Black's book is well researched and intelligent... Most impressive is his ability to bring out the concrete and the social in these narratives, including issues of wealth, prestige, regional rivalry, and gender relations." - Journal of the American Oriental Society...

The Paratrisika (or Paratrimsika) is a short Tantra which has been held in the highest esteem by Kashmir Saivism or Trika. After Somananda, Abhinavagupta has written two commentaries on it, a short one (Laghuvrtti) and an extensive one the present...

This book presents the historical account of its teachers. To make the reading easy and intelligible its technical terms are explained. The book also explains how PRATYABHIJNA system was formulated and developed by the great teachers. It contain also essence...

Pratyabhigyahradayam: Hindi Anuvad, Vistrat upodaghat aur Tippani Sahit

Prasna Marga is a unique work on astrology, natal and horary, of vital importance to every astrological scholar, practitioner and student. The author, a Nambudari Brahmin of Kerala who wrote this book in 1650 A.D., was a renowned scholar and...

Prasna Marga is a unique work on astrology, natal and horary, of vital importance to every astrological scholar, practitioner and student. The author, a Nambudari Brahmin of Kerala who wrote this book in 1650 A.D., was a renowned scholar and...

Practicing the Cosmic Science presents a type of astrology that is modern, innovative and directed toward self-understanding. This is a challenging wide-ranging treatment of such crucial subjects as, astrology as a healing process, the purpose of astrology and astrological counseling...

Gypsies have been reading palms for hundreds of years and everyone knows that they can tell you the future. Madame La Roux is a bona fide gypsy who has traveled the country and read thousands of palms. In this fact-packed...

The book is a collection of discourses on various key concepts for an approach to living-a technique to live-explored by Svami Purna. The discourses are based on their true Vedic and Sanskrit origin. They represent a guide in the individual's...

While performing the last rites of his mother (in the face of opposition from other Vedantins), Shankaracharya must have realized that some of the Vedantic messages were not "practical". In 1823, Rammohun Roy was deeply hurt to see Vedantic scholars...

While performing the last rites of his mother (in the face of opposition from other Vedantins), Shankaracharya must have realized that some of the Vedantic messages were not "practical". In 1823, Rammohun Roy was deeply hurt to see Vedantic scholars...

This book is all about how to turn psychological difficulties into spiritual opportunities. It also shows how to overcome the psychological difficulties that all travellers on the spiritual path must confront at one time or another, their dark night of...