Pali Metre: A Contribution to the History of Indian Literature. The present work is a study of the problems presented by the metres in the Pali Canon, seen in their historical setting as representing the Early Middle Indian phase in...

This volume represents a good sample of current scholarship on south Asian languages, historical, descriptive and typological. It includes material pertaining to most of the linguistic stocks of south Asia (Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Munda, Tibeto-Burman, even Burushaski along with important comparisons...

The last hundred years of scientific and philosophical thought have created dramatic upheavals in how we view our universe, our spiritual beliefs and ourselves. Commonly accepted theories of evolution and relativity and the precepts of existentialism, have shaken the foundations...

Origin and Formation of Sects and Sectarianism in Early Buddhism: A Critical Study of the Schism Samghabheda and Nikayabheda

The beginnings of Indian Philosophy take us very far back to about the middle of the second millennium before christ. The speculative activity begun so early was continued till a century or two ago so that the history that is...

This lively account of ritual, religion and exchange in the Tamang society of Nepal is sophisticated and well written. Holmberg draws on his informative descriptions of Tamang Buddhism for comparativist insights into marriage exchange caste, sacrifice and the coherence of...

This book of Gautama contains the Nyaya system of philosophy and its Method which like that of the Vaisesikas consists in the enumeration, definition and examination of the categories. It has enjoyed a great popularity as is evident from the...

Nirdeshan Evam Paramarshan (Sanpratyay, Kshetra Evam Upagam): Guidance and Counselling (Concepts, Areas and Approaches)

Opera Omnia Vol 1 Part-I (Mysticism And Spirituality) Raimon Panikkar

Lakshmi Bandlamudi's description of her journey to Kailash and Manasarover, representing as they do Purusha and Prakriti, the masculine and the feminine nature of existence, is deeply moving because she connects it to her own inner spiritual quest. Replete with...

Muhurta Martanda: Shri Narayandaivagya Virachit: Sanskrit-Hindi Vyakhya sahit

Book Summary of Naishdhiyacharitam Of Mahakavi Sriharsha (Pratham Sarg):(Chatroshini--Teeka--Sahitam) Jaiminisutras as presented in these pages deals with a system of astrology that has no parallel in the existing methods. The Sutras are hard nuts to crack and Professor Rao has...