The Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa

The Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Author: Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī
Publisher: Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1995
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0911233644

An exciting mix of a novel with free-writing and poetry.

Krishna- The Greatest Hero of All Time

Krishna- The Greatest Hero of All Time
Author: Rittik Chandra
Publisher: BookRix
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 3736846266

Krishna is the greatest Hero, whom we can emulate without second thought. He is the Mentor of Mentors, Coach of Coaches and Guru of all Motivational Gurus. He is the greatest life skills expert. Krishna is God for faithful devotees. He is a magician for non-believers. He is a romantic Hero for some and a great manipulator for many. He is the greatest Philosopher. To succeed in professional and personal life, one has to learn and try to emulate Krishna to become a complete man.

Ānanda Vṛndāvana Campū

Ānanda Vṛndāvana Campū
Author: HH Subhag Swami
Publisher: Tattva Cintāmaṇi Publishing
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Ānanda Vṛndāvana Campū

Reading the Fifth Veda

Reading the Fifth Veda
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2011-07-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004216200

Often spoken of as the 'Fifth Veda', i.e., as a text in continuity with the four Vedas and outweighing them all in size and import, the Mahābhārata presents a complex mythological and narrative landscape, incorporating fundamental ethical, social, philosophic, and pedagogic issues. In a series of position pieces and essays written over a span of 30 years, Alf Hiltebeitel, Columbian Professor of Religion, History, and Human Sciences at The George Washington University, articulates a compelling new approach to the epic: as a literary work of fundamental theological and philosophical significance rich in metaphor and meaning. In this three-part volume, the editors gather some of Hiltebeitel’s seminal writings on the epic along with new pieces written especially for the volume. This two volume edition collects nearly three decades of Alf Hiltebeitel’s researches into the Indian epic and religious tradition. The two volumes document Hiltebeitel’s longstanding fascination with the Sanskrit epics: volume 1 presents a series of appreciative readings of the Mahābhārata (and to a lesser extent, the Rāmāyaṇa), while volume 2 focuses on what Hiltebeitel has called “the underground Mahābhārata,” i.e., the Mahābhārata as it is still alive in folk and vernacular traditions. Recently re-edited and with a new set of articles completing a trajectory Hiltebeitel established over 30 years ago, this work constitutes a definitive statement from this major scholar. Comprehensive indices, cross-referencing, and an exhaustive bibliography make it an essential reference work. For more information on the second volume please click here.

Evil in the Mahabharata

Evil in the Mahabharata
Author: Meena Arora Nayak
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2018-01-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199091838

Good and evil, loyalty and treachery, faith and doubt, honour and ignominy—the Mahabharata has served as a primer for codes of conduct to generations of Hindus. Over time, the epic has also fascinated those who love a tale well told. In its telling, however, the story has lost much of its richness and nuance, and the characters have become one-dimensional cut-outs—either starkly good or irredeemably evil. In this reinterpretation, Meena Arora Nayak analyses how the values espoused in the Mahabharata came to be distorted into meagre archetypes, creating customary laws that injure society even today.

Vysa Redux

Vysa Redux
Author: Kevin McGrath
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2019-06-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1785270737

Vyāsa is the primary creative poet of the Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata and 'Vyāsa Redux' examines the many paradoxical dimensions of his narrative virtuosity in the poem where the poet is both the creator of the work and a character within it. The book also studies elements in the poem which have been received by the late Bronze Age poets who composed the figure of Vyāsa, elements that reflect kinship, polity and modes of mnemonic inspiration. Three paired concepts function within the poem’s narrative process: first, the central approach of the book is founded upon the distinction between plot and story, that is, the causal relation of events as opposed to the temporal relation of events. Second, much of the argument then engages with how this distinction relates to the difference between the preliterate and literate phases of our present text. Third, the nature of how inspiration functions and how edition operates becomes another vital component in our analytic process explaining how Vyāsa becomes a dramatic, causal and at times prophetic character in the poem’s narration as well as its originator.

Krishna Meditations (English)

Krishna Meditations (English)
Author: Urmila Mataji
Publisher: Golden Age Media
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0639782884

“Krishna Meditations” by author HG Urmila Mataji is a contemplative masterpiece that offers a collection of meditations and reflections centered around Lord Krishna. Drawing from the Bhakti tradition, this book guides readers on a transformative journey of introspection and devotion. Each meditation provides profound insights into Krishna’s divine qualities and teachings, fostering a deeper connection with the divine and facilitating spiritual growth and inner peace.

Pradyumna

Pradyumna
Author: Christopher R. Austin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2019-09-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190054131

This book provides the first full-scale English-language study of Pradyumna, the son of the Hindu god Krsna. Often represented as a young man in mid-adolescence, Pradyumna is both a handsome double of his demon-slaying father and the rebirth of Kamadeva, the God of Love. Sanskrit epic, puranic, and kavya narratives of the 300-1300 CE period celebrate Pradyumna's sexual potency, mastery of illusory subterfuges, and military prowess in supporting the work of his avatara father. These materials reflect the values of an evolving Brahminical and Vaisnava tradition that was deeply invested in the imperatives of family, patrilines, the violent but necessary defense of the social and cosmic order, and the celebration of beauty and desire as a means to the divine. Pradyumna's evolving narratives, almost completely absent from existing studies of Hindu mythology, provide a point of access to the development of Krsna bhakti and Vaisnava theism more broadly. Conversely, Jain sources cast Pradyumna as an exemplary figure through whom a pointed rejection of these values can be articulated, even while sharing certain of their elementary premises. Pradyumna: Lover, Magician, and Scion of the Avatara assembles these narratives, presents key Sanskrit materials in translation and summary form, and articulates the social, gender, and religious values encoded in them. Most importantly, the study argues that Pradyumna's signature two-handed maneuver--the audacious appropriation of a feminine partner, enabled by the emasculating destruction of her demonic male protector--communicates a persistent fantasy of male power expressed in the language of a mutually implicating sex and violence.

The Bhaktirasāmṛtasindhu of Rūpa Gosvāmin

The Bhaktirasāmṛtasindhu of Rūpa Gosvāmin
Author: Rūpagosvāmī
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2003
Genre: Poetics
ISBN: 9788120818613

Select Contents: Translation of the Bhaktirasamrtasindhu-Eastern Quadrant: The Categories of Devotion to the Lord-Southern Quadrant: Explanation of the General Characteristics of Devotional Rasa-Western Quadrant: Explanation of the Primary Devotional Rasas-Northern Quadrant: Explanation of the Secondary Devotional Rasas.