Download or read book Krishna s Lineage written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha's main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu's avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna is born in Mathura (some 85 miles south of present-day Delhi). As an infant he is smuggled out of Mathura for his own safety. He and his brother Baladeva grow up among cowherds in the forest, where between them they perform many miraculous deeds and kill many dangerous demons, before returning to Mathura where they kill the evil King Kamsa and his cronies. Thereafter, Krishna is the hero and unofficial leader of his people the Yadava-Vrishnis. When Mathura is besieged by enemies, Krishna leads his people to abandon the town and migrate west, founding the dazzling new city of Dvaraka by the sea. Krishna then repeatedly travels away from that base repeatedly to perform heroic deeds benefitting those in need - including his own people, his more immediate family, and the gods. After narrating the stories of Krishna, the Harivamsha ends by finishing the story of Janamejaya with which the Mahabharata began. The Harivamsha is a powerhouse of Hindu mythology and a classic of world literature. It begins by contextualising Vishnu's appearance as Krishna in several ways, in the process presenting a variety of cosmogonical, cosmological, genealogical, mythological, theological, and karmalogical materials. It then narrates Krishna's birth and adventures in detail. Presenting a wide variety of exciting stories in a poetic register that makes extensive use of natural imagery, the Harivamsha is a neglected literary gem and an ideal starting-point for readers new to Indian literature.

Download or read book The Loves of Krishna written by W.G. Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1957, was the first in English to provide a full and clear introduction to one of the most significant of Indian gods, and stresses his supreme role in Indian religion and art. The book relates the full Krishna story, explaining his role in Indian religion, and traces the history of Krishna in Indian painting. There are 39 plates of Indian pictures, each accompanied by a commentary by the author, revealing a wealth of subtle and poetic detail.

Download or read book Chaitanya s Life and Teachings from His Contemporary Bengali Biography the Chaitanyacharit amrita written by Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswamin and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1932-01-01 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Krishna of Vrindabana written by Charuchandra Guha and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sri Sathya Sai The Divine Guardian written by N Lakshmi Devamma and published by Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre . This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vision, the words and the actions of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba väru from His childhood are all in the nature of divine nectar touching the inner most corners of the heart with ecstasy. The uplifting miracle of a person from one elevated position to another one in a progressive fashion can be made possible only by God. It is beyond the reach of others even as a thought. Prasanthi Nilayam of those days can be thought of as “Repalle”. The elders say that Puttaparthi had an earlier name of “Gollapalle”. Today it has gradually evolved as Dwaraka Nagaram. The deeds in His childhood, the activities, lélas, Mahimas, His fondness for devotees, His enchanting ways with the devotees; in short, all the daily routine of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba väru is a replica of Sri Krishna’s lélas in “Repalle”. In this book, I have ventured to inform the kind readers, after seeking the blessings of the most compassionate Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba väru, the Bhaktavatsala, some of the details of my own experiences, and those of other devotee friends during the early years of Baba väru. The people of today, who are witnessing and experiencing the great benefits of the superhuman works of Swami and listening to His divine discourses, in the nature of Géta teachings of Dwaraka Krishna may learn with happiness, and understand the conditions prior to the formation of Prasanthi Nilayam, the situation in the early formative period and the fascinating and alluring lélas of Baba Sathya Sai Krishna. N. Lakshmi Devamma

Download or read book The Supplemental Volume to the Weekly Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ARYAVEER The Guardian Of Dakshin Durgh written by Mary John Williams and published by One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aryaveer has always been the shield and armor of Bhupala kingdom, ever since he joined the army. The pain of betrayal that he nurtures in his heart from his childhood turns him into a strong, brave and ruthless army general. His life takes a mysterious turn when he falls in love with Meera, a princess by birth, caught in the whirlwind of conspiracies and hunted by many. She tames his aggression and takes his heart away from war and bloodshed. In the meanwhile the disappearance of Prince Indra, the only heir to the throne of the Bhupala kingdom, irks king Mahindra. The ego dented king, hatches a noxious plan to become the emperor of India and entrusts Aryaveer with the duty of executing his plans. Will Aryaveer once again walk on the war torn path for his king, or will he try to protect his castle of love from the dark tempest of greed and hatredness? ‘I had been trapped in a nightmare for all these years, and then you came and released me from the cage of a painful sleep’

Download or read book The Madras Law Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 11-23, 25, 27 include the separately paged supplement: The acts of the governor-general of India in council.

Download or read book Attending Krishna s Image written by Kenneth Russell Valpey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. Attending Krishna's Image extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West. It focuses on one specific worship tradition, the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, as it develops and sustains itself in two specific locales. By applying the comparative category of ‘religious truth’, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of a living religious tradition. It successfully demonstrates the understanding of devotion as a process of participation with divine embodiment in which worship of Krishna’s image is integral.

Download or read book The Indian Decisions written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Claiming India from Below written by Vipul Mudgal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond electoral politics and government, this volume broadens the scope of the functioning of democracy in India, and explores citizens’ role in the implementation of public policy. It looks at the ways in which extra-parliamentary power monitoring devices such as public institutions, citizens’ associations or assemblies, and the mainstream and emerging forms of the media, permeate through the political order. The volume: • brings participation and communication in governance and policy making to the centrestage; • examines case studies of state and citizen engagement from across India; and • presents perspectives of practitioners, activists and scholars to provide a comprehensive view of the debates surrounding the idea of Indian democracy. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers in politics, political science, media studies, public administration, sociology and social anthropology, as well as the interested general reader.

Download or read book Colonial Continuities and Decoloniality in the French Speaking World written by Sarah Arens and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume pays tribute to the work of Professor Kate Marsh (1974-2019), an outstanding scholar whose research covered an extraordinarily wide range of interests and approaches, encompassing the history of empire, literature, politics and cultural production across the Francophone world from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. Each of the chapters within engages with a different aspect of Marsh’s interest in French colonialism and the entanglements of its complex afterlives — whether it be her interest in the longevity of imperial rivalries; loss and colonial nostalgia; exoticism and the female body; decolonization and the ends of empire; the French colonial imagination; the policing of racialized bodies; or anti-colonial activism and resistance. As well as reflecting the geographical and intellectual breadth of Marsh’s research, the volume demonstrates how her work continues to resonate with emerging scholarship around decoloniality, transcolonial mobilities and anti-colonial resistance in the Francophone world. From French India to Algeria and from the Caribbean to contemporary France, this collection demonstrates the persistent relevance of Marsh’s scholarship to the histories and legacies of empire, while opening up conversations about its implications for decolonial approaches to imperial histories and the future of Francophone Postcolonial Studies.

Download or read book The Hare Krishna Movement written by Edwin Bryant and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-23 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing and chanting with their shaven heads and saffron robes, Hare Krishnas presented the most visible face of any of the eastern religions transplanted to the West during the sixties and seventies. Yet few people know much about them. This comprehensive study includes more than twenty contributions from members, ex-members, and academics who have followed the Hare Krishna movement for years. Since the death of its founder, the movement, also known as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), has experienced debates over the roles of authority, heresy, and dissent, which have led to the development of several splinter movements. There is a growing women's rights movement and a highly publicized child abuse scandal. Providing a privileged look at the people and issues shaping ISKCON, this volume also offers insight into the complex factors surrounding the emergence of religious traditions, including early Christianity, as well as a glimpse of the original seeds and the germinating stages of a religious tradition putting down roots in foreign soil.

Download or read book Chaitanya s Life And Teachings written by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Chaitanya's Life And Teachings" (From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita) by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book Gods Goddesses and Saints written by Barbara Carroll and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chanting exists in many religious and spiritual traditions. The practice of chant focuses the mind and body with simple physics of sound, while the choice of chant can reflect a specific need, or honor a tradition. Gods, Goddesses, and Saints is a user-friendly, in-depth guide to a solitary practice of chant and meditation, providing chants from many faiths, from pagan deities to saints from many religions. Beautifully organized in many different ways, this book encourages you to explore the resonance of important figures and their associations and meanings across many traditions. You will also find blank forms to help you create your own chants and meditations. Gods, Goddesses, and Saints provides a fresh view of spiritual practice and new ideas for the future of faith.

Download or read book Literary and Historical Studies in Indology written by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1975 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of research articles deals with various problems of Sanskrit literature, ancient Indian history, art and architecture. Section I deals with problems presented by several Sanskrit works, namely the lower limit of the date of the original Harivamsa, Kalapriyanatha mentioned in Bhavabhuti`s plays the identification of the date of Dhananjaya the author of the Dvisandhana Kavya and the Namamala and the fixation of his date the historical background of Rajasekhara`s Viddhasalabhanjika etc. It gives also for the first time a detailed account for Soddhala`s Udayasundarikatha.