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Book Synopsis What Aurva Did with His Rage by : Anita Nair
Download or read book What Aurva Did with His Rage written by Anita Nair and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this fascinating myth from India recounted in this fabulously produced book. From wise sages to demonic asuras, beautiful river deities to arrogant kings, wayward gods to brave princes, each e-singles edition brings alive these enchanting and magical stories from Indian mythology, beautifully retold by noted author Anita Nair. With stunning full-colour illustrations, this story recreates the fantastic world of gods and demons like never before.
Book Synopsis The Puffin Book of Magical Indian Myths by : Anita Nair
Download or read book The Puffin Book of Magical Indian Myths written by Anita Nair and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Surya the sun god got married, his wife could not bear the heat of his rays and ran away. Surya was heartbroken and the world plunged into darkness. A dwarf asked a king for some land, which he measured with three footsteps, and ended up claiming the earth and the sky. Sage Daksha got his daughters married to the moon, but later, in a fit of rage, cursed the moon with consumption, making it wax and wane. These are some of the fifty myths from India recounted in this fabulously produced book. From wise sages to demonic asuras, beautiful river deities to arrogant kings, wayward gods to brave princes, this collection of myths showcases the most enchanting and magical stories from Indian mythology.
Book Synopsis Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan by : Fabio Rambelli
Download or read book Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan written by Fabio Rambelli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-01-19 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by consecration rituals (kanjō) of Buddhist origin. This is the first book to address in a comprehensive way the multiple forms and aspects of these rituals also in relation to other Asian contexts. The multidisciplinary chapters in the book address the origins of these rituals in ancient Persia and India and their developments in China and Tibet, before discussing in depth their transformations in medieval Japan. In particular, kanjō rituals are examined from various perspectives: imperial ceremonies, Buddhist monastic rituals, vernacular religious forms (Shugendō mountain cults, Shinto lineages), rituals of bodily transformation involving sexual practice, and the performing arts: a history of these developments, descriptions of actual rituals, and reference to religious and intellectual arguments based on under-examined primary sources. No other book presents so many cases of kanjō in such depth and breadth. This book is relevant to readers interested in Buddhist studies, Japanese religions, the history of Japanese culture, and in the intersections between religious doctrines, rituals, legitimization, and performance.
Book Synopsis The Slaying of Meghanada by : Michael Madhusudan Datta
Download or read book The Slaying of Meghanada written by Michael Madhusudan Datta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The poem is rising into splendid popularity. Some say it is better than Milton-but that is all bosh-nothing can be better than Milton; many say it licks Kalidasa; I have no objection to that. I don't think it impossible to equal Virgil, Kalidasa, and Tasso." Michael Madhusudan Datta wrote this in a letter to a friend about his verse narrative, The Slaying of Meghanada (1861). The epic, a Bengali version of the Ramayana story in which Ravana, not Rama, is the hero, has become a classic of Indian literature. Datta lived in Bengal at the height of what is frequently called the Bengal Renaissance, a time so labeled for its reinvigoration and reconfiguration of the Hindu past and for the florescence of the literary arts. It was also a period when the Bengali city of Kolkata was a center of world trade-the second city of the British empire-and thus a site of cultural exchange between India and the West. Datta was the perfect embodiment of this time and place. The Slaying of Meghanada is deeply influenced by western epic tradition, and is sprinkled with nods to Homer, Milton, and Dante. Datta's deft intermingling of western and eastern literary traditions brought about a sea change in South Asian literature, and is generally considered to mark the dividing line between pre-modern and modern Bengali literature. Datta's masterpiece is now accessible to readers of English in Clinton Seely's elegant translation, which captures both the sense and the spirit of the original. The poem is supplemented by an extensive introduction, notes, and a glossary.
Download or read book On Hinduism written by Wendy Doniger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more.
Book Synopsis Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of The People of India by : J. Muir
Download or read book Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of The People of India written by J. Muir and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
Download or read book Pashu written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A fish saves the world. • A horse flies across the sky. • A king discovers that his beloved wife is actually a frog. Hindu mythology is full of tales in which animals play important roles. Some animals are looked upon with fear and dread, while some are worshipped along with the gods. Some shape the fate of the world, others form everlasting bonds with humans. Where did the animals come from? From Vishnu’s avatars or Shiva’s asanas? How was a deer responsible for the events of the Ramayana? Why is Garuda the sworn enemy of the nagas? How did a mongoose teach Yudhishtira the true meaning of sacrifice? Devdutt Pattanaik answers all these questions and more in this exquisitely illustrated book, retelling numerous animal stories from ancient texts, with his trademark charm and wit.
Book Synopsis Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age. 1872 by : John Muir
Download or read book Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age. 1872 written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland by :
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has appendices.
Download or read book Atlantis written by Arysio Santos and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late author Arysio Santos was a highly regarded climatologist, geologist, and nuclear physicist. He was also a scholar of history, folklore, languages, and the occult. In this groundbreaking study of Atlantis, he draws on all these disciplines, as well as ancient maps, Plato’s dialogues, and folkloric narratives, to provide the most compelling case yet of the disappearance of an entire civilization. Professor Santos demonstrates that Plato’s dating of Atlantis’s disappearance in 11,600 BP (before present) precisely corresponds to the catastrophic end of the Pleistocene Ice Age, as well as a historic flood event of cataclysmic proportions. The rising of the sea level by nearly 500 feet, he argues, submerged continent-sized lands—including Atlantis, which he connects with the biblical Garden of Eden. Provocative chapters cover such topics as the continent’s appearance in ancient maps, Indonesia as the true site of Eden, American interpretations of Atlantis, the four rivers of paradise, and more, giving a clear form to the ghostly outline of this fabled land.
Download or read book Mahabharata written by David R. Slavitt and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within its 200,000 verse lines in Sanskrit the Mahabharata takes on many roles: epic poem, foundational text of Hinduism, and, more broadly, the engaging story of a dynastic struggle and the passing of an age when man and gods intermingled. David R. Slavitt’s sparkling new edition condenses the epic for the general reader. At its core, the Mahabharata is the story of the rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two related noble families who are struggling for control of a kingdom in ancient northern India. Slavitt’s readable, plot-driven, single-volume account describes an arc from the conception and birth of Bhishma to that hero's death, while also introducing the four goals of life at the center of Hinduism: dharma (righteousness, morality, duty), artha (purpose), kāma (pleasure), and moksa (spiritual liberation). The Mahabharata is engaging, thrilling, funny, charming, and finally awesome, with a range in timbre from the impish naivete of fairy tales to the solemnity of our greatest epics, and this single-volume edition is the best introduction available.
Book Synopsis A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature by : John Dowson
Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature written by John Dowson and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vyasa's Mahabharatam written by and published by Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mahabharata - Juwel of the Poets by : Srikanta Sena
Download or read book Mahabharata - Juwel of the Poets written by Srikanta Sena and published by Atmarama, Karl-Heinz Degenhardt. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahabharata - Juwel of the Poets is a three-part summary of the famous ancient, sacred book MAHABHARATA, the world's Greatest Epic. Part 1 consists of a retelling of the exciting main story of the Mahabharata, the story of the heroic sons of king Pandu. The second part contains ethical principles and the spiritual essence of the Mahabharata in hundreds of quotations from conversations and teachings of the sages who speak in the Mahabharata. Part 3 consists of 23 Instructive stories and fables told by the sages in the Mahabharata. Along with the Bhagavad-Gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Ramayana, the MAHABHARATA is a major work of Vedic literature. With over a hundred thousand verses, it is probably the world's largest epic. It was composed about 5000 years ago in Sanskrit by the great sage Vyasadeva, who also composed the four Vedas, the 18 Puranas, Vedanta-Sutra, Srimad-Bhagavatam and many other holy scriptures. The Mahabharata contains the entire history of the world from creation to destruction, as well as all the spiritual knowledge of the Vedas. The Mahabharata is called the fifth Veda. It paints a picture of a bygone culture that was wholly centred on the eternal values of the Vedas. The Mahābhārata is a multi-layered literary work of art. The exciting historical narrative of the lives of the five great Bharata heros, the Pāṇḍavas, constitutes its top level or framework of wisdom to be conveyed. It is told in the first part of this book. This Ebook comprises approx. 550 pages. It has Glossaries of Sanskrit Terms and Names and a Pronounciation Guide for the Sanskrit letters.
Download or read book The Mahabharata, Volume 1 written by and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the first volume in what will ultimately become a multi volume edition encompassing all eighteen books.
Book Synopsis A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature by : John Dowson
Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature written by John Dowson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume VIII in a series of ten on India: Religion and Philosophy. Originally published in 1879, work an endeavour has been made to supply the long-felt want of a Hindu Classical Dictionary. The main portion of this work consists of mythology, but religion is bound up with mythology, and in many points the two are quite inseparable.
Book Synopsis Dawn Of Duality : The Beginning Of An End by : Sharad Bindal
Download or read book Dawn Of Duality : The Beginning Of An End written by Sharad Bindal and published by BFC Publications. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the equilibrium of existence upon the planet teetering perilously to chaos, the Sentinels and the Guardians were compelled to forge an unlikely alliance as they grappled with a world in turmoil. Simultaneously, adding weight to Rudra’s troubles, a new world order reared its ugly head, threatening to subsume mankind. Now, thrust against an ancient blade steeped with the echoes of genocide, Rudra and Jaywardhan were faced with a profound question. Despite a menagerie of metahumans at their disposal and a powerful singular like Achyut by their side, how were they supposed to stop… A Living God!
