The contemporary Hindu temple: fragments for a History

ISBN: 9789383243273, 9383243279

Contemporary Hindu temples raise aesthetic, economic, political and philosophical questions about the role of architecture in making a place for the sacred in society. This book presents the Hindu temple from the perspectives of institutions and individuals, including priests, building practitioners and worshippers, to consider what it means when the temple is no longer at the centre of India l...

Hanuman: art mythology and folklore

Aryan, KC (b.1919) et al.

ISBN: 9788190000376, 8190000373

Hanuman: in art, culture, thought and literature

Nagar, Shantilal

Hariharatmakayagrahaysam arthat Hariharyagpaddhati (Hariharyag ki sampurna vidhiyon ka samaves), vyakhakar Ashok Kumara Gaud Vedacarya

On Hari and Har, Hindu deities and the yajna performed especially for them.;

Religion in Tamil society

Balambal, V.

ISBN: 9788195692101, 8195692109

The book contains research articles connected to Hinduism and Buddhism in Tamilnadu. They are related to Protest movement for the revival of Saivism, ... etc.

The heart of Hindusthan

Radhakrishnan, S (1888-1975)

ISBN: 9788171677160, 8171677169

The book is a collection of seven essays by the eminent philosopher and former president of India. It is a centred around the theme of Hindu religion and philosophy.

Hindu deities worshipped in Japan

Behl, Benoy K.

ISBN: 9789387791312, 9387791319

This book is based upon the photographic exhibition by the same name produced by the author for The Japan Foundation and The Film produced by the author for the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

Heroic Hindu resistance to Muslim invaders, 636 AD to 1206 AD

Goel, Sita Ram (1921-2003)

ISBN: 9788185990187, 8185990182

It is this version of India's history which gave a good conscience to the British imperialist while he pulverised Hindu society, plundered Hindu wealth and poured undisguised contempt on Hindu culture, It is this version of India's history which emasculated Hindu society and emboldened the residues of Islamic imperialism to stage street riots and then walk away with precious parts of the Hindu ...

Hindu and Buddhist monuments and remains in South-East Asia

Khanna, Amar Nath (b.1936)

ISBN: 9788173053481, 8173053480

The Hindu architecture (silpa-sastra), revised edition

Pillai, Govinda Krishna

ISBN: 9788180900600, 8180900606

Contents: (i) Determination of the cardinal points. (ii) Hindu system of surveying. (iii) Hindu measurements. (iv) Hindu proportions or the relation between length and breadth. (v) The perimeter and the Yoni. (vi) Tests for measurements. (vii) Hindu fractions and limiting values. (viii) The sacrificial altars. (ix) Town planning. (x) House-planning. (xi) Sculpture. (xii) Silpis, who are they?.

Hindu arms and ritual: arms and armour from India 1400-1865

Elgood, Robert

ISBN: 9788188204441, 8188204447

The author catalogue's various Hindu arms found in museums across the world and in private collections. He uses the evidence of contemporary travellers, inscriptions, manuscripts, art and sculpture to explain the ritual and social importance of these arms and to shed light on places and dates of manufacture.

The Hindu art of reckoning: a comparative study of the early treatises introducing into Europe

Benedict, Suzan Rose

ISBN: 9788130712024, 8130712024

A Hindu critique of Buddhist epistemology: Kumarila on perception, The Determination of Perception chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavartika; tr. and comm. by John Taber

ISBN: 9781138744233, 1138744239

Hindu culture, custom and ceremony

Banerjee, BN

Hindu deities in Thai art

Hindu deities in Thailand: an iconographic study

Bhattacharyya, A.K.

ISBN: 9789381574454, 9381574456

The present treatise has endeavoured to bring to the fore the extant examples of the Hindu deities and their iconography with the help of illustrations and study of comparative material from prototypes.

Hindu Dharmasastra: (introduction, text with English tr. and Sanskrit Shloka index), ed. by Pushpendra Kumar, 6 vols.

ISBN: 9788170816744, 8170816742

Vol.1: Introduction and Shloka index;Vol.2: Manu Smrti;Vol.3: Angiras, Atri, Apastambha, Vrihaspai, Gautam, Daksa, Harita, Katyayana, Likhita Samhitas;Vol.4: Parasara, Sankhya, Samvarta, Satatapa Samhitas;Vol.5: Vasishtha Samhita, Visnu Samhita, Vyasa Samhita;Vol.6: Usana Samhita, Yajnawalkya Samhita, Yama Samhita;;;The Dharmashastra occupies a prominent place in the Sanskrit literature. It has...

Hindu fasts and festivals

Mathur, Suresh Narain

ISBN: 9788128814020, 8128814028

This book provides outlines of the popular fasts and festivals associated with different parts of the vast Hindu land, including basic information, significance and related rituals of these as well as about the legends which led to the inclusion of these in the Hindu almanac.

The Hindu history, introd. by T.N. Chaturvedi

Mazumdar, AK

ISBN: 9788129113122, 8129113120

This book forms part of the indispensable canon of works on the chronological growth of Hinduism and the Indian nation. Written in early 20th century, it is a classic which traces the origin and development of Hindustan from 3000 BC to 1200 AD.

Hindu India

Pattanaik, Devdutt

ISBN: 9788187902072, 8187902078

On Hindu religion-- its origin, history and rituals.

Hindu masculinities across the ages: updating the past

Monti, Alessandro (ed.)

ISBN: 9788888684031, 8888684034

This volume contains the contributions from scholars of various academic disciplines, most of whom participated in the international seminar held in March 1999 at the University of Turin (Italy), covering a close philological probing of seminal Sanskrit texts or of devotional literature in medieval Hindi.