Venugopal: when Krishna plays the flute

Dehejia, Harsha

ISBN: 9789391759483, 9391759483

Across trackless centuries of the aesthetic celebration of Krishna as Venugopala, in homes and havelis, in palaces and temples, right from the Bhagavata to times contemporary, it is the flute that is the foundation of Venugopala.

All about Hinduism: from Vedas to Devas and past to present

Tyagi, Ashok

ISBN: 9788175417960, 817541796X

This book, meant for the present generation interested in understanding Hinduism, covers its entire history of 5000 years in a capsule form. It endeavours to expose its readers to the great Indian heritage of Vedas, Upanishads, Epics and Puranas.

Alwars and the Indian Vaishnavite literatures (originally written in Tamil was awarded by the Government of Tamilnadu in 2012)

Doss, K.R. Vittal

ISBN: 9788121513067, 8121513065

This book contains 16 chapters which deal with the Rama and Krishna Kavyas composed in the vernaculars of India. The author has described in detail the history of the direct and indirect impact of the hymns of Alwars on the Indian Vaishnavite literatures.

Amartya Sen's Hindu bash

Sardesai, VS (b.1935)

ISBN: 9788189973087, 8189973088

A work on the Prof. Sen's perception of Hinduism and the Hindus, as evident in his books.

Eternal walk with Hindu culture

Singh, Surabhi

ISBN: 9788184653861, 8184653867

Amma's pearls of wisdom

Mata Amritanandamayi

ISBN: 9789352773732, 935277373X

Among the Hindu gods: divine and its divinity

Varadpande, M.L.

ISBN: 9788182904286, 8182904285

The book is on Hindu Gods, from Vedic pantheon to avatars and minor deities accompanied by illustrations and small history about them.

Ancient Indian rituals and their social impact

Sengar, Shailendra

ISBN: 9788126132577, 8126132574

Anecdotes from the Ramayan, ill. by Ruma Sharma, 2nd edition

Goyal, RC

ISBN: 9788185399560, 8185399565

In this collection of Anecdotes from the Ramayan the author has selected certain events.

Lok Manas mein Ram Sanskriti, 2 vols.

Dwivedi, Lavkush

ISBN: 9789355180025, 9355180020

Approaching Ramakrishna: in commemoration of the 175th birth anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna

ISBN: 9788175053489, 8175053488

Approaching the divine: the integration of Alvar bhakti in Srivaisnavism

Jagannathan, Bharati

ISBN: 9789384082130, 9384082139

This book is situated in the context of the ongoing scholarly debate regarding the historical evolution of Tamil Srivaisnavism. This study spans the period from the second half of the first millennium, i.e. the bhakti period to the period of consolidation of the scriptural and sectarian tradition in the first half of the second millennium.

Appropriation of a folk-heroine: Radha in medieval Bengali Vaishnavite culture

Banerjee, Sumanta (1936-)

ISBN: 9788185952086, 8185952086

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The Archaeology of Bhakti I: Mathura and Maturai, back and forth, ed. by Emmanuel Francis & Charlotte Schmid

ISBN: 9782855391397, 2855391393

This volume-the outcome of a workshop-cum-conference that took place from 1st to 12th August 2011 in the Pondicherry Centre of the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient,--is an invitation to practise the archaeology of Bhakti with the help of both textual and non-textual sources. After an introduction by the editors about the complexities of the concept and practices of Bhakti in the Indian world, e...

The archaeology of Bhakti II: Royal Bhakti, local Bhakti, ed. by Emmanuel Francis & Charlotte Schmid

ISBN: 9788184702125, 8184702124

This volume is the fruit of the second work-shop-cum conference on the Archaeology of Bhakti, which took place from 31st July to 13th August 2013 in the Pondicherry Centre of the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient. It attempts to clarify the roles of kings, local elites and devotional communities in the development of Bhakti.;;

The archaeology of Hindu ritual: temples and the establishment of the gods

Willis, Michael

ISBN: 9780521765459, 0521765455

In this ground breaking study, the author examines how the gods of early Hinduism came to be established in temples, how their cults were organised, and how the ruling elite supported their worship.

Ardhanarisvara in art and literature

Yadav, Neeta

ISBN: 9788124601693, 8124601690

Providing a conceptual and historical back-ground of the doctrines relating to Siva and Sakti worship-it involves an iconographical study of the Ardhanarisvara image, with the focus on its dress, ornaments, coiffure, posture and other features.

Grhastha: the householder in Ancient Indian religious culture,

ISBN: 9780190098889, 0190098880

This volume problematizes the figure of the householder within ancient Indian culture and religion. It shows that the term grhastha is a neologism and is understandable only in its opposition to the ascetic who goes away from home (pravrajita). It also analyzes the meanings, functions, and role of the householder from the earliest times until about the fifth century CE.

Arunachal Pradesh: rediscovering Hinduism in the Himalayas, foreword by Kiren Rijiju

Kaur, Jagdish

ISBN: 9788185217321, 8185217327

This book has tried to relate the religious history of Arunachal Pradesh with the existing evidence in the form of ancient Indian epics, texts, contemporary literature and the archaeological investigations conducted over a period of past several decades. A comprehensive analysis of this evidence establishes the presence of Hindu religious elements in ancient Arunachal Pradesh.

Arya Samaj and regeneration of India

Sharma, JB (b.1962) et al

ISBN: 9788185809502, 818580950X

Collection of already published articles by various scholars.