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The Puranas are eighteen in numbers. Sage Veda Vyasa composed them. There are references to Epics and Puranas in the Vedic texts and also in the Sutra texts of Aapasthamba, Gauthama, and others. Many of the previous prairies are extinct now and only those available which are composed of Veda Vyasa. In Garuda Puranam Lord Vishnu himself narrated this to his vehicle Garuda. Methods of worship, feasts, and ceremonies are described. It also describes the soul after death, funeral rites, Medicine, etc. Preface A few preliminary remarks on the history, scope and contents of the Garuda Puranam may be... Read More
English, 784 Pgs. (HB)Sri Ganesa purana was, perhaps, first published in 1892 (Bombay, Gopala Narayana Press) in ms. Form, as edited by Uddhavacarya Ainapure and Krsna Sastri Pitrye. Ganesagita - a section of this Purana was published in 1906 together with Nilakantha’s commentary Ganapatibhavadipika (edited by the Pandits of the Anandasrama) by Anandasrama Press, Poona. This Purana finds a first place in Ganesa Grantha Section of the illustrious work Sri Ganesakosa (ed. Amarendra Gadgil, Srirama Book Agency, Pune, second edition 1981). The edition of the Purana together with Marathi translation by V.S.S. Visnusastri Bapat, published by Damodar Laksmana Lele (Modavrtta Chapakhana, Wai, 1905-6) was... Read More
Sanskrit 821 Pgs. (HB)Hardbound Edition: The Puranas are an infallible source of information on Indian history of religion, philosophy, culture and civilisation, the polity of society, arts and crafts, architecture and iconography besides royal dynasties and periods of their rule. It was long felt that a comprehensive Index of the Puranas was a desideratum. We have an Index to Vedic literature by Macdonell and Keith; we have also gone to the Mahabharata by Sorensen; then why not a similar Index to all the eighteen major and an equal number of the minor Puranas which constitute an important branch of Indian literature? Read More
English"It Has Been Beautiful Produced....... The Book Presents Interesting Readings as It Includes all the Information Given By The Previous Scholars And Other Texts Regarding the Use And Interpretation Of Technical Terms, Techniques Of Painting, And Classification. The Author Has Been Successful In The Task She Sets Before Herself To Present A Thoughtful Interpretation Of A Text And The Underlying Aesthetic Theory Of Indian Art And Its Relevance Today.About the AuthorParul Dave Mukherjee teaches at the Department of Art History and Aesthetics, University of Baroda. She has done her doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.... Read More
English, 338 Pgs. (HB)From the Jacket: The Sanskrit Purana-writers have dealt with various aspects of compassion without distinguishing the same from love, kindness, sympathy and mercy. They were most probably imbued with the spirit of salient features of Buddhist compassion which in Mahayana stands for Mahakaruna and in Theravada is very often considered along with Anukampa, Upekkha and Metta. Numerous normal stories in the Puranas highlight the feelings of devotion, kindness, dutifulness and compassion. For the first time here compassion in the Tripitaka and Puranas have been critically estimated. The Tripitakas with special reference to the Nikayas with their commentaries and sub-commentaries, and... Read More
Engish, 2 Pgs. (HB)The present book attempts to supplement the work of Pargiter on the Cultural plane. Pargiter was concerned with the dynastic records of the Puranic texts while this book aims to interpret "cultural history" from the Vayu Purana. The work is divided into ten chapters arranged systematically. The first five chapters contain facts about the intellectual culture and the last five are about material culture. The presentation of material has involved a great deal of translation and interpretation of the Puranic text. The work has two appendices and a critical introduction. Appendix A identifies the places and tribes. Appendix B describes... Read More
English, 365 Pgs. (HB)