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RISHI TALES

Author : Mahesh Prabhu
Publisher : Vedic Wisdom Press
ISBN 13 : 1980784205
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book RISHI TALES written by Mahesh Prabhu and published by Vedic Wisdom Press . This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Vedic India was a land where knowledge and wisdom were revered as the greatest wealth. There intellectual Brahmins, sagely Rishis, and equipoised Munis were honored for their incomparable knowledge. At a time when writing was not well developed, Smriti or memory was the main medium by which knowledge was recorded before transmitting it through Vak or the spoken word from a preceptor Guru to his disciples Shishyas. Mantras or hymns composed in ancient Sanskrit were used to remember complex knowledge along with Katha or thought-provoking tales. These tales besides being entertaining were also enlightening and promoted deeper Vichara or contemplation. In this first volume of Rishis Tales, U. Mahesh Prabhu presents 21 such stories translated from the ancient Sanskrit. Tales that continue to inspire millions of people towards the true understanding of Self, wisdom, peace, and prosperity.

Rishi Tales 2

Author : Mahesh Prabhu
Publisher : Vedic Wisdom Press
ISBN 13 : 1793075530
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Rishi Tales 2 written by Mahesh Prabhu and published by Vedic Wisdom Press . This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Mahesh Prabhu presents Vedic stories in their core essence, relaying and focusing their deeper meaning, not interfering with it or reducing it to alien and superficial concepts. His stories are short, poignant, and diverse, with multiple levels of meaning, like parables, conundrums, paradoxes and axioms (sutras). He has drawn these stories from many traditional sources in Sanskrit literature and reworked them in a concise and invocative manner. They feature the names and stories of famous sages, kings, places and the peoples of old India. Such exalted figures as King Bhartrihari or the Vedantic sage Ashtavakra visit these pages and come to life again through them.

The Jambu Island | A Logical Story of the Rishis, Kings, People, Vedas, and the Scientific Advancements of Ancient India

Author : Ganesh Raaja. N
Publisher : StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 936070167X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The Jambu Island | A Logical Story of the Rishis, Kings, People, Vedas, and the Scientific Advancements of Ancient India written by Ganesh Raaja. N and published by StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book: Questions: · Can we infer the chronology of our country from our literature while applying a scientific filter to discard the myths? · Is it possible to chronicle the kings, rishis, people’s lives, their scientific progress, and literary creations, “as-it-happened”? · Is it achievable to present this information in an engaging manner that captivates individuals from high school students to retired educators? Answer: Yes. This book chronologically organizes the Rishis, kings, literary evolution, people's lives, and scientific progress based on Sanskrit and Tamil literature. Through rigorous reconciliation, it aims to eliminate myths, confusions, interpolations, and exaggerations. The aim is to offer a clear, logical and captivating narrative, enriched with pictures. The chronology includes the ancient Rishis such as Bhrugu, Atri, Vaśishtha, Viśvāmitra, Paraśurāma, Bhāradvāja, Dīrgatamas, Agastya, Krishna Dvaipāyana, and more. Additionally, it accurately positions renowned kings like Purūravas, Yayāti, Śibi, Hariśchandra, Bhagīratha, Bharata, Raghu, Rāma, Kurū, Krishna, Yudhishthira, and others in their respective timelines. Top of Form Furthermore, this period encompasses significant events including the rendering of the Vedic mantras by the Rishis, the Aryan clan split towards Iran resulting in the formation of the Zōrōastrians, the atrocities and defeat of the Haihaya clan, fusion of Nāgās and other native tribes into the Vedic religion, Āryan colonization of South India, and the Bharata battle at Kurukshetra.

A Rishi Among Us

Author : Andrea Olivera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781548676599
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book A Rishi Among Us written by Andrea Olivera and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mantriji was many things to many people but mostly he was a teacher and sage, someone people revered because of his life-changing words and insights. It was impossible to know Mantriji and not be his student. This anthology serves as a memorial of this legendary figure as told by Andrea Olivera and 25 others, including Robert Svoboda, Simon Chokoisky, Alan Annand, Marla Meenakshi Joy, Ananda Shakti, and Gregory Brozek.A mysterious astrologer from the east who can divine how we get to our dreams, Mantriji's reputation is huge because of the many stories about him, his sayings, his teachings, the magical occurrences that surrounded his life. Imagine someone so in touch with time that he can tell you what your issues are based on the relative position of the planets at that very moment. Mantriji was this magical man. And although he was very human, he was always somehow above the fray. Mantriji leaves behind a rich legacy, inspiring the world through his students who venerated him and who are now immortalizing him in this beautiful, colourful book titled A Rishi Among Us. This is a collection of short stories and testimonials that details how Mantriji changed lives. Of course, Mantriji was most famously an astrologer, or 'Jyotishi' in the literal sense, an interpreter of light, but he also taught the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Sanskrit, and many other works through his own brand of Samkhya philosophy. Known for his profound one-liners and parables, Mantriji delighted us all with his wisdom, sense of humour, depth of insight, fondness for good food, and genuine appreciation for all things spiritual. We were honoured by his presence, we were fed by his teachings, we were humbled by his unconditional love, and now this legendary astrologer lives on through his students and will continue to resound through the ages.

Mystic Tales

Author : MICHAEL A. LAWRENCE
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystic Tales written by MICHAEL A. LAWRENCE and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glacier and Thuunderbolt are on a dangerous quest to rid Shadowia of Blackheart, an evil sorcerer whose plan is to steal the souls of every living being in order to become a god. The two warriors' journey into the unforgiving wilds of Shadowia are riddled with dark forces, forbidden alliances, and a shocking secret that will stun the hardened duo in shock and disbelief. What has been in darkness shall come to the light . . .

The Untold Story of Seeta

Author : Neeraja Phatak
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482836130
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Untold Story of Seeta written by Neeraja Phatak and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading The Untold Story of Seeta a journey through fields, palaces and forests, is like traversing the journey of Seetas life, the wife of Ram, the legendary king of Kosala. Although the story follows the chronology of events in the famous epic the Ramayana, it is not a retelling of the Ramayana. Neeraja Phatak brings Seeta to life as she - Seeta tells her own story and of her love for Ram. Nagging questions around Seetas personality are viewed from a fresh perspective. Was Seetas greatest quality her ability to suffer in silence? Is it possible that the daughter of the great Janak, and a pupil of the great sage Gargi, had no opinion of her own? How could Ram, considered the best among men, have permitted his wife to go through a trial by fire? Or has Seeta been smothered under a veil of convenience? Nuggets of philosophy woven into every day conversations compel the reader to go within and ponder. For example, when Neeraja writes, Ram said, Happiness is a state of mind, it is subjective, and differs from person to person and is relative to a context... This riveting novel holds the readers attention and curiosity till the very end.

Folk-Tales of Bengal

Author : Lal Behari Day
Publisher : 谷月社
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk-Tales of Bengal written by Lal Behari Day and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.Life’s Secret 2.Phakir Chand 3.The Indigent Brahman 4.The Story of the Rakshasas 5.The Story of Swet-Basanta9 6.The Evil Eye of Sani 7.The Boy whom Seven Mothers suckled 8.The Story of Prince Sobur 9.The Origin of Opium 10.Strike but Hear 11.The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Sons2 12.The Ghost-Brahman 13.The Man who wished to be Perfect 14.A Ghostly Wife 15.The Story of a Brahmadaitya 16.The Story of a Hiraman 17.The Origin of Rubies 18.The Match-making Jackal 19.The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead 20.The Ghost who was Afraid of being Bagged 21.The Field of Bones 22.The Bald Wife

Rishi

Author : Bruce Robert Jenkinson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462878180
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Rishi written by Bruce Robert Jenkinson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is a native of the West Coast in the United States, getting a start in life in the San Francisco Bay Area. His early years included a multitude of outdoor activities including fishing, mountaineering, rock climbing, and years of work with the National Park Service as a backcountry ranger. Ever since receiving a master’s degree in biology in the 1970s, the author has been heavily involved with the commercial fishing industry, primarily in Alaska. Along the way, however,his career in fisheries has allowed him to accept long-term overseas work assignments in the Soviet Union, the Sultanate of Oman,and in India. In 1979, the author again packed his well-used rucksack and headed off to Nepal and India where, in part, he completed a trek through the Himalayan highlands in the same areas largely described in this book. It was there in those oxygen-deprived mountain valleys that the author first laid plans to write a book whose main character would ultimately be Rishi as described in the present book. The author found himself continuously asking the question, “What would happen if a new age Messiah would visit the earth today?” And more interestingly, the author queried himself, “What would happen if that modern-day Messiah was neither white nor Christian?” This book, Rishi - the Misunderstood Messiah, attempts to provide one potential answer as to what could take place under the above scenario.

Karma and Other Stories

Author : Rishi Reddi
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061865532
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Karma and Other Stories written by Rishi Reddi and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reddi’s understated prose and her choice of detail give her revelations a quiet power.” — The New Yorker “[A]mong such time-tested topics of immigrant fiction, Reddi suddenly soars.” — San Francisco Chronicle “While many of the stories seem simple, characters and plots linger long after you turn the page.” — Washington Post “...reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty... substance and depth.” — Philadelphia Inquirer “Reddi has produced a piece of writing that masterfully contrasts the assumed with the experienced, myth with reality.” — India Currents “...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri...a gem of a book...characters remain etched in memory...” — Indian Express “In deceptively simple prose...a compassionate look at what happens when the insular world of the Indian immigrant is breached.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch “...Reddi deftly employs images to crystallize... the isolation and occasional bewilderment shared by her sympathetic characters.” — Publishers Weekly “This excellent debut collection... [offers] elegant studies of a culture that is both familiar and foreign.” — Booklist “Reddi’s voice is gentle and her eye watchful...A soft-spoken, sympathetic collection.” — Kirkus Reviews “Sad, sweet, tender--a truly lovely book.” — Kiran Desai, Man Book Prize-winning author of THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS “Only the finest writers can craft short stories with the richness of a novel...[an] exceptional debut collection.” — Arthur Golden, bestselling author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA “Rishi Reddi has written a unique and beautiful book with the power to both entertain and educate.” — Judith Guest, bestselling author of ORDINARY PEOPLE “Reddi’s characters are complicated people...and, as are the stories they inhabit, memorable and very worthy of our attention. Exquisite.” — Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of AN ALMOST PERFECT MOMENT “Reddi is the brightest light in Boston’s latest literary constellation.” — Boston magazine

Rishi Tales 2

Author : Mahesh Prabhu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Rishi Tales 2 written by Mahesh Prabhu and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Mahesh Prabhu presents Vedic stories in their core essence, relaying and focusing their deeper meaning, not interfering with it or reducing it to alien and superficial concepts. His stories are short, poignant, and diverse, with multiple levels of meaning, like parables, conundrums, paradoxes and axioms (sutras). He has drawn these stories from many traditional sources in Sanskrit literature and reworked them in a concise and invocative manner. They feature the names and stories of famous sages, kings, places and the peoples of old India. Such exalted figures as King Bhartrihari or the Vedantic sage Ashtavakra visit these pages and come to life again through them.

World Tales

Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0863040365
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book World Tales written by Idries Shah and published by Octagon Press Ltd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No ordinary collection of tales, this anthology was the result of extensive research that led Shah to conclude that there is a certain basic fund of human fictions which recur again and again throughout the world and never seem to lose their compelling attraction. This special paperback version of World Tales concentrates on the essentials, the text of the stories, and omits the illustrations which were part of a previous edition.

When Dimple Met Rishi

Author : Sandhya Menon
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1534494790
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book When Dimple Met Rishi written by Sandhya Menon and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched! Everyone is talking about this New York Times bestselling rom-com that Mindy Kaling called “utterly charming!” Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage. Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself. The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not? Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.

Women who Fly

Author : Serinity Young
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195307887
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Women who Fly written by Serinity Young and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, tales of flying women - some carried by wings, others by rainbows, floating scarves, or flying horses - reveal both fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly,Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, expressed in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She introduces a wide range of such figures, including supernatural women like the Valkyries ofNorse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi, airborne Christian mystics, and wayward women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines theextraordinary mythology surrounding twentieth-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch.Throughout, the book Young traces the inextricable link between female power and sexuality and the male desire to control it. This is most vividly portrayed in the twelfth-century Niebelungenlied, in which the proud warrior-queen Brunnhilde loses her great physical strength when she is tricked intogiving up her virginity. Centuries earlier the theme is seen in Euripides' play Medea, in which the title character - enraged by her husband's intention to marry a younger woman - uses her divine powers in revenge, wreaking chaos and destruction around her. It is a theme that remains tangible evenin the twentieth-century exploits of the comic book character Wonder Woman who, Young argues, retains her physical strength only because her love for fellow aviator Steve Trevor goes unrequited.The first book to systematically chronicle the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, art, and pop culture, Women Who Fly is an exciting, fresh look at the ways in which women have both influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions around the world.

Mystic Tales From Shiv Mahapuran

Author : Dr Prashant Pareek
Publisher : Clever Fox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystic Tales From Shiv Mahapuran written by Dr Prashant Pareek and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shivmahapuran is the epitome of all the Vedas and puranas, the one who reads or listen to Shivmahapuran leads to purification, all his sins get purified and he enlightens himself. Lord Shiva gave Shivmahapuran for the welfare of human beings. This Purana celebrates the glory of lord Shiva, for human beings Shivmahapuran is the ideal source to receive guidance on the duties of a human being, the four purusharthas that is dharma, artha, kama, moksha. The entire Purana is divided into 12 parts known as samhitas: vidhyeshwar samhita, rudra samhita, vinayak samhita, uma samhita, matru samhita, ekadashrudra samhita, kailash samhita, shatrudra samhita, kotirudra samhita, sastrakoti rudra samhita, vaayviya samhita and dharma samhita.Shivmahapuran is a very important and glorious text it gives a detailed description of lord Shiva as metaphysical element, his glory and the methods to worship lord Shiva. In the Vedas lord Shiva is described as unrevealed, unborn, the reason for everything, the one who destroys, the one who is the reason for welfare of everybody and the god of all gods mahadev. The meaning of Shiva according to Vedas is the one who leads to welfare, it is a well-known fact that lord Shiva is worshipped not only in India but also in most other parts of the world, in fact lord Rama and lord Krishna also worships lord Shiva. This book is a collection of few unusual stories from Shivmahapuran, these stories are being translated from Sanskrit and Hindi into English language. Multiple sources were referred to collect these stories and the stories are being presented in an abridged form for the perusal of readers. As a reader one will gain knowledge on how the jyotirlings came in existence and will find stories which are full of wisdom and lessons on universal human values.

Occult Tales

Author : H. P. Blavatsky
Publisher : Health Research Books
ISBN 13 : 9780787313609
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Occult Tales written by H. P. Blavatsky and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: an Allegory; Karmic Visions; a Bewitched Life; Can the Double Murder?; an Unsolved Mystery; the Luminous Shield; the Cave of the Echoes; from the Polar Lands; the Ensouled Violin; a Weird Tale; Where the Rishis Were; a Curious Tale;.

Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources

Author : Anton Schiefner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources written by Anton Schiefner and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bangalore Diaries

Author : Rajarshi Sharma
Publisher : Ukiyoto Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9359204005
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Bangalore Diaries written by Rajarshi Sharma and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an enthralling journey through the life of Rishi Parashar, an Indian Air Force officer and combat aviator. Set against the backdrop of valor and patriotism, this captivating narrative explores Rishi’s journey from a Rafale pilot to an unwavering guardian of his nation’s honor. The tale begins with Rishi’s return to Air Force Station Udhampur, but an unexpected call takes him back to his school reunion, igniting a compelling flashback. Within the corridors of Bangalore’s Bishop Cotton Boys School, Rishi’s character evolves through friendships and transformative moments, culminating in a poignant exploration of his first love. As “Bangalore Diaries” unfolds, Rishi’s infatuation deepens, testing his courage to reveal his heart. With each interaction, his words become artful expressions, painting mundane moments with extraordinary hues. In the midst of burgeoning emotions, doubts linger, challenging his resolve. This narrative transcends time, showcasing the universal journey of yearning and self-discovery through Rishi’s eyes. From fighter pilot training to combat aviation, readers witness the thrill of flight, camaraderie, and the unbreakable bond between man and machine. Amidst personal dilemmas and fervor, Rishi’s service becomes a poignant portrayal of a man torn between loyalty to his nation and the yearnings of his heart. “Bangalore Diaries” is a testament to the multifaceted human soul, conveyed through emotions that resonate within readers’ hearts. Journey with Rishi as he navigates love, friendship, and the pursuit of identity, leaving an indelible impression long after the final page is turned.