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The Life World of the Tamils- Part and Present: History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization (Volume 6 Part 5)
The volumes of the PROJECT ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE IN INDIA CIVILIZATION aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and presenting them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and ideational culture. The project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. In fact, contributions are made by different scholars with different ideological persuasions and methodological approaches. The Project is marked by what may be called... Read More
English, 918 Pgs. (HB)
Rs. 2,800.00
Ten Suttas From Digha Nikaya,Long Discourses of the Buddha
Introduction The Burma Pitaka Association was founded on 20th August,1980, by U Nu, former Prime Minister of Burma, with the concurrence of the Government of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma headed by the then President, U Ne Win. The primary aim of the Association is to promote through translations in English an understanding of the Pitaka texts as interpreted and accepted in Theravada Buddhism. After this translation of the original sources is completed, it is intended further to translate the Commentaries and the Sub-Commentaries of the Theravada school of Buddhism, as well as explications and expositions by... Read More
Engish, 519 Pgs. (HB)
Rs. 2,000.00
Silpa Prakasa
The Silpa Prakasa is an important edition to the existing literature on Indian Silpa texts." (V.S. Agrawala). This early text on Orrisan Temple architecture (Possibly from the 10th cent. A.D.) describes various temple types of Orissa, but especially a tantric temple termed Vimanamalini with its sub-types Padmagarbha and Kamagarbha. The latter could be identified with the 10th cent. Varahi temple at Caurasi near Konarak. The text goes into great detail of the architecture, the iconography and the symbolism of all the parts of the temple. Its unique contribution lies in the description of yantras or symbolic diagrams underlying the architecture... Read More
Sanskrit & English, 490 Pgs. (PB)
Rs. 1,795.00
An Investigation Into the Nature of Consciousness and Form: Mechanistic and Non-mechanistic Science
A genuine system of spiritual knowledge should have all the characteristics of a scientific theory. It should provide a logically consistent description of reality, and it should entail procedures which can be used to verify important features of this description. The system should be in agreement with existing mechanistic theories insofar as they are valid, but it may be expected to clash with many elements of the modern scientific worldview that rest on unsound speculation and extrapolation. Most importantly, the system should contain practical methods of obtaining absolute information about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life. In this book,... Read More
English, 262 Pgs. (HB)
Rs. 445.00Rs. 450.00
The Four Vedas: Rgveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda (in 9 Vol Set) - Sanskrit Text with English Translation
When we take to the study of language, the first and foremost question stands as to how when and where the language originated. More the linguists troubled their head in this direction, the less they achieved success. So far it has remained an unsolved conundrum. The more it was solved, the more it became, complex. Now many linguistic societies in the world have banned to raise this question again on the forum. Among the hosts of theories put forward on the origin of speech, one is regarding the divine origin of speech. So long it has been contended by almost... Read More
Sanskrit & English, 5572 Pgs. (HB)
Rs. 5,400.00
Kalhana's Rajatarangini (3 Vols.): A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir
Kalhana’s Rajatarangini is the oldest and fullest record of Kashmir history. Sir Stein, recognising the inestimable value of the only work of its kind, succeeded in publishing the critical edition of the text in 1892 which has been printed here as Vol. III. Later he followed this illustrious venture by presenting a fully annotated translation of the Chronicle, in two volumes, printed as Vol. I and Vol. II, the former containing the translation of the first seven tarangas from the original Sanskrit and the latter that of the remaining eighth taranga.The translation is preceded by a comprehensive and scholarly Introduction... Read More
English, 1314 Pgs. (HB)
Rs. 3,195.00
The History and Culture of the Indian People (11 Volumes) : Full Set
The History and Culture of the Indian People is a series of eleven volumes on the history of India, from prehistoric times to the establishment of the modern state in 1947. Historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar was the general editor of the series, as well as a significant contributor. The entire work took 26 years to complete. The set was published in India by the Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Mumbai. The first volume (1951) is about the Vedic period. It has 27 chapters by 11 contributors. R. C. Majumdar wrote three chapters and part of a fourth. Other contributors to the first volume are V. M. Apte,... Read More
English, 9000 (HB)
The Yogavasistha of Valmiki: With the Commentary Vasistha Maharamayana Tatparyaprakasa (Volume I and II)
The Yoga-Vasistha is a popular text on AdvaitaVedanta, though it is more like the Puranas in form and style. It is greatly valued for the wisdom it contains and enjoys a popularity rivaled only by the Bhagavadgita and Srimadbhagavatam. The work is in the form of a dialogue between Sri Rama and the sage Vasistha and covers a variety of subjects including the philosophical problems of life, death, human suffering and final release. It is also known as Arsaramayana, Jnana Vasistha, Maharamayana, Vasistha Ramayana or merely Vasistha and is traditionally ascribed to the sage Valmiki. This extensive philosophical poem contains... Read More
Sanskrit Only, 1610 Pgs.
Rs. 3,500.00
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (3 Vols.): Or the Central and Western Rajput State of India
This work relates to the (erstwhile) Central and the Western Rajput States of India. It embodies the results of scholarly investigation into the ethnology of Rajputs, their religious and social practices, their festivals and rites, their legal and political institutions and the merits and demerits of their characters. Herein we get a real portrait of the different aspects of Rajput life: their loyalty, devotion, gallantry, chivalry as also the instability of their character, their outbreaks of passion, fears, occasional faithlessness of their chiefs and allies and, above all, their addiction to drugs. The work is divided into three volumes: each... Read More
English, 1862 Pgs. (HB)
Rs. 3,000.00Rs. 3,500.00
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