Asoka: the king and the man

Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar

ISBN: 9788173054334, 8173054339

The present volume comprising 11 Chapters deals variously with political and economic background and sources; classification and features of edicts; early life and family; conquests and extent of empire; administration; faith in Buddhism; dhamma; religious harmony; society and religions; monuments; and estimate of Asoka.

Ganga: the constant goddess

Chandramouli, Anuja

ISBN: 9789353332686, 9353332680

Believed to be the liquid manifestation of Shakti and the nurturer of the three worlds with her life-sustaining waters, Goddess Ganga is the epitome of beauty and purity, famous for her indomitable spirit and boundless charm.

Aspects of Buddhism (based on Pali sources), ed. by H.S. Shukla

Tiwary, Mahesh

ISBN: 9788185305011, 8185305013

A collection of 21 seminar papers dealing with various aspects of Buddha's life and teachings, the physico-psycho-ethical systems of thought that distinguishes Buddhism from other religions.

Aspects of early Visnuism, Leiden, 1954

Gonda, Jan

ISBN: 9788120810877, 8120810872

Aspects of Indian culture

ISBN: 9789381325223, 9381325227

A collection of seventeen articles that are culled from The Cultural Heritage of India. These are thematically arranged as: (i) Vedic basis to Indian culture; (ii) Vedic resonance in the epics and puranas; (iii) Systematization, practice and experience of Vedic philosophy and spirituality and (v) Continuity of Vedic culture in the modern India.;

Aspects of Islam and Muslim societies

Hasnain, Nadeem

ISBN: 9788183870337, 8183870333

Contains twenty-three articles on a variety of aspects of Islam and Muslim societies from scholars.

Aspects of Jaina philosophy, Jayandra Soni, ed. by N. Vasupal

Aspects of Jainology

Vol.1: Lala Harajas Rai Commemoration Volume, ed. by Sagarmal Jain, 1987, 150p., Rs.350.00. Vol.2: Pt. Becherdas Doshi Commemoration Volume, ed. by M.A. Dhaky, 1987, 488p., (P.V. Series No.102), Rs.250.00. Vol.3: Pt. Dalsukh Bhai Malvania Felicitation Volume, ed. by M. Dhaky, 1991, 476p., (P.V. Series No.103), Rs.250.00. Vol.4: Golden Jubilee Volume, ed. by Sagarmal Jain, 1994, (P.V. Series No....

Aspects of Jainology, Vol.6: Dr. Sagarmal Jain felicitation olume, a compilation of the important articles of Dr. Sagarmal Jain

Jain, Sudarshanlal et al.(ed.)

ISBN: 9788186715284, 8186715282

Articles most in Hindi and some in English.

Aspects of Jainology, Vol.7: (Bhupendra Nath Jain felicitation volume)

Jain, Sagarmal et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186715291, 8186715290

Contains articles in English and in Hindi.

The asrama system: the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution

Olivelle, Patrick

ISBN: 9788121511353, 8121511356

The author examines the relationship of asrama system to other institutional and doctrinal aspects of the Brahmanical world and its position within Brahmanical theology, and assesses its significance within the history of Indian religion.

Asraria Kashf-e-Sufiya, ed. by Misbah Ahmad Siddiqi (in Persian)

Kamal, Sayyed Mohammad

ISBN: 9788187113805, 8187113804

Assam Vaisnavaism: sociological perspective

Rastogi, TC

ISBN: 9788171171378, 8171171370

Contents: (i) Bhagvatam and Gita (ii) Assam over the centuries (iii) Sri Sankardeva and his disciple Madhavdeva (vi) Sri Sankardeva and Sri Madhavadeva (v) Other varieties of Vaisnavaism (vi) The satra institutions (vii) Namghar (viii) Performing arts and the satras (x) Principal satras (x) Srimad Bhagvatam (xi) The immortal epics (xii) All in all.;

Astaka Prakarana of Acharya Haribhadra, with Hindi translation, annotations and introduction by K.K. Dixit

ISBN: 9788185857022, 8185857024

This work presents a profound discussion on the 32 different topics of Jainism and treats its principles on considerable detail.

Astasahasri of Vidyanand, ed. by Darabarilal Kothiya et al

An important work on Jain philosophy (nyaya-system).

Astasahasrika Prajna Paramita, translated into English by Edward Conze

Jain paintings and material culture of medieval western India 1100-1650

Maitra, Lipika

ISBN: 9781032768281, 1032768282

This volume offers a glimpse into the way people lived in western India during the medieval times: What they wore, how they ornamented themselves, what they amused themselves with, what furniture they sat on, which modes of transport they used. It includes jain paintings from various collections in India and abroad to underscore the value of pictorial evidence in piecing together the past.

Asura in early vedic religion

Hale, Wash Edward

ISBN: 9788120800618, 8120800613

In this book Vedic passages containing the word asura are examined to see how such a remarkable shift in meaning could occur.

At play with Krishna: pilgrimage dramas from Brindavan

Hawley, John Stratton

ISBN: 9788120834866, 8120834860

Contains translation of four plays of religious dramas called ras lilas from Brindavan and provides a lively perspective on the mythology of Krishna, a Hindu deity.

Atisaviracita Ekadasagranthah (11 treatises of Atisa), critically edited Tibetan text Sanskrit restoration and Hindi transl. by Ramesh Chandra Negi

tr. by Ramesh Chandra Negi.;;;;This is a collection of 11 minor but very important texts of Atisa. It is elaborated by adding an extensive introduction and useful appendices and indeces