Download or read book Anusasana parva written by Pratāpachandra Rāya and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book THE MAHABHARATA written by Ramesh Menon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined: far and away the greatest recorded epic known to man. The Mahabharata is the very Book of Life: in its variety, majesty and, also, in its violence and tragedy. It has been said that nothing exists that cannot be found within the pages of this awesome legend. The epic describes a great war of some 5000 years ago, and the events that led to it. The war on Kurukshetra sees ten million warriors slain, brings the dwapara yuga to an end, and ushers in a new and sinister age: this present kali yuga, modern times. At the heart of the Mahabharata nestles the Bhagavad Gita, the Song of God. Senayor ubhayor madhye, between two teeming armies, Krishna expounds the eternal dharma to his warrior of light, Arjuna. At one level, all the restless action of the Mahabharata is a quest for the Gita and its sacred stillness. After the carnage, it is the Gita that survives, immortal lotus floating upon the dark waters of desolation: the final secret! With its magnificent cast of characters, human, demonic, and divine, and its riveting narrative, the Mahabharata continues to enchant readers and scholars the world over. This new rendering brings the epic to the contemporary reader in sparkling modern prose. It brings alive all the excitement, magic, and grandeur of the original-for our times.

Download or read book The Modern Review written by Ramananda Chatterjee and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".

Download or read book The Iconography and Ritual of iva at Elephanta written by Charles D. Collins and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1988-11-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful rock-cut Siva temple on Elephanta Island in Bombay Harbor is one of the finest monuments of Indian religion and art. Until now, interpretation of its magnificent sculptured scenes has been neglected. In this book, Collins systematically surveys the pertinent Vedic, Epic, and early Puranic literature as well as the contributions of India's foremost poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, to reveal sources for and interpretations of the subjects of the relief sculptures. This survey shows strong associations with areas formerly controlled by the classical Gupta dynasty in northern India. This book provides the first detailing of this link, intimated by others before, which helps to explain the grandeur of style found in the colossal reliefs. By applying certain aspects of ritual texts of the Lakulisa-Pasupata, the sect that probably used Elephanta originally, exceptional clarity is revealed for the worship of the sculptures in a counterclockwise sequence, quite unusual in India, but appropriate to this particular sect. Lakulisa-Pasupata texts are invoked in Collins' theory of how the cave-temple at Elephanta was used. This area of investigation has been virtually untouched by other scholars for any early Hindu shrine in India.

Download or read book Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India Their Religion and Institutions written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and Institutions of India Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of India from the Earliest Times written by Vaman Somnarayan Dalal and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India Their Religion and Institutions Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and Institutions of India Collected Translated Into English and Illustrated by Notes written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of India written by Vāman Somnārāyan Dalāl and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book FASTING AND SALVATION written by Nothim Assange and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a wide and impartial discussion of the cosmic and human integration, Author has informed the subject Capacity. He did not care about the religious vision only, but the topic needs to be a wider study as well as to reflect on the ultimate goal of this integration, not only from the religious side but also by the physical and secular trend, especially the Marxist trend and the intellectual side of the capitalist economic.

Download or read book The Truth of Yoga written by Daniel Simpson and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A succinct, approachable guide to the origins, development, key texts, concepts, and practices of yoga. Yoga is practiced by many millions of people worldwide and is celebrated for its mental, physical, and spiritual benefits. And yet, as Daniel Simpson reveals in The Truth of Yoga, much of what is said about yoga is misleading. For example, the word “yoga” does not always mean union. In fact, in perhaps the discipline’s most famous text—the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali—its aim is described as separation: isolating consciousness from everything else. And yoga is not five thousand years old, as is commonly claimed; the earliest evidence of practice dates back about twenty-five hundred years. (Yoga may well be older, but no one can prove it.) The Truth of Yoga is a clear, concise, and accessible handbook for the lay reader that draws upon abundant recent scholarship. It outlines these new findings with practitioners in mind, highlighting ways to keep traditions alive in the twenty-first century.

Download or read book The Mystery of the Mahabharata Vol V The Explanation of the Epic Part II written by and published by India Research Press. This book was released on with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mahabharta A Summary For Beginners written by Madhavan Kutty Manikath and published by Author's Ink Publications. This book was released on with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharta : A Summary For Beginners

Download or read book Mother of My Heart Daughter of My Dreams written by Rachel Fell McDermott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-28 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the rise of goddess worship in the region of Bengal from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present. Focusing on the goddesses Kali and Uma, McDermott examines lyrical poems written by devotees from Ramprasad Sen (ca. 1718-1775) to Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976).

Download or read book The Complete Poems of Rabindranath Tagore s Gitanjali written by S K Paul and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: