Traditional Hinduism has appealed to Western eyes through its rich tableau of visual artifacts: temple architecture, sculpture, painting, and craft. Guy Beck argues, however, that the focus of Western scholars on Hinduism's visual component has often been at the expense...

Tantra in Practice is the eight volume of Princeton Readings in Religions and the first substantial anthology of Tantric works ever to appear n English. The thirty nine contributors, drawn from around the world, are leading scholars of Tantra. Each...

The subject of Comparative Religion as a scientific study of the various features of the different religions of the world in a comparative perspective is relatively a late development. It is hardly for a hundred years or so that the...

Introduction to Sanskrit, in two volumes is designed to open the door to India's rich spiritual literature. This self-teaching guide presents Sanskrit pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary in simple and systematic steps, allowing students to easily master the fundamentals of this...

Introduction to Sanskrit, in two volumes is designed to open the door to India's rich spiritual literature. This self-teaching guide presents Sanskrit pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary in simple and systematic steps, allowing students to easily master the fundamentals of this...

India is a civilization of many images a culture of many visual feasts a tradition where the visible and the palpable are as important as the oral and the occurrent, where our highest truths are embodied in our kathas and...

The Brhatsamhita of Varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest. This part consists of 50 chapters, from chapters 58 to 107, three Appendices and Index. In chapter 58 units of lineal measurement are given and...

Here is a textbook of Sanskrit grammar whose popularity with teachers and students alike has been on increase since its first printing. In it the essentials of Sanskrit grammar are carefully organized in thirty selected lessons. Interest in lessons is...

The first group of books entitled sanskrit is Fun (Parts I to III) introduce the learners to the Devanagari alphabets, grouping the letters according to their place of articulation, called family, which comprises both the vowels and consonants. Learners are...

The Sanskrit language in many parts of the world is a new element in today's education. It is an ideal study for the young because its systematic grammar orders the student's mind. At the same time, Sanskrit literature provides the...

After the death of the Buddha, his religious institution, samgha, split into different sects. Scholars believe there are two reasons for this split: A dispute on disciplinary codes, the Ten Points (dasavatthu), which was introduced at the Second Buddhist Council...

The Stories of Krishna: A Sanskrit Coursebook for Beginners - Part - 2: Pt. II - By Warwick Jessup (Author) - MLBD Publications The second group of books seek to teach Sanskrit with reference to the age-old stories of Krishna...