Ancient Sutras and old Smrtis like Manu and Yajnavalkya do not attach much importance tio Tirthas, but the later literature on this branch of Dharmasastra is very extensive. The Mahabharata regards pilgrimage to Tirthas more meritorious than sacrifices. Hence it...

Advaita Vedanta is the non dualistic school of vedanta primarily explicated by Samkara. The purpose of this study is to undertake an analysis of the epistemological issues inherent in the Advaita Vedanta theory of the Knowing and the known to...

Siddhanta Kaumudi is a critical and scholarly commentary on the sutras of Panini by Bhattoji Dikshit a stalwart grammarian of the Panini system who flourished in the first half of the seventeenth century. The Sutras are arranged topic-wise and fully...

The language whose phonology is described in this work is standard Hindi, i.e., the Hindi used in everyday casual speech by educated native speakers in cities such as Varanasi, Lucknow, Delhi etc., which is different from highly Sanskritized Hindi called...

The present volume is one of the series of Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology. The purest gems lie hidden in the bottom of the ocean or in the depth of rocks. One has to dive into the ocean or delve...

Features translations of Puranas accompanied by a critical introduction, general index, and comprehensive footnotes. \nSkanda Purana - Part 14: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology - Vol. 62 (HB) \nG.P Bhatt (Author) \n \nMLBD Publications

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It is the biggest among Puranas. Named after Skanda, son of Siva, this Purana expounds doctrines and worship of Siva. It also contains legends of Siva, especially his battles with Daityas and Danavs. There are section of Yoga, Dhyana (Meditation)...

Skanda Purana - Part 9: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology - Vol. 5 (HB) \nG.P Bhatt (Author) \n \nMLBD Publications

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Skanda Purana Pt. 4 (AITM) - Vol. 52: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology (HB) | G.P Bhatt (Author) \nThis Part of the Skanda Purana covers the whole of Venkatacala-mahatmya which is the first Section of the second Book, namely Vaisnavakhanda....

This is part of a ten volume work, vols 39-48 of the series on Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology. Named after the lotus in which God Brahman appeared at the beginning of creation, this Purana starts with the narration of...