Five Arrows of Kama
| Author | : Sandhya Mulchandani |
| Publisher | : Penguin Books India |
| Total Pages | : 119 |
| Release | : 2011-10-05 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0670082856 |
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Auguries of a Minor God
| Author | : Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe |
| Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2021-06-29 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 0571367232 |
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2022 POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION 'In Auguries of a Minor God, her outstandingdebut collection, Eipe sings of joys and wounds felt deeply under the skin' David Wheatley, Guardian Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe's spellbinding debut poetry collection explores love and the wounds it makes. Its first half is composed of five sections, corresponding to the five arrows of Kama, the Hindu God of Love, Desire and Memory. From 'stunning' and 'paralysing' to 'killing' and 'destroying', each arrow has its own effect on some body - a very real, contemporary body - and its particular journey of love. The second is a long narrative poem, 'A is for [Arabs]', which follows a different kind of journey: a family of refugees who have fled to the West from conflict in an unspecified Middle Eastern country. With an extraordinary structure, yoking abecedarian and Fibonacci sequences, it is a skilful and intimate account of migration and exile, of home and belonging.
Kama
| Author | : Gurcharan Das |
| Publisher | : India Allen Lane |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780670087372 |
A riveting account of love and desireIndia is the only civilization to elevate kama-desire and pleasure-to a goal of life. Kama is both cosmic and human energy, which animates life and holds it in place. Gurcharan Das weaves a compelling narrative soaked in philosophical, historical and literary ideas in the third volume of his trilogy on life's goals: India Unbound was the first, on artha, 'material well-being'; and The Difficulty of Being Good was the second, on dharma, 'moral well-being'. Here, in his magnificent prose, he examines how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life, arguing that if dharma is a duty to another, kama is a duty to oneself. It sheds new light on love, marriage, family, adultery and jealousy as it wrestles with questions such as these: How to nurture desire without harming others or oneself? Are the erotic and the ascetic two aspects of our same human nature? What is the relationship between romantic love and bhakti, the love of god
The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Serindia Publications, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9781932476033 |
Based on the author's previous publication The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, this handbook contains an array of symbols and motifs, accompanied by succinct explanations. It provides treatment of the essential Tibetan religious figures, themes and motifs, both secular and religious.
God of Desire
| Author | : Catherine Benton |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2006-06-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0791482618 |
God of Desire presents Sanskrit tales of the Indian deity Kāmadeva as he battles the ascetic god Śiva, assists the powerful goddess Devī, and incarnates as the charming son of Kṛṣṇa. Exploring the imagery and symbolism of the god of desire in art and ritual, Catherine Benton reflects on the connection of Kāmadeva to parrots, makaras (gharials), and apsarases (celestial nymphs), and to playful devotional rituals designed to win his favor. In addition to examining the Hindu literature, Benton also highlights two Buddhist forms of Kamadeva, the demonic Māra, who tries to persuade the Buddha to trade enlightenment for the delights of a woman, and the ever-youthful Mañjuśri, who cuts through ignorance with the bodhisattva sword of wisdom. Tales of Kāmadeva from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions present desire as a powerful force continually redefining the boundaries of chaos and order and gently pulling beyond the ephemeral lure of passionate longings.
South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses
| Author | : Hosakote Krishna Sastri |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 1916 |
| Genre | : Gods in art |
| ISBN | : |
The Buddhist Tantras
| Author | : Alex Wayman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 269 |
| Release | : 2013-05-13 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1135029229 |
Originally published in 1973. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. The foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and the twilight language. This section explores the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and the fivefold ritual symbolism of passion. The bibliographical research contains an analysis of the Tantric section of the Kanjur exegesis and a selected Western Bibliography of the Buddhist Tantras with comments.
Sanskrit Poetry, from Vidyākara's Treasury
| Author | : Vidyākara |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780674788657 |
In this rich collection of Sanskrit verse, the late Daniel Ingalls provides English readers with a wide variety of poetry from the vast anthology of an eleventh-century Buddhist scholar. Although the style of poetry presented here originated in royal courts, Ingalls shows how it was adapted to all aspects of life, and came to address issues as diverse as love, sex, heroes, nature, and peace. More than thirty years after its original publication, Sanskrit Poetry continues to be the main resource for all interested in this multifaceted and elegant tradition.
Philosophies of India
| Author | : Heinrich Zimmer |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 723 |
| Release | : 2013-05-13 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1135029180 |
Originally published in 1973. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. The foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and the twilight language. This section explores the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and the fivefold ritual symbolism of passion. The bibliographical research contains an analysis of the Tantric section of the Kanjur exegesis and a selected Western Bibliography of the Buddhist Tantras with comments.
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 1936 |
| Release | : 2012-10-16 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 1614290407 |
The present work offers a complete translation of the Aguttara Nikya, the fourth major collection in the Sutta Piṭaka, or Basket of Discourses, belonging to the Pali Canon
