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The Himalayas

Author : Andrew J. Hund
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Himalayas written by Andrew J. Hund and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough and detailed resource that describes the history, culture, and geography of the Himalayan region, providing an indispensable reference work to both general readers and seasoned scholars in the field. The Himalayas: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture serves as a convenient and authoritative reference for anyone exploring the region and seeking to better understand the history, events, peoples, and geopolitical details of this unique area of the world. It explores the geography and details of the demographics, discusses relevant historical events, and addresses socioeconomic movements, political intrigues and controversies, and cultural details as to give an overarching impression of the region as a coherent and cohesive whole. Readers will come away with a vastly heightened understanding of the geographical region we recognize as the Himalayas, and grasp the issues of geography, history, and culture that are central to contemporary understandings of the human culture in the region. The alphabetically arranged and succinct entries provide easy access to detailed, authoritative information. Additionally, sidebars throughout the book relate compelling facts that point readers to new and interesting avenues of exploration. The volume also includes a chronological overview of the region, ten primary source documents, and a comprehensive bibliography of supporting works.

Hollywood to the Himalayas

Author : Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9393559295
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood to the Himalayas written by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Journey of Healing and Transformation An enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India. Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, from Hollywood, California, had a privileged upbringing that hid some dark secrets. She grappled with an eating disorder and trauma from her early childhood for years. But, as a Stanford grad getting her PhD in Psychology, she felt she was successfully navigating adulthood. After getting married, when she agreed to travel to India to appease her husband, little did Sadhviji know a journey of healing and awakening awaited her. She had everything the material world could offer. Soon, she would give it all up to follow the divine path. Hollywood to the Himalayas describes Sadhviji’s odyssey towards divine enlightenment and inspiration through her extraordinary connection with her guru and renewed confidence in the pleasure and joy that life can bring. Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhviji recounts her journey with wit, honesty, and clarity. Along the way, she offers teachings to help us all step onto our own path of awakening and discover the truth of who we really are—embodiments of the Divine. Americanborn Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD, moved to India in 1996. A graduate of Stanford University, she was ordained by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of one of the largest interfaith institutions in India, into the tradition of sanyas and lives at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, where she leads a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, gives spiritual discourses, and counsels individuals and families. Americanborn Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, PhD, moved to India in 1996. A graduate of Stanford University, she was ordained by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, president of one of the largest interfaith institutions in India, into the tradition of sanyas and lives at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, where she leads a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, gives spiritual discourses, and counsels individuals and families.

High in the Thin Cold Air

Author : Edmund Hillary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book High in the Thin Cold Air written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of the Himalayan expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia"--added t.p.

International Encyclopaedia Of Himalayas (5 Vols. Set)

Author : Ramesh Chandra Bisht
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788183242653
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopaedia Of Himalayas (5 Vols. Set) written by Ramesh Chandra Bisht and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highest mountain range on Earth, the Himalayas from the northern border of the Indian subcontinent in Asia. The mountains extend in a massive arc for about 1,550 miles from west to east with more than 30 peaks rising to heights greater than 24,000 feet above sea level. Together the Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to all fourteen of the word's highest peaks. One of the high biodiversity regions of the world, it provides shelter to a large variety of flora and fauna. The Himalayan region has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has managed to preserve its established traditions throughout history whilst absorbing customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immgirants. Many cultural practices, languages, customs and monuments are examples of this co-mingling over centuries.

Tales from the Himalaya

Author : Henry Edmundson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789937933032
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Himalaya written by Henry Edmundson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RELIGION. The cultural foundation of life in much of the Himalayas remains Tibetan Buddhism. This esoteric offshoot of the Buddha's teaching developed from the 7th century onwards but was only discovered by explorers and scholars a thousand years later. The first tale is about a remarkably different type of reality, how its mysteries were unravelled, and how it continues to survive despite political repression. SCIENCE, The Himalayas are the highest mountain range in the world, but also the youngest. The peaks continue to grow, and earthquakes remain an ever present danger. The struggle to understand how these giant mountains formed began in the mid-19th century. Now we know that its the plates that do the talking. The second tale is one of intrpid exploration and science discovery. POLITICS, The Chinese takeover of Tibet is the latest power play in the Himalayas region. Long ago, the Tibetans were the empire builders. In the 19th century, strongman Gulab Singh gobbled up parts of the Wester Himalay to create Jammu and Kashmir.

Wildlife of the Himalayas and the Terai Region

Author : Chhapgar,
Publisher : OUP India
ISBN 13 : 9780198083955
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Wildlife of the Himalayas and the Terai Region written by Chhapgar, and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth in the Bombay Natural History Society's popular series that aims at making accessible old writings, drawings, and paintings of India's rich flora and fauna, this book discusses the Himalayas, its foothills, and the adjoining terai and duar grassland-forests. Focusing on the mammals of the Himalayan region, the book draws largely on the pioneering work of S.H. Prater and R.A. Sterndale.

Encyclopaedia of Himalayas: Understanding Himalayas

Author : Kadambari Sharma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Himalayas: Understanding Himalayas written by Kadambari Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Among the Himalayas

Author : Laurence A. Waddell
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602067236
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Among the Himalayas written by Laurence A. Waddell and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The soaring peaks of the greatest mountain range on Earth have long drawn visitors from around the globe, and one of the most famous of the 19th century was British adventurer and scholar Laurence Waddell, who spent most of a decade and a half exploring the nations that cling to the sides of the mighty mountains, learning the ways of their peoples, and sharing his experiences with Western readers. Here, in this 1899 classic of Himalayan travel, Waddell introduces us to the challenges of traveling in the region, takes us on visits to Nepalese and Tibetan tea gardens, journeys to monasteries, palaces, and temples, and much more. Beautiful photos and drawings complement Waddell's exciting and gripping tales-he offers some of the first "evidence" for the mysterious creatures known as "yeti," for instance-and make this an essential work for anyone drawn to the dangerous beauty of the Himalayas. British archaeologist and Orientalist LAURENCE AUSTINE WADDELL (1854-1938) also wrote The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism (1894) and Lhasa and Its Mysteries (1905).

Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas

Author : Claudia Müller-Ebeling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500511084
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas written by Claudia Müller-Ebeling and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas' allows us to travel into the depths of the consciousness and life work of five shamans, who are among the most powerful and respected people in their ethnic groups. It features the first photographic documentation of their esoteric rites, such as the midnight graveyard ritual dedicated to Shiva, and describes a pilgrimage to the most sacred mountain of the Nepalese shamans, Mount Kalinchok. The authors also explore the soma myth and offer valuable insights into the use of this ancient hallucinogen. The book features a wealth of original recipes, smoking mixtures, scientific tables, charts and descriptions of more than twenty plants whose psychoactive properties and uses by shamans have never before been researched or documented.

Encyclopaedia of Himalayas: Central Himalayas

Author : Kadambari Sharma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Himalayas: Central Himalayas written by Kadambari Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Among Flowers

Author : Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426209010
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Among Flowers written by Jamaica Kincaid and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightful hybrid of a book—part memoir and part travel journal—the bestselling author takes us deep into the mountains of Nepal with a trio of botanist friends in search of native Himalayan plants that will grow in her Vermont garden. Alighting from a plane in the dramatic Annapurna Valley, the ominous signs of Nepal's Maoist guerrillas are all around—an alarming presence that accompanies the travelers throughout their trek. Undaunted, the group sets off into the mountains with Sherpas and bearers, entering an exotic world of spectacular landscapes, vertiginous slopes, isolated villages, herds of yaks, and giant rhododendron, thirty feet tall. The landscape and flora and so much else of what Kincaid finds in the Himalaya—including fruit bats, colorful Buddhist prayer flags, and the hated leeches that plague much of the trip—are new to her, and she approaches it all with an acute sense of wonder and a deft eye for detail. In beautiful, introspective prose, Kincaid intertwines the harrowing Maoist encounters with exciting botanical discoveries, fascinating daily details, and lyrical musings on gardens, nature, home, and family. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Limitless Sky

Author : David Charles Manners
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473501679
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Limitless Sky written by David Charles Manners and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the remarkable true story of a young man's initiation in the Himalayas. David Manners was trekking in Nepal when he stumbled upon the mountain home of a jhankri, or Nepalese shaman. The jhankri accepted David as his pupil, and so began the next stage of David's extraordinary journey, in which he embarked upon an adventure that was more challenging and, ultimately, life-affirming than anything he could have imagined. In Limitless Sky, David shares the wisdom and insights he learnt from those transformational days in the Himalayas. These include practical guidance on how to live a full and fearless life, how to find happiness and how to live in ways that nurture both ourselves and others. As David reveals, the life lessons he learned amongst the mountains of the Himalayas could benefit us all today.

Himalayan Weather and Climate and Their Impact on the Environment

Author : A. P. Dimri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030296858
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Himalayan Weather and Climate and Their Impact on the Environment written by A. P. Dimri and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a unique and comprehensive integrated synthesis of the current understanding of the science of Himalayan dynamics and its manifestations on physical systems and ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales. In particular, this work covers relevant aspects of weather and climate, paleoclimate, snow, glacier and hydrology, ecology/forestry among other topics associated with the Himalayas. It highlights the role of the Himalayas in defining local to regional to global scale impact on weather and climate. It includes Himalayan impact on defining physical basis of changing glacier systems, permafrost melting/thawing, climate variability, and hydrological balances. As a result, this volume represents an important synthesized overview both for environmental and earth science researchers, and for policy makers and stakeholders interested in the physical and dynamical processes associated with the Himalayan massif.

Hindus of the Himalayas

Author : Gerald Duane Berreman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hindus of the Himalayas written by Gerald Duane Berreman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerald Berreman's ethnographic study of a hill village in India is widely regarded as a classic in the field of social anthropology. In this new edition, Berreman returns to this village after ten years to record the ethnographic continuity and change in village lifestyle. A new prologue addsimportant insights to the bases for the ethnographic descriptions and analyses by outlining the research conditions of this study. A new epilogue records Berreman's findings after revisiting the village--focusing on the trends found in the village and the surrounding region to draw implications forthe country at large.

Encyclopaedia of Himalayas: Eastern Himalayas

Author : Kadambari Sharma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Himalayas: Eastern Himalayas written by Kadambari Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flowers of the Himalaya

Author : Adam Stainton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flowers of the Himalaya written by Adam Stainton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 584 species are described and illustrated in this supplement to Flowers of the Himalaya which was published in 1984. This book contains recent photographic material of species not previously covered or not previously illustrated, and includes many tropical species and some exotics.

A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Author : Klaus K. Klostermaier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780746725
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism written by Klaus K. Klostermaier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the classical to the contemporary, this is a comprehensive, systematic and accessible encyclopedia of the phenomenon known as 'Hinduism'. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the religion and its texts, Klostermaier presents the theoretical and practical aspects of Hinduism that render this most ancient of religions a living faith. The encyclopedia features the major systems of Hindu thought, covers figures from Manu to Gandhi and includes locations from Ramesvaram, on the southernmost tip of India, to the Himalayas in the north. Written with assurance, learning, sympathy and insight, this is an invaluable reference for students, adherents of the religion and those unfamiliar with this diverse world faith.