Monks and Magicians

Monks and Magicians
Author: Phyllis Granoff
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1994
Genre: Religious biography
ISBN: 9788120811867

The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta provides a clear, concise and

Urbanisation, Concept & Growth

Urbanisation, Concept & Growth
Author: Ashok Kumar Srivastava
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1989
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN:

It Is A Study Of The Urbanization Process In The Northern India Of The 12Th Century A.D. It Examines The Causative Factors, Planning, Environmental, Ecological Setting And Economic Prospects Of The People. The Account Is Based On A First-Hand Study Of Original Sources And Is Exhaustive And Convincing.

Love in Ancient India

Love in Ancient India
Author: M.L. Varadpande
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2011-02-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 8183282172

This book chronicles the story of love which is considered an Indian creation. The first love story of the world was found in the Rig Veda and the first comprehensive work on love was written in India with Kamasutra becoming one of its offshoots. Love techniques were perfected over centuries and sculpted on the walls of temples of Khajuraho and Konarak. Since ancient times, rishis in India have believed that it was love which came first and then followed the world. The origin and evolution of love in India is traced by the author in an elaborate manner, providing invaluable insights which make this book a rare treasury in itself. The book draws from concrete sources including cave paintings, ancient archaeological findings and a mass of literature belonging to the Vedic and Buddhist eras to give a complete portrayal of love. Through love lyrics, humorous plays and erotic descriptions, Love in Ancient India takes you through a timeless saga of royalty and grandeur, beauty and infidelity, all of which are interspersed with the concept of the world’s most bewitching expression - love.

Indian Kavya Literature

Indian Kavya Literature
Author: Anthony Kennedy Warder
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 894
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9788120806153

It is multi-volume series work. The main pupose of this work is literary criticism, evaluating a great tradition of literature and to present comprehensive study of sanskrit literature. So far 6 volumes have been published. Each volume presents literature itself in successive periods of its development. Volume VI continues the exploration of Indian Literature (Kavya) into the eleventh century, from Padmagupta and Atula to Hilhana and Manovinoda. In the eleventh century besides what seems to be the culminating point of the storytelling tradition (Bhoja, Ksemendra, Somadeva, etc.), there are a number of surviving long novels, bu Soddhala, Jinesvara, Dhanesvara and Vardhamana. Even epics (e.g. Padmagupta`s) seem to be assimilated to fiction, and that even when extracted from Tradition (Laksmidhara). The Jaina narratives of jinas and the like, supposed to be historical, are likewise subject to the all-pervading influence of fiction (Bhavacandra, Gunapala).Beyond the scope of this influence, the rich imagination of the lyric poet Vallana composed verses in the best, and original, tradition of kavya. Among the rare dramas surviving from the eleventh century is Krsnamisra`s allegorical religious play personifying Vedic categories and the virtues, led by Discrimination, and vices, led by elusion.

Riches and Renunciation

Riches and Renunciation
Author: James Laidlaw
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Jains of India are a flourishing and prosperous community, but their religion is focused on the teaching and example of ascetic renouncers, whose austere regime is actually dedicated to ending worldly life and often culminates in a fast to death. This book, which draws upon a detailed study of Jainism in the city of Jaipur, shows how renunciation and ascetism play a central part in the life of a thriving business community, and how world-renunciation combines for Jain families with the pursuit of worldly happiness.