In the Rig Veda, the word asura is used frequently as an epithet for various deities. Rather, this word generally in used in later Sanskrit as a class of demons who are enemies of the gods. A careful study of...

In this book the Dalai Lama shows how through the practice of patience and tolerance we can overcome the obstacles of anger and hatred. He bases his discussion on a guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, the classic work...

Sacred Books of the East - 50 Volume Set - F. Max Muller (Editor) - MLBD Publications \n \nThese volumes of the sacred books of the east series include translations of all the most important works of the seven non-christian...

Sri Matrka Vilas: The Interplay of the Little Mothers

Volume 36 of the AITM series are devoted to the study of brahma Purana. It contains ancient hindu legends on world creation birth of Manu and his descendants, birth of gods and demiGods, descriptions of earth and its different sections...

Reflecting its wide variety of topics, Buddhism and science is comprised of three sections. The first presents two historical overviews of the engagements between Buddhism and modern science or rather how Buddhism and modern science have defined, rivaled and complemented...

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Reader is a collection of selections from the Mahavastu, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Udanavarga and Lalitavistara which have been edited according to the principles to be adopted for Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. The purpose behind this work is to facilities...

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...

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...

The Brhat Sarhhitii of Varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest. Whatever subject the author takes up for delineation, whether it is eclipse, planetary movements rainfall, cloud, architecture, water divination or some other topic, he...

Chapter I of this study, which discusses the older Upanisads, viz., the Brihadaranyaka Upanisad and the Chandogya Upanisad, describes at the outset how the idea of the Supreme Being, the unique mystic power, was conceived in the words Brahman and...

The question, according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as whether the west is ready to receive. Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the east-west philosophers conferences,...