Books

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• Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher
• By : Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 1996
• Pages : 489
• Weight :726 gm
• Size : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9 inches
• ISBN-10 ‏: ‎8121507170
• ISBN-13 ‏: ‎978-8121507172

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TRANSLATION FROM PALI OF A GREAT BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGICAL MANUAL, THE DHAMMA-SANGANI ; WITH INTRODUCTION, MANY TEXTUAL NOTES, GLOSSARY, AND INDEX.

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• Publisher : Sagwan Press
• By : Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 2015
• Pages : 498
• Weight : 871 gm
• Size : 6.14 x 1 x 9.21 inches
• ISBN-10: 1297961676
• ISBN-13 : 978-1297961670

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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• Publisher : Sri Ramakrishna Math
• Edition : 2006
• Pages : 219
• Weight : .
• Size : 
• Cover : Paperback
• Auther : Marco Pallis
• Language : English
• ISBN-13: 978-8186569597
  ASIN: 81865695969
• SKU: BK14174

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"“Marco Pallis was at once an incomparable authority on Buddhism, especially in its Tibetan form, a defender and protector of the Tibetan tradition in the West since the tragedies of 1951, a lover of nature and a mountain climber who first encountered Tibetan Buddhism while climbing Himalayan peaks in the 1920s, a profound student of other religions, especially Christianity, and a very accomplished musician. All of these concerns of Pallis are reflected in A Buddhist Spectrum, whose themes are woven together by the principles of tradition and, more particularly, by Buddhism. It is a Buddhist work on both religion as such and religions in their multiplicity, presented in a contemporary but traditional language. A major characteristic of the book is that it is concerned with the reality of Buddhism and not just a theoretical analysis of its ideas. A Buddhist Spectrum is a wise book while being thoroughly reliable from a scholarly point of view.
A Buddhist Spectrum is at once one of the most readable works on Buddhism and a major work on comparative religion and living spirituality. It is the fruit of the thoughts and meditations of a man whose authoritative exposition during several decades of religious questions in general and Buddhism in particular, especially in its Tibetan form, have had a profound influence upon many scholars and practitioners of religion in both East and West.”
—Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University
“For insight, and the beauty insight requires if it is to be effective, I find no writer on Buddhism surpassing him.”
– Huston Smith, Univesity of California Berkaley"

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• Publisher :  ‎ Divine Life society
• By : Swami Chidananda
• Cover: Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 2005
• Pages : 484  pages
• Weight : 567 g
• ISBN-10 : 8170521378
• ISBN-13 : 978-8170521372

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Swami Chidanandaji,successor to Swami Sivananda is well known for his morning meditation talks. Seekers through out the world will find within this book answers to many of their un-resolved questions. Seekers all over the world will probably compare Divine Life Society to an "artesian well" ever quenching the thirst of the spirtual seeker.Draw from it and be benefitted.

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• Publisher : Sri Aurobindo Society
• By : Vijay, Sri Aurobindo, The Mother
• Cover: Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 1999
• Pages : 96 pages
• Weight : 505 gm
• ISBN-10 : 8170600774
• ISBN-13 : 978-8170600770

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Compiled from his speeches and writings, these passages show how Sri Aurobindo not only inspired those who fought for India's freedom from the British in the first half of the 20th century but also outline his vision of India's future after independence. The spirit of nationalism evoked here calls upon the youth of India, whose hands will shape and determine her destiny, to gather and "organise her scattered strengths into a single and irresistible whole". A few relevant quotations of the Mother have been added.

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• Publisher : Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publications Department
• By : Janina Stroka
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 1998
• Pages : 106 pages
• Weight : 505 
• ISBN-10 : 8170585201 
• ISBN-13 : 978-8170585206

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Collection of letters, poems, and paintings by a Polish disciple of Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950 and a member of Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

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• Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
• By : Ann Grodzins Gold
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 1993
• Pages : 388
• Weight : 599 gm
• Size : 6.16 x 0.98 x 9.12 inches
• ISBN-10 : 8121506220
• ISBN-13 : 978-8121506229

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Book Summary of A Carnival Of Parting: The Tales Of King Bharthari And King Gopi Chand As Sung And Told By Madhu Natisar Nath Of Ghatiyali, Rajasthan Madhu Natisar Nath is a farmer with no formal schooling. Here is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. At the center of present work are Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal. Both characters, while still in their prime, leave thrones and families to be initiated as yogis-a process rich in adventure and melodrama, one that offers unique insights into popular Hinduism's view of world renunciation. Authoress presents these living oral epic traditions as flowing narratives, transmitting to Western readers the interactive dimensions, the moods, and the pleasures of a village bard's performance. Three introductory chapters and an interpretive afterword, together with an appendix on the bard's language by David Magier, supply the work with a richly detailed ethnographic, historical and cultural backdrop. Authoress gives a frank and engaging portrayal of the bard Madhu Nath and her work with him. She examines the Nath caste and their oral epic traditions as an important stream within North Indian Hinduism, showing how Madhu Nath's versions of Bharthari's and Gopi Chand's well-known tales surface as distinctive moments within complex legendary and historical currents. While embellished with miraculous displays of magical powers and evocative of profound spiritual dedication, the tales translated here are most profoundly concerned, authoress argues with human rather than divine realities. In a compelling afterword, she highlights the thematic emphases on politics, love, and death. Although both narratives frequently invoke as ultimate authority the causal black hole of fate, they in no way acquiesce to fatalism.

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• Publisher : Parimal Publications
• By : G.N. Pant
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 2005
• Weight : 788 gm
• ISBN-10 : 8171101232
• ISBN-13 : 978-8171101238

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• Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
• By : Charles S.J. White
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 2004
• Pages : 261
• Weight : 499 gm
• Size : 8.74 x 0.91 x 6.02 inches
• ISBN-10 : 8120820673
• ISBN-13 : 978-8120820678

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The tragic loss of precious, ancient or old copies of writings from India's religious heritage continues into the twenty-first century. A small team of photographers and researches spent a total of eighteen months in India, locating, identifying and photographing numerous hand-printed, papers and palm-leaf manuscripts as well as some printed editions from the Vaisnava traditions.

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• Publisher : Penguin India
• By : Kamala Das
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2009
• Pages : 224
• Weight : 323 gm.
• Size : 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
• ISBN-10 : 0143068350
• ISBN-13 : 978-0143068358

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It is The Second World War And Kamala And Her Brother Are Removed From Their Parents Home In Calcutta To The Safer Environs Of Their Village In Northern Kerala. At Once An Outsider And An Integral Part Of Her Ancestral Home, Kamala Struggles To Fathom The Intricacies Of Class, Caste And Language. But Surrounded By People Like Her Adoring Ammamma, The Servant Sankaran Who Promises To Teach Her The Crow-Language, And Valli Who Tells Her Stories Of Yakshis Whose Breasts Are As Big As Jackfruits, Kamala Soon Discovers The Joys Of Growing Up As The Centre Of Everyone S Universe. As Calcutta Fades From Her Mind Like An Old Dream, While The Thudding Of The Drums At The Para Festival, The Roar Of The Velichappadu As He Becomes Possessed And The Songs Of The Parayankaali Dancers Become Absolute Realities Of Life."

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• Publisher : Rupa publications
• By : Subhadra Sen Gupta and Priyankar Gupta
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2015
• Pages : 452
• Weight : 517 gm
• Size : 5.5 x 1.15 x 8.5 inches
• ISBN-10 : 812913697X
• ISBN-13 : ‎978-8129136978

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Which were the first cities of India and how were they discovered? What was it like living in Mughal times? How did the British, who had come to trade in India, end up ruling the country? How has India changed after Independence?

Delve into India's past to discover the answers to these questions and many more in this comprehensive history of our nation. Journey through time to visit the baths and palaces of the first cities of Harappa, the stupas of Ashoka and the flamboyant courts of the great Mughals, rich in art, culture and architecture. Learn how the revolution of 1857 really started and march alongside Gandhi on his quest for an India free from British rule. Plus, discover more about each period through fun and easy 'To do' activities. Told in simple, lucid prose and interspersed with beautiful illustrations, A Children's History of India makes learning history a fun and engaging experience for readers of all ages.

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• Publisher : Christian World Imprints
  
• By : Lephen Thank Kumar
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : August 1, 2014
  
• Pages : xx, 100 p.
  
• Weight : 310 gm.
  
• ISBN-10: 935148016X
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9351480167

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The objective of this Book is to scrutinize the development in the field of Human Cloning in the light of its intentions and implications on marriage, family and the larger society. It provides a comparison of the first mother called ‘Edenic Eve’ from Christian literature, with that of ‘Clonaid Eve’, the first claimed Human Clone from the field of Science.

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• Publisher : D.K. Print World Ltd
• By: John Garrett
• Cover: Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 1999
• Pages :  732 pages
• Weight : 500 g
• ISBN-10 : 9788124601280
• ISBN-13 : 978-8124601280

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With lucidly-written accounts, of varying lengths, this Dictionary attempts to unfold all that anyone would want to know about Vedic/post-Vedic/classical India: its religions, mythology, pantheonic/legendary personages, schools of philosophy, sacred and secular texts, arts, antiquities, sciences, geography, rituals, customs, and the like; and, these besides, English equivalents/definitions of myriad Indic, largely Sanskrit, terms. For its sheer authenticity, the late John Garrett had drawn on a whole line-up of eminent Orientalists: from Max Muller to Monier Williams, form H.H. Wilson to John Muir. No wonder, the author, himself a celebrated scholar, invested over two-decade-long effort to compile this reliable, neatly exhaustive Classical Dictionary.

For well over a hundred years, Garrett's work has been recognized as a classic in its own right. Now reaching it out afresh to the present-day international scholarship, this edition has been recomposed in its entirely. And its lay-out as well has been improved in certain user-friendly ways. Also intoduced here, for the first time, are standard diacritical marks to help readers comprehend the transliteration of Indic sounds.

As ever, it remains an unfailing companion of researchers, scholars and general readers, involved with Indological studies.

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• Publisher : Aleph Book Company
• By : David Davidar
  
• Cover : Paperback
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2016
  
• Pages : 544 pages
  
• Weight : 720 g
  
• Size : 15.7 x 4.1 x 23.2 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 9382277293
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9382277293
  

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The thirty-nine short stories in this book will blow you away. Starting with a ghost story by Rabindranath Tagore, India’s most famous writer and ending with a fable by Kanishk Tharoor, a writer who has come of age in the twenty-first century, these literary masterpieces showcase the extraordinary range and diversity of our storytelling tradition. The first recognizably modern Indian short stories were written in Bengal (by Tagore and others) in the second half of the nineteenth century and writers from other regions were quick to follow suit, often using the form to protest colonial oppression and the various ills afflicting rural and urban India. Over the next century and a half, some of the finest writers the world has seen produced outstanding fiction in every conceivable genre. Many of these stories find a place in this volume, as does work by emerging talent that has never been published in book form before. Here you will find stories of classical realism, ones rooted in folklore and myth, tales of fantasy, humour, horror, crime and romance, stories set in villages, small towns, cities and the moon. They will entertain you and shock you, they will lighten your mood and cast you down, they will move you and they will make you reflect on life’s big and little questions. Most of all, they will make you see the world differently—as the greatest stories always do.

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• Publisher : D.K. Print World Ltd
• By: Sures Chandra Banerji
• Cover: Hardcover
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2000
  
• Pages : 279 pages
  
• Weight : 499 g
  
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 8124600988
• ISBN-13 : 978-8124600986

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Dharmasastra is not just a corpus of scriptural texts, It is rather a genre, in its own right, of writings comprising prescriptive codes of righteous conduct in different spheres: whether familial, societal, ritualistic, legal, or even political. For the first time, this book offers a quintessentials view of the dharmasastra (smrti) literature. Which today, along with its digests and commentaries, looks like a vast reservoir of literary workds that have been accumulating over the centuries since their legendary beginnings with Manu.

Designed primarily for reference, this Companion is styled and structured to bring forth the dharmasastra-essentials in the quickest time. Listed here, alphabetically, are the major authors with their biographic sketches. And, these besides, the titles, together with descriptive details of their thematic content, dates/probable dates of their composition, published editions and commentaries their upon. Also included here are as many as 12 appendices which, in their totality, embody dharmasastrra-based information on geographi, flora and fauna mixed castes/tribes, neop-smriti schools, and the kind of relation smrti literature has with the Mahabharata, Puranas, and tantra, among other aspects.

Professor Banerji’s book not only tries to show how dharmasastra words are representative of the ancient/medieval political, social and cultural milieus, but is also a painstaking attempt to gauge their influence in conditioning the Indian way of life and psyche. Supported by an extensive glossarial index of smrti literature, it is indisputably a valued companion to the dharmasastraspecialists, Indologists and the scholars of ancient/medieval Indian sociology.

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• Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd
• By : Robert Caldwell
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 1974
• Pages : 680
• ISBN-10 : 8170690382
• ISBN-13 : 978-8170690382

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• Publisher : Sri Satguru Publications
• By: Brahmachari Prasad
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 1982
• Pages :304  pages
• Weight : 500 g
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
• ISBN-10 : 8170300827
• ISBN-13 : 978-8170300823

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This book on Jaino-Buddhist religion places stress on the common factors on the religious life of the Jaina and Buddhists. On comparing the literature of both, the writer has come to the conclusion that coming in close association each sect has either borrowed from the other or both have derived material from a common source. He has shown the similarities between old Jainism and old Buddhism and proved that both were one and the same at their base; that the old Buddhism was nothing but old Jainism and that Gautama Buddha must have preached the same philosophy that was preached by old Buddhism. This is a reprint of the 1932 classic.

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• Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
• By : Y.J. Padmarajiah
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 1986
• Pages : 434
• Weight : 500 gm
• ISBN-10 : 8120800362
• ISBN-13 : 978-8120800366

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An attempt to determine the meaning and contents of the notion of dravya and distinguish between the two concepts of guna and paryaya. Cursorily also discusses notions of realtivity, continuity, divisibilty and negation. It presents an analytical account and a critical estimation of the methods of knowledge with an investigation into the nature and the logical evolution of the theory of manifoldness (anekantavada). The work has aimed throughout at a comparative treatment of the problems. Effort has been made to avoid strained and far-fetched comparisons and contrasts and to treat criticisms and controversies in a constructive spirit.

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• Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
• By : W. Pachow
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 2007
• Pages : 256
• Weight : 500 gm
• ISBN-10 : 8120815726
• ISBN-13 : 978-8120815728

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The Pratimoksa is a code of Buddhist monastic disciplinary rules governing the daily conduct and decorum of bhiksus (monks). It was established by the Buddha on various occasions out of necessity. This work discusses the historical cultural, religious and social issues in ancient India in relation to the rationale of formulating particular precepts. Depending on the special circumstances some of the rules may be enforced or suspended. On the basis of this code the Buddhist Sangha has the authority to impose punishment on the offender which ranges from expulsion to sanctions of probation, penance, forfeiture, repentance or confession. By effectively enforcing the code of Pratimoksa and observing the fortnightly recitation ceremony related to this text, the Sangha may attain the fruition of purity, harmony and spiritual liberation. This study has made an extensive comparison of the various versions belonging to different Buddhist sects in Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese and Tibetan languages. As a sequel it reveals how in a period of several centuries this code had expanded from 218 rules of the Mahasanghikas to 263 of the Sarvastivadins. Viewing the text from the historical perspective one may better understand the significance of the legal, social and religious life of the Buddhist Sangha.

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• Publisher : Sri Satguru Publications
• By : E.M. Abrahams
• Cover : Hardcover
• Language : English
• Edition : 1992
• Pages : 301
• Weight : 788 gm
• Size : 7.87 x 5.51 x 1.57 inches
• ISBN-10 : 8170304067
• ISBN-13 : 978-8170304067

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• Publisher : Christian World Imprints
  
• By : Lephen Thank Kumar
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : August 1, 2014
  
• Pages : xx, 100 p.
  
• Weight : 310 gm.
  
• ISBN-10: 935148016X
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9351480167

DESCRIPTION:

The objective of this Book is to scrutinize the development in the field of Human Cloning in the light of its intentions and implications on marriage, family and the larger society. It provides a comparison of the first mother called ‘Edenic Eve’ from Christian literature, with that of ‘Clonaid Eve’, the first claimed Human Clone from the field of Science.

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• Publisher : Christian World Imprints
  
• By : William Burt Pope
  
• Cover : Hardcover
  
• Language : English
  
• Edition : January 1, 2019
  
• Pages : 3 Vols. Contents: vol. 1. viii, 456 p., vol. 2. x. 451
  
• Weight : 2340 gm.
  
• ISBN-10: 935148307X
  
• ISBN-13 : 978-9351483076

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This 3 vol. work sets forth prominent arguments for the holiness doctrine of all Methodist systematic theology and vis-à-vis defends the Methodist doctrine against its critics. It presents Methodist theology during the second half of the nineteenth century.

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• Publisher : Chaukhambha Publications
• By : Vaidya Vasant Patil
• Cover : Paperback
• Language : English
• Edition : 2009
• ISBN-10 : 8189798367
• ISBN-13 : 978-8189798369

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