Hinduism and Islam are usually considered to be poles apart especially on religious grounds. But in this work, the author has endeavored to demonstrate that in spite of sharp differences between them, they met on religious, commercial, intellectual and political...

Valmiki the poet and the author of Valmiki-Ramayana, most unlikely used irregularities, more often than just sporadically, it is not Epistemology is an important branch of philosophy which comes from the Greek word ‘Episteme’ means ‘knowledge’ and ‘logos’ means discourse...

Valmiki the poet and the author of Valmiki-Ramayana, most unlikely used irregularities, more often than just sporadically, it is not concerned generally with what is grammatically correct. To present here the same is the main aim of this study that...

This is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self- sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan...

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Hindu mythology reflects this mixture of otherworldly spiritualism and worldly violence. Like most mythologies, it is full of images of cosmic wars, apocalyptic destruction, and tragic heroes. But it is also the repository of as many stories about courtly love,...

The message of the holy dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhishma Parvan episode of Mahabharata has been held in deep reverence by the sages, philosophers and the learned scholars all over the world. The teachings of Geeta...

This is a literary classic biography of the Jain world. All Aspects of Jain religious order are depicted in this illustrious book. Sixty three stories of Tirthankar, Chakravarti, Baldev, Vasudev and Prativasudev are described with their previous births.

The experience of the divine in India merges the three components of sight, performance and sound. This book is about the power and importance of "seeing" in the Hindu religious tradition. In the Hindu view, not only must the gods...

Hailed as a Shakespearean play, written a few centuries before shakespeare, Sudraka's Mrichchhakatika is one of the most significant Sanskrit dramas for more than a few reasons. Set in the ancient city of Ujjayani, Mrichchhakatika is "rife with romance, comedy,...

Mount Kailas, the most sacred mountain in the world. Uncannily symmetrical, this remote and remarkable peak located in the forbidden land of Tibet might have been built by superhuman hands. It stands out of a primordial hands. It stands out...

Keeping in mind people's ever-increasing quest for the epic, this unique edition of the Ramacharitamanasa with verse to verse Hindi and English translation along with Tulsidasa's original text has been prepared. The translation rendered by an accomplished scholar maintains the...