Download or read book Srirangam written by Chithra Madhavan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Evaluation of the Ved ntic Critique of Buddhism written by Gregory Joseph Darling and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1987 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a comparison of the critique of Buddhism as set forth in the interpretations of Sankara, Madhva, and Ramanuja to the sutras of the second section (adhyaya) of the Brahma-sutras concerned with the refutation of Buddhism, with the positions actually elaborated by the Buddhists in their own texts. An attempt is also made to compare the conflicting interpretations of the three commentators to these particular sutras, in accordance with the philosophical approach unique to each commentator. The book is divided into two parts. The first part consists of an Introductory Background. It includes a brief description of the Brahma-sutras as a text and summarizes the philosophical positions of the three commentators. The second part proceeds sutra by sutra to study the three commentators' interpretations of the particular sutras directed against the Buddhists.

Download or read book Urban India written by Renate Bornberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the importance of socio-spatial patterns in cities that are embedded in the cultural heritage and self-understanding of a society, showing that Indian cities follow different urban concepts. In nine episodes (nine is a sacred figure), it highlights the principal influences and social impacts on cities from ancient times to contemporary city developments. As such, it provides planners and architects with insights that can easily be applied in contemporary cities and towns and help foster India’s cultural heritage—a much-needed, but little-discussed approach. Indian cities are the result of various factors, some imposed, others following local traditions that shaped them. They were founded around social needs, landscape conditions and production routines, as well as the religious influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and animism. However, Western town-planning models are often implemented, blurring the traditional way of life in cities. For sustainable town development, it is of key importance to find solutions that deal with Indian city models.

Download or read book REVISITING INDIA S PAST written by Prof. P. CHENNA REDDY and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisiting India’s Past is Commemoration Volume presented to Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur, He was a renowned Historian in India, on his Eighty two birth anniversary (15th July 1941). These articles are in other way serve as garland of flowers to decor Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur. A great scholar in History, Buddhism, Epigraphy and Culture. There are more than 30 articles shedding light on Indian Historical studies. This prestigious volume contains a wide spectrum of research articles covering History, feudalism, science and technology, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Buddhism, Historiography, Tourism, Modern History and Trade, Economic history, Folklore, literature and culture. This volume containing a good collection of research papers contributed by renowned authors will serve as an important source of information and reference book for research students and teachers as well. Incidentally, this volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur enjoys in the intellectual world.

Download or read book A TO Z INDIA MAY 2024 written by Indira Srivatsa and published by A TO Z INDIA. This book was released on 2024-04-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: 163TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE - Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941 C.E.) was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with contextual modernism. According to English calendar he was born on 7th May 1861 in Kolkata to parents Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. According to Bengali calendar he was born on 25th day of Boishakh month, in 1422 Bengali Era; MAHAVIRA: NOT ONLY WORSHIPED, ALSO TO BE IMBIBED IN LIFE - The entire life of Mahavira is a living inspiration for the rise of self and others. He has illuminated millions and millions of people with his aura of positivity.

Download or read book Multidisciplinary Applications of AI Robotics and Autonomous Systems written by Choudhury, Tanupriya and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As society transitions into the digital age, the demand for advanced robotics and autonomous systems has remained unchanged. However, the field faces significant challenges bridging the gap between current capabilities and the potential for brilliant, autonomous machines. While exact and efficient, current robotic systems need more sophistication and adaptability of human intelligence. This limitation restricts their application in complex and dynamic environments, hindering their ability to realize their potential fully. Multidisciplinary Applications of AI Robotics and Autonomous Systems addresses these challenges by presenting cutting-edge research and innovative robotics and autonomous systems solutions. By exploring topics such as digital transformation, IoT, AI, and cloud-native computing paradigms, readers will understand the latest advancements in the field. The book delves into theoretical frameworks, computational models, and experimental approaches, offering insights to help researchers and practitioners develop more intelligent and autonomous machines.

Download or read book Lives of Indian Images written by Richard H. Davis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many centuries, Hindus have taken it for granted that the religious images they place in temples and home shrines for purposes of worship are alive. Hindu priests bring them to life through a complex ritual "establishment" that invokes the god or goddess into material support. Priests and devotees then maintain the enlivened image as a divine person through ongoing liturgical activity: they must awaken it in the morning, bathe it, dress it, feed it, entertain it, praise it, and eventually put it to bed at night. In this linked series of case studies of Hindu religious objects, Richard Davis argues that in some sense these believers are correct: through ongoing interactions with humans, religious objects are brought to life. Davis draws largely on reader-response literary theory and anthropological approaches to the study of objects in society in order to trace the biographies of Indian religious images over many centuries. He shows that Hindu priests and worshipers are not the only ones to enliven images. Bringing with them differing religious assumptions, political agendas, and economic motivations, others may animate the very same objects as icons of sovereignty, as polytheistic "idols," as "devils," as potentially lucrative commodities, as objects of sculptural art, or as symbols for a whole range of new meanings never foreseen by the images' makers or original worshipers.

Download or read book Sri Varadarajaswami Temple Kanchi A Study of Its History Art and Architecture written by K.V. Raman and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kanchi, the ancient capital city of the South, teems with historic temples of great beauty and grandeur. The magnificent temple of Lord Varadaraja, situated in Vishnu-Kanchi, has played a remarkable part in fostering the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism and has justly been ranked with the famous temples of Srirangam and Tirupati as the holiest of the holies. This is the first comprehensive and illustrated treatise on this hoary temple, focusing attention of the various aspects like the origin and the growth of the temple, critical review of the temple traditions, the role of the temple in the growth of Sri-Vaishnavism, the association of the acharyas like Ramanuja with the temple, besides the pivotal role the temple has played in the social and cultural life of the community. The vast literature that has grown round the temple and the five hundred and odd inscriptions that crowd the wall-spaces of the shrines provide a sumptuous source material for this study. One of the largest temple complexes of South India, the temple presents interesting variety of architectural and sculptural styles of different schools. The temple is particularly rich in Vaishnava iconography. The book provides a detailed study and interpretation of these features with the help of hitherto unpublished photographs and drawings. The book also brings to light the presence of fine paintings of the Vijayanagar times that are found in the dark cloister around the sanctum. The book is a distinct contribution to the field of historical and architectural studies of ancient Indian temples.

Download or read book Sacred Earth written by Martin Gray and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... "Twenty years of photographs by photographer and anthropologist Martin Gray. Accompanying each photograph is commentary that takes us into the history, mythology and spiritual magnetism of the particular place ..."--Jacket.

Download or read book The Hindu Monastery in South India written by Nalini Rao and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on both textual and archaeological evidence, this study offers an integrated approach to scholarly debates on monasteries and guru relics in South India between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study analyzes the role of the guru in the development of Hindu monastic orders, from centers of education to institutions of traditional authority. Focusing on the complex socio-religious context of the whole-body icon, the author analyzes the relic as a nexus of contradictions surrounding sacredness and death.

Download or read book A History of Indian Literature 500 1399 written by Sisir Kumar Das and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Volume Deals With The First Nine Hundred Years Of The Medieval Period Of Indian Literary History.A History Of Indian Literature Is An Account Of The Literary Activities Of The Indian People Carried Through In Many Languages And Under Different Social Conditions. It Is The Story Of A Multilingual Literature, A Plurality Of Linguistic Expressions And Cultural Experience And Also Of The Remarkable Unity Underlying Them.

Download or read book Destination Liberation written by Maya Ahmed and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a brief introduction to meditation, in a course conducted by the Art of Living Foundation, Tara sets out on a journey to understand God and achieve Nirvana. Following the footsteps of spiritual leaders, Tara travels extensively across India, chasing river sources and holy places. In her travels, Tara gets to learn about the political, religious and cultural history of India. Tara gains a deep sense of pride in India as a country. Tara also practices Vipassana meditation, regularly and starts reading the Bhagavad Gita. In due course, she loses her baggage of disappointments and expectations, and arrives at convincing answers about God and Moksha.

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Download or read book Sri Chaitanya His Associates written by Swami B. B. Tirtha Maharaja and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this jewel-like volume, the venerable Tirtha Maharaja recounts the nectarean activities of the associates of Lord Gauranga and the acharyas of the Gaudiya Vaishnava religion." ––Swami B.P. Puri, Founder Acharya, Gopinath Gaudiya Math Srila Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Goswami Maharaja has gathered a great deal of information about the lives of the devotees from numerous sources, and has made this information more relishable by virtue of his own insight. These biographies of Mahaprabhu's devotees should be read on their appearance and disappearance days, for this will bring great joy to both those who hear and those who read them. In this English translation, it will be possible for devotees around the world to enjoy them. Herein, the author delights in the life stories of Jagannath Mishra, Madhavendra Puri, Ishvara Puri, Advaita Acharya, Srivas Pandit, Chandrasekhar Acharya, Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Gadadhar Pandit, Vakresvara Pandit, Gadadhar Das, Shivananda Sen, Paramananda Puri, Murari Gupta, and many others. Every letter of these accounts is drenched with the nectar of devotion. The sincere seeker will never be able to enter the transcendental kingdom nor to advance in the devotional life unless they also discover this delight.

Download or read book Sri Ramakrishna The Personification of Gods and Goddesses written by Rasipuram Ramabadran and published by Sri Ramakrishna Math. This book was released on with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: