Indian Serpent-lore

Indian Serpent-lore
Author: Jean Philippe Vogel
Publisher: Varanasi : Prithivi Prakashan
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1972
Genre: Art, Indic
ISBN:

Legendary stories, with interpretation, about serpent gods (nagas) from the Mahabharata and Jataka stories.

The Serpent's Revenge

The Serpent's Revenge
Author: Sudha Murty
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9385990179

How many names does Arjuna have? Why was Yama cursed? What lesson did a little mongoose teach Yudhisthira? The Kurukshetra war, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas and which forced even the gods to take sides, may be well known, but there are innumerable stories set before, after and during the war that lend the Mahabharata its many varied shades and are largely unheard of. Award-winning author Sudha Murty reintroduces the fascinating world of India’s greatest epic through the extraordinary tales in this collection, each of which is sure to fill you with a sense of wonder and bewilderment.

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Publisher: Apkallu Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2018-11-30
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The Apocalypse of Enoch and Bhuśunda The Apocalypse of Enoch and Bhuśunda challenges the underlying assumptions of the classical roots of civilization by restoring the original context of creation mythology. In this second volume of A Chronology of the Primeval Gods and the Western Sunrise, ancient myths from multiple geographies are correlated to spikes in cosmic rays over the past 120,000 years – as documented in ice core data. The chronology and content of these myths tell us that the primary forces behind these cataclysms were the most ancient gods - hyper-nova at the Galactic Center associated with Sgr A*(The Dragon), Sgr West (The Beast) and Sgr East (Hiranyâksha and Hiranyakas'ipu), with secondary supernova seen as the birth of new, destructive gods. Ancient myth has documented the cataclysmic destruction of the world on at least twenty occasions with four major geo-polar migrations, which has resulted in a shift of the earth’s equator on at least one occasion. Multiple myths are shown to represent a view of the sky that can only be seen from the Antarctic region. Multiple versions of the myths of Orion are analyzed, showing clear linkages between the Vedic myth of Trisanku, the Book of Genesis, Senmut's Tomb, and the myths of Prajāpati Daksa representing the oldest version of the Orion myth – older than Trishanku and Genesis by 20,000 years! The stunning conclusion explains how the “Watchers” of Enoch were the Vedic descendants of Ila and Iksvaku. These descendants of the seventh Manu had been observing and recording the stars as a source of cataclysm for at least 15,000 years prior to Enoch, thus allowing Enoch to prophesize a ‘new heaven.’ That prophecy became the foundation for St John’s Book of Revelations, which is shown to be a description of a series of cataclysms attributed to Sgr West. The book offers a new theory for explaining geo-polar migration. That theory suggests small shifts in the location of the earth’s center of gravity underlie each migration, but that there are multiple causes for the shifts.

Snake Worship in India

Snake Worship in India
Author: G. RAVINDRAN NAIR
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2017-09-08
Genre:
ISBN: 8123025688

Indian dances and songs are replete with praise of the powers that snakes are believed to possess. In fact in Tamil Nadu, Nagarcoil derives its name on a snake shrine in the city. The book traces in detail the origins of snake worship, the legends and the tradition, the serpent cult and snake cult art in India.

Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism

Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism
Author: Kevin Trainor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1997-06-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521582803

This book is a serious study of relic veneration among South Asian Buddhists. Drawing on textual sources and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka, including material rarely examined in the West, it looks specifically at the practice of relic veneration in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. The author portrays relic veneration as a technology of remembrance and representation which makes present the Buddha of the past for living Buddhists. By analysing the abstract ideas, emotional orientation and ritual behaviour centred on the Buddha's material remains, he contributes to the 'rematerializing' of Buddhism which is currently under way among Western scholars. This book is an excellent introduction to Buddhist relics. It is well written and accessible and will be read by scholars and serious students of Buddhism and religious studies for years to come.