibility of an original connection between the Dravidian and Aryan tongues was one reason he took up a study of the Veda in the original. The material in this book is extracted from Vedic and Philological Studies, Volume 14 of the Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, and contains the title essay as well as other writings on philology and a selection of his notes of simple root-sounds and their most general meanings.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By: Debashis Chatterjee (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English  
  
• Edition : 2011
• Pages :  184 pages
• Size : 14 x 1.1 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10 :  8184952074
  
• ISBN-13 :  978-8184952070

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In this book, Debashis Chatterjee, a world renowned author and teacher of leadership takes us on a voyage of discovery. Reading this book will make you feel like you are travelling with the great leaders of the world. It is easy to read, with powerful insights, which have been explained with clear action steps. Professor Chatterjee deals with complex leadership issues with simplicity and directness. He weaves together colorful stories and compelling personal experiences that are likely to leave a lasting impression on you. "Real leaders are ordinary people who have discovered the other 99percent of their spiritual potential. This discovery alone has made their lives extraordinary", says Chatterjee. The simple tools and teachings in this book will inspire you to rise to your true potential.

This is the first part of the Padma Purana in English translation and the thirty-ninth volume in the series on Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology. It comprises the first thirty-three chapters of the first section called Srstikhanda or the Section on Creation of the Purana which is very huge in size. This Purana, as it appears in the Venkaesvara edition which this translation follows, consists of seven big sections or Khandas, namely, Srsti, Bhumi, Svarga, Brahma, Patala, Uttara and Kriyayogasara and is said to contain 55000 verses, though the actual number is much less. The translation of the whole Purana is planned to run into as many as ten volumes of the present size and may take some years for its completion.

The Padma Purana takes its name after the Primordial Lotus from which god Brahma, the Creator, was born. Dr. Deshpande has given a brief Khanda wise summary of the Purana in his Introduction which appears in this volume. As the 'Contents' show, the reader will find herein and enjoy some very interesting accounts and stories, such as that of the churning of the ocean by the gods and demons, the destruction of Daksa's sacrifice by god Siva, the chopping-off of Brahma's fifth head by the same god, the drinking-up of the ocean by the sage Agastya and so on. A very amusing story appears in Chapter 13, of how Brhaspati, the preceptor of gods, impersonates Sukra, the preceptor of demons, and how he corrupts and demoralizes the latter by preaching heretical doctrines to them with a view to make the gods who were very often defeated by the demons in war, victorious over them. A good portion of this Part is also devoted to the glorification of Pukara as a sacred place of pilgrima.

ISBN: Part-I: 9788120804791, Part-III:9788120806245, Part-IV:9788120806634, Part-V:9788120807013, Part-VI: 9788120807419,

Part-VII:9788120807686, Part-VIII:9788120808072, Part-IX:9788120808812, Part-X:9788120808973

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Manjul Publishing House
  
• By : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Chumki Chatterjee
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : Bengali
  
• Edition : 2020
  
• Pages : 352
  
• Weight : 350 gm.
  
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9389647762
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎978-9389647761

SPECIFICATION:

Publisher : Penguin Books India
By : Visnu Sarma
Cover : Paperback
Language : English
Edition : 2005
Pages : 520
Weight : 550 g.
Size : 29 x 20 x 3 cm
ISBN-10: 0144000717
ISBN-13: 978-0144000715
ASIN: B00H5QWLNG

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The Panchatantra means five books. It is possibly the oldest surviving collection of Indian fables, having been written around 200BC by Pandit Vishnu Sharma, a Hindu scholar.

The book is called a Nitishastra, which means book that imparts wisdom on the correct conduct in life. The book comprises of simple stories, with each story having a philosophical theme and an enduring moral that is as relevant to today’s human society as it was in 200BC. The stories in the book are meant to guide the reader on the path to success by teaching thm how to understand human nature. The stories in their abridged form are commonly told to children as they are growing up in order to teach them important life lessons. The fables feature animal characters, and were originally written in verse and prose. The stories include The Lion and the Bull, The
Dove, Crow, Mouse, Tortoise and Deer, War and Peace, The Monkey and the Crocodile, and The Brahman and the Mongoose. The morals of these stories range from being wary of accusatory friends to the importance of cooperation to mind over matter to the danger of hasty decisions.

This version of the book has been translated by Chandra Rajan. It is based on the Purnabhadra recension (AD 1199). It remains faithful to the original and skilfully combining prose and verse to provide an authentic yet readable book. The Panchatantra was published by Penguin India in 2005 in paperback.

Key Features:

It is a collection of the oldest known Indian fables.
It is one of the most translated works of literature.

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By : Sunita Parasuraman  (Author)
  
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2011
• Pages :  300  pages
• Size : : 14 x 1.6 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8184952597
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8184952599

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Wisdom for Today from the Timeless Classic, the Panchatantra, one of the world's greatest collections of tales, was compiled in India by a learned Brahmin named Vishnu Sharman, more than 2,000 years ago. These stories were meant to impart worldly wisdom to the dull-witted sons of a king and have since travelled the world, awakening intelligence in readers across centuries. Arthur Ryder, a Professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, translated the Sanskrit original into English in 1925. This re-write of the Ryder translation is aimed at today's busy reader and the original interwoven stories are presented separately. Archaic English prose makes way for modern language. The "Principle" clearly and simply summarizes the wisdom imparted at the end of each story. Arthur Ryder's brilliant introduction and charming verse translations remain untouched. This book is a rare coming together of simple format, rich poetry, practical wisdom and lofty ideals, a vehicle to transmit the simple and timeless truths of the Panchatantra in a concise manner to a modern audience.