The phenomenon of Sati, on account of its dramatic and tragic element, has always commanded considerable attention. This has not always been complemented by adequate analysis. Even when the treatment of the subject has transcended sensationalism, it has not always...

Sharda Sudeep: Astro Calculus of Education and Profession.

The power of music to influence us is extraordinary and his mysterious quality of harmony reacts alike on the composer, the musician and the listener. In this self-help book of theory and practical exercises, the author explains how we can...

In this fourteenth century text 'A Compendium of all the Philosophical Systems' (of India) the author successively passes in review the sixteen philosophical systems current in India at the time, and gives what appeared to him to be their most...

Shatru Shaman

The book, –Self Offerings”, deals with the Hindu Scriptures such as Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagawad Gita. It discusses the Ithihasas, (epics), Ramayana and Mahabharata and Puranas in conveying the philosophy and the codes of conduct. The tenets of Hinduism, Nirguna...

Seekers of The Naked Truth:: Collected Writings on the Gymnosophists and Related Shramana Religions

The so-called "Smaller Petrograd Dictionary"-The German title is "Sanskrit-Worterbuch in Kuerzerer Fassung"- was started by O.V. Bothlingk only a few years after the completion, in 1875, of the 7 volumed "Larger P.D." (Which he had worked on in cooperation with...

This book shows that it can be very fruitful for science to study other thought-systems than those in which we were born and raised. In our days we can make use of the entire heritage of the mind-created global mosaic...

The design of A Sanskrit Reader is two fold. In the first place, it is to serve as an introduction to the subject for the students of the colleges and universities. This Reader is designed, in the second place, to...

Sankrit Primer provides a useful outline for a rapid review of Sanskrit grammar and language. It combines in a brief and careful manner Buhler's exercises with explanations of Whitney. The whole subject is covered in forty-five lessons systematically arranged. Vocabularies...

This Sanskrit grammar is on a somewhat different plan from those already in use. It presents the facts of the language primarily as they show themselves in use in literature and only secondarily as they are laid down by the...